Bayside Employee Health Center is seeking a team-oriented physiatrist to join our well established, physician owned general occupational medicine clinic with onsite PT/OT. 

This position is located in beautiful coastal Maine, offering a high quality of lifestyle with four seasons, rich cultural activity, with easy access to the coast, mountains, skiing and many other enjoyable outdoor activities. 

This position offers a four day work week, with no call or weekend work and most major holidays off. 

This is a great opportunity for a candidate who is seeking a work/life balance and there is also potential for consideration for a partnership track for the right candidate. 

Position Summary

The physiatrist will work with a multidisciplinary team to treat injured workers in our office. He/She will assist in the management of the therapy department (two DrPTs, and one OTR), and be a secondary physician supervisor for our midlevel provider.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Graduate of a US osteopathic or allopathic medical school.
• Completion of a US physical and rehabilitation medicine residency
• 3+ years of clinical experience as a physiatrist
• Ability to obtain and maintain a licensure with the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine
• Certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Current DEA Registration Certificate
• Ability to pass background check and preplacement examination

Essential Functions

• Evaluate orthopedic and soft tissue injuries, concussions, and occupational neurological disorders; determine and provide appropriate pharmacological treatment, diagnostic testing and therapeutic interventions; utilize outside specialists as needed. Medical philosophy supports conservative care and return to work.
• Work collaboratively and positively with the patient, employers, insurers and case managers to insure an optimal outcome for the injured worker.
• Provide musculoskeletal /soft tissue injections
• Perform EMGs
• Provide evidence based causation assessments
• Perform chart reviews
• Perform independent medical examinations (preferred)
• Provide work capacity recommendations
• Cordial, professional communication skills with the patient, coworkers, employers, insurers and other care team members
• Provide clinic back up for acute MS injuries as allowed by the schedule
• Demonstrate and utilize knowledge of worker’s compensation and its impact on injured workers when managing cases.
• Maintain a positive collegial relationship with outside primary care and specialty providers
• Ability to complete documentation in a timely fashion
• Provide clinical guidance to physical and occupational therapists and assist the department in maintaining best therapy practices
• Assist in managing the therapy department, including hiring and termination of therapists
• Ability to maintain work schedule, evaluating most initial visits within 1 hour and follow-ups within ½ hour.
• Ability to arrive at work on time in a consistent fashion with few unplanned absences
• Provide secondary supervision to midlevel provider
• Provide clinical support as needed to the midlevel provider in a collegial and respectful manner
• Assist in training new midlevel providers as needed
• Prudently utilize opiates and follow State and National guidelines for proper prescreening, assessment and monitoring
• Understand and adhere to confidentiality rules as it pertains to HIPPA and State of ME WC
• Ability to utilize a Windows based computer program, navigate the internet and prepare documents as needed.
• Contribute ideas for practice innovation
• Engage in excellent customer service
• Remain up to date with CME