PM&R Physician / Physiatrist - Florida

Position Summary

Our client, an inpatient rehabilitation hospital, is seeking a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physician to provide comprehensive medical and rehabilitative care to patients. The physician will work closely with hospital leadership and an interdisciplinary clinical team to improve patients’ functional independence, medical stability, and quality of life.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide full-time professional medical services to patients at the assigned rehabilitation hospital.
  
• Perform admissions, daily rounds, consultations, evaluations, diagnoses, and ongoing medical management.
  
• Evaluate and treat patients with physical or cognitive impairments, disabilities, painful conditions, weakness, numbness, and neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disorders.
  
• Manage medical comorbidities and secondary complications that may interfere with rehabilitation or functional recovery.
  
• Develop, prescribe, and supervise individualized medical and comprehensive rehabilitation treatment plans.
  
• Perform history and physical examinations, pre-admission assessments, and other required clinical evaluations.
  
• Review and approve pre-admission screenings and required rehabilitation plans of care.
  
• Lead or actively participate in interdisciplinary team conferences.
  
• Collaborate with nurses, therapists, case managers, hospital leadership, consulting physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
  
• Assess and stabilize patients experiencing urgent or emergent conditions and determine the appropriate disposition.
  
• Provide diagnostic or therapeutic procedures within the physician’s approved clinical privileges.
  
• Help develop, implement, and evaluate patient-care policies consistent with current medical standards.
  
• Identify and address clinical concerns affecting patient care, safety, rehabilitation outcomes, or quality of life.
  
• Maintain complete and timely documentation, including admission orders, progress notes, Individualized Plans of Care, pre-admission screenings, IRF-PAI information, reports, claims, and correspondence.
  
• Maintain compliance with hospital policies and all applicable regulatory, legal, Medicare, and accreditation standards.
  
• Participate in staff education, quality improvement, medical-staff activities, and consultative or call coverage as required.
  

Required Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from an accredited medical school.
  
• Successful completion of an ACGME- or AOA-accredited residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
  
• Current and unrestricted Florida medical license (or eligibility to obtain one).
  
• Current practice or recent clinical experience in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
  
• Eligibility for hospital medical-staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges.
  
• Ability to satisfy the hospital’s credentialing and regulatory requirements.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Board certification, or active participation in the certification process, through the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation or the American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
  
• Previous inpatient rehabilitation hospital experience.
  
• Knowledge of Medicare inpatient rehabilitation regulations, documentation standards, and interdisciplinary care requirements.
  
• Strong communication, collaboration, clinical judgment, and patient-care skills.
  

Compensation: $275,000 to $300,000 or more, based on experience and need.