Chief of Pain Management

Highlights of the Position 

• MD/DO along with Board Certification, five years or more experience preferred 
• System-wide role overseeing the development of a multidisciplinary pain program
• Proven track record of academic accomplishments and professional service necessary to ensure the continuation and enhancement of Pain Management service at Guthrie
• Must be willing to recruit, build, develop, and mentor staff.  
• 0.2 FTE administration/0.8 FTE clinical (interventional pain preferred) 
• Administrative responsibilities will require travel throughout the service area  
• Minimal calls, primarily telephone calls when needed
• Established practice in the region with the ability to grow the program substantially
• Opportunity to collaborate with well-established Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Physical Therapy, and Physiatry providers
• Expansion due to volume and opportunity to establish a multi-disciplinary comprehensive pain program for the Guthrie system

Practice Description 

• Procedures are performed at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA, Corning Hospital in Corning, NY, the Ambulatory Service Center in Big Flats, NY, Troy Community Hospital in Troy, PA, and soon to include Guthrie Cortland Medical Center in Cortland, NY. Pain Management Specialists are currently based in the Pain Clinic on Guthrie’s Sayre, Pennsylvania campus and Big Flats, NY specialty clinic. Pain Specialists also visit other regional offices.
• Interventional aspects of pain management include fluoroscopic guided epidural steroid injections, facet injections, medial branch nerve blocks, and radiofrequency ablations
• Intrathecal infusion pump and spinal cord stimulator implantation experience are preferred. 

Position Specifics 

• A typical day will include seeing patients in the office, procedures in the surgical suite, or administrative time for the development of a multi-disciplinary comprehensive pain program for the Guthrie system.
• Support Staff:  In the Pain Mgmt. Clinic: LPNs, Medical Office Assistants, and Point-of-Service staff
• Advanced Practice Providers

For procedures suites: Conscious sedation qualified RNs and a Rad. Tech 

• Special Equipment: 

1. Fluoroscopy C arm in the procedure suite 
2. Access to ultrasonic guides for peripheral nerve blocks 
3. Radiofrequency ablation machine and cryo-ablation machine 
4. Access to the Operating Room for spinal cord and infusion implants 

• Clinical Trials/Research: Opportunities available for clinical trials or clinical research. 
• SRNAs (Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists) may sometimes rotate through the Pain Clinic procedure rooms. Family Medicine residents may also rotate briefly to observe and learn. 

Candidate Description 

• The selected candidate will have completed a Pain Medicine Fellowship and sit for the American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine certification exam. The candidate is expected to achieve Board Certification by an ABMS-recognized Board (Anesthesiology, Neurology, or Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation). 
• ABIPP and ABPM are optional but cannot be substituted for an ABMS-recognized Board. 

A 254-bed tertiary care referral center, Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pa., is the recipient of numerous national awards for the high quality care it provides to patients. The hospital is a Regional Level I Trauma Center, accredited by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation, and is served by Guthrie Air, a regional aeromedical helicopter program. Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital offers a full range of diagnostic, medical and surgical services, including:

• Guthrie Breast Care Center
• Guthrie Cancer Center
• Guthrie Cardiac and Vascular Center
• Guthrie Musculoskeletal Services
• Guthrie Imaging Services
• Guthrie Specialty Eye Care
• Guthrie Surgical Services
• Guthrie Weight Loss Center
• Level I Trauma Center
• Medical/surgical and intensive care services

The Guthrie Clinic is a non-profit, integrated, practicing physician-led organization in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania. Our multi-specialty group practice of more than 366 physicians and 302 advanced practice providers offers 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities. Guthrie Medical Education Programs include General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Anesthesiology and Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, as well as Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology, Pulmonary Critical Care, Endocrinology and Hematology/Oncology Fellowship programs. Guthrie is also a clinical campus for the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.

Guthrie Physicians and Advanced Practitioners provide more than 1 million patient visits per year to enhance the health and well-being of those we serve within an environment of compassion, learning, and discovery. 

Located on the Pennsylvania and New York border, Sayre is part of the larger community known as the Penn-York Valley or simply "The Valley." The other communities comprise Athens, PA, South Waverly, PA, and Waverly, NY. The combined population of these communities is 35,000. The Valley offers scenic countryside and rural living with easy access to larger areas such as Corning, NY, Ithaca, NY, and Binghamton, NY. I-86 is only minutes away and offers a direct route to Elmira and Binghamton, NY airports.