Pain Specialist Physician - Colonial Healthcare - Sumter, SC

Colonial Healthcare, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a Pain Specialist Physician to join our team in Sumter, SC. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.

As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you’ll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

At Optum, you’ll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. Here, you’ll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim. We believe you deserve an exceptional career, and will empower you to live your best life at work and at home. Experience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country. Because together, we have the power to make health care better for everyone. Join us and discover how rewarding medicine can be while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

We offer the following:

• Full- Time; work-life balance
• Autonomy to practice at the peak of your license
• Supported to grow your practice and patient panel
• Usage of electronic medical record system; eClinicalWorks

Primary Responsibilities:

• An interdisciplinary, outpatient-based pain management program offering a broad spectrum of treatments and procedures
• Diagnose and treat pain related to nerves, muscles, and bones including carpal tunnel, neck and back pain, sports and work injuries, herniated discs, arthritis, pinched nerves, and concussions without the use of surgery
• Development of pain rehabilitation team coordinating with interventional pain physicians, pharmacists, case managers, addiction specialists, acupuncture/alternative medicine, pain psychology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, interventional radiology, etc
• Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary pain team to deliver comprehensive pain assessments and treatments, provide consultations to primary care providers and specialists regarding pain management, and provide medical assessment and treatment for patients with chronic cancer pain
• Perform basic musculoskeletal assessments and provide recommendations for opioid or non-opioid pharmacologic therapy for patients with chronic pain
• C-arms can also be used for pain management and diagnostic imaging procedures, providing real-time visualization of a patient's anatomy during the procedure. We have a technician in the office who assists the physician
• Use evidence-based strategies to help manage and/or taper patients on high dose opiate therapy and to prevent member misuse and abuse of controlled substances

Required Qualifications:

• Board eligible or certified in Physical Medicine or Anesthesiology
• Active and unrestricted DEA License or ability to obtain prior to start
• 1+ years of experience in interdisciplinary management of chronic pain
• Proven ability to provide a variety of procedures to include regular joint injections along with facets and epidurals
• Proven ability to safely and properly control regular opiate prescriptions

Preferred Qualification:

• Fellowship training in Chronic Pain, Occupational Medicine, and/or Addiction Medicine