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Job Description

This role is designed for a dynamic Physician Assistant with a focus on chronic pain management and program development for an individual with leadership potential. The position involves managing clinical and administrative responsibilities in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to optimize patient care in CSMG Pain Medicine.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Manage panel of chronic pain patients including medication management in conjunction with pain physicians – conducting comprehensive evaluations, including history-taking, physical examinations, and diagnostic workups

+ Oversee the initiation, titration, and monitoring of chronic pain medications, including controlled substances, in accordance with evidence-based guidelines.

+ Support pain physicians in management of acute pain and pain procedures, including conducting comprehensive evaluations, including history-taking, physical examinations, and diagnostic workups

+ Assess and determine the appropriateness of continuing or discontinuing treatments for pain-related conditions.

+ Collaborate with operations, pain physicians and population health leadership on the development and implementation of standard approaches to managing chronic pain patients including pre-visit, visit and post-visit processes, as well as management of no-shows and cancelations.

+ Together with pain physicians, support pharmacists engaged in the chronic opioid taper program

+ Work with clinical staff to support education programs for patients around chronic pain

+ Assist with transitions of care, including discharge planning for pain management patients

+ Review and screen referrals to determine patient eligibility and appropriateness for pain medicine services.

+ Triage patients based on acuity and facilitate timely access to care.

+ Align with population health leadership on measures of success, regularly review appropriate dashboards, and make suggestions for optimization of dashboards and reports

+ Participate in the development of education and outreach initiatives aimed at preventing and managing chronic pain

** Clinic hours - Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm **

**This role will support 2 Pain Management Physicians and will

also provide services to the Population Health department**

Qualifications

License/Certification requirements:

+ CA Physician Assistant license required.

+ Current DEA certificate required.

+ Basic Life Support certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross required.

Experience:

+ Experience in pain medicine, chronic disease management, or a related specialty preferred.

+ Strong organizational, leadership, and communication skills.

+ Commitment to evidence-based care and continuous professional development.

**Req ID** : 12335

**Working Title** : Physician Assistant - Pain Management - Beverly Hills, CA

**Department** : Pain Management

**Business Entity** : Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation

**Job Category** : Clinical Operations

**Job Specialty** : Advanced Practice (PA)

**Overtime Status** : EXEMPT

**Primary Shift** : Day

**Shift Duration** : 8 hour

**Base Pay** : $66.41 - $106.26

Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law.