Pain  Management  Physician Associate/Nurse Practitioner

Bend, Oregon

Summit Health is seeking a Pain  Management APP who would like the opportunity to join a thriving practice within a financially secure, physician-driven, multispecialty setting. 

As an expansion of Summit Health’s Pain  ManagementDepartment, we are seeking a PA or NP to join our growing Pain  Management Department. Our team works closely with primary care and other medical and surgical specialties to provide excellent quality care to members of our community. Our team consists of  two fellowship trained Pain  Management physicians, three APP’s, and is supported by a strong care team and support services. Procedures are performed in clinic and outpatient surgical services at an efficient, physician-owned ASC. The Pain  Management team is supported by an excellent and collaborative hospitalist team, and enjoys referrals from a primary care group of over  47 providers.

Summit Health is the largest physician led and professionally managed multispecialty group practice in Central Oregon with 11 locations in Bend, Redmond, and Sisters. Summit Health includes more than 200 providers across 40 specialties and services providing care to over 60,000 attributed lives in Central Oregon.  The medical group has become the quality of care leader in Oregon achieving a 4.9-star rating on nearly all value-based contracts, is in the upper decile for customer satisfaction and earned a perfect Medicare Quality (MIPS) score for 2021 through 2024. We pride ourselves on providing a patient centered, high quality care model, that emphasizes keeping the cost of care low for patients and the community.. 

As part of our team, you’ll enjoy:

• A physician led and professionally managed medical group where providers drive strategy, vision, and project implementation.
• Busy practice, high demand for Pain Medicine interventions including injections and neuromodulation as well as medical management, supported by Advanced Practitioners
• Ease of coordination of care with primary care and many other specialties
• Market leading compensation rates with high earning potential and a quality bonus program
• Easy access to resources, coding, and IT support utilizing the Epic platform
• Benefits of working within a growing multispecialty medical practice:
  • Comprehensive support teams for insurance authorization, billing, IT, HR, etc.
  • Rapid turnaround times for imaging and lab results

Responsibilities Include:

• Patient appointments with diagnoses and treatment of chronic pain and orthopedic conditions
• Prescribing controlled substances, reviewing and implementing pain contracts
• Coordination of care and referral to related specialties such as neurosurgery, neurology, orthopedics, rheumatology, and psychiatry
• Providing wellness services, including assessing, diagnosing, prescribing, treating, and educating patients
• Ordering diagnostic tests, imaging review/interpretation interpreting lab results including drug screens and medication management 
• Ordering procedures including joint injections, spinal injections, radiofrequency ablations, PRP, , spinal cord stimulators etc. 
• Performs minor procedures, steroid injections, ultrasound guided injections, botox

Located east of the Cascade Mountains, Bend enjoys 300 days of sunshine annually, four beautiful seasons, and a wonderful high desert climate. World class skiing and award-winning fishing, golf, water sports, cycling and hiking all contribute to a high-quality of life for our employees and all Central Oregon residents. The Bend/Redmond and surrounding communities offer excellent schools, countless outdoor cultural activities, and great food and entertainment. Bend is the second-fastest growing city in America, based on a variety of factors beyond population, including topping the list in job growth and number of businesses. And, is consistently considered among the best places to live for outdoor activity by Sunset Magazine, Bike Magazine, CNN, Newsweek, and Golf Magazine. 

We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits package, and a dynamic practice experience.