Serve Veterans nationwide as a key on-site, telehealth physician on the Pain Management and Opioid Safety Center of Excellence (PMOS-COE) team at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System's West Los Angeles VAMC location, advancing care, education, and research in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. We are seeking Pain Management Physicians with Addiction Expertise or Addiction Medicine Physicians with Strong Chronic Pain Experience Tele Pain Addiction Consult Service. This is an opportunity to provide innovative, evidence-based, interdisciplinary care to Veterans nationwide who experience complex chronic pain and co-occurring substance use disorders (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD).
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical Care and Consultation
- Provide specialized national telehealth consultations for veterans with complex chronic pain and co-occurring substance-use disorders.
- Evaluate/manage musculoskeletal, neuropathic, headache, cancer-related, post-surgical, and other complex chronic pain conditions.
- Conduct comprehensive diagnostic assessments, risk stratification, and individualized biopsychosocial treatment planning.
- Develop integrated treatment strategies incorporating pharmacologic therapies, rehabilitation, behavioral health interventions, complementary and integrative approaches, and interventional pain procedures when appropriate.
- Initiate and manage opioid and non-opioid analgesics, adjuvant medications, and multimodal pain therapies.
- Initiate and manage medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in collaboration with referring VA clinicians.
- Provide same-day access, treatment initiation, short-term follow-up, and care coordination through a telehealth bridge-clinic model.
- Deliver specialized consultation and clinical gap coverage to VA facilities without on-site pain specialists
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Work with Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners, behavioral health specialists, rehabilitation professionals, and referring VA providers.
- Apply evidence-based approaches, including screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment, and motivational interviewing.
- Support safe prescribing, opioid risk mitigation, and coordinated longitudinal care.
Education, Research, and Leadership
- Participate in clinical teaching, mentorship, and professional development of trainees and healthcare professionals.
- Contribute to national educational initiatives, including continuing medical education (CME), grand rounds, and webinars.
- Support clinical protocol development, quality improvement, and innovative models of integrated pain and addiction care.
- Engage in research and program development aligned with national VA pain management and opioid safety priorities.
- Participate in administrative and programmatic activities supporting TPAC operations.
Why VA & PMOS-COE?- Nationwide Impact: Provide expert care to Veterans across the country through innovative telehealth platforms, improving access for underserved populations.
- Collaborative Culture: Work within a multidisciplinary team of dedicated pain and addiction specialists, pharmacists, educators, and researchers.
- Professional Development: Access ongoing teaching, research, and quality improvement opportunities, with mentorship and support for early-career faculty.
- Work-Life Balance: Enjoy the flexibility of a predominantly remote position, with federal holidays, comprehensive benefits, and stable employment.
- Mission-Driven Environment: Contribute to a nationally recognized center of excellence focused on advancing pain management, opioid safety, and compassionate Veteran care.
Work Schedule: Full-time / On-site (some flexibility)
Qualifications: - Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine
- Current, full, and unrestricted license
- Completion of residency in an accredited core specialty
- Fellowship trained or post-residency clinical experience in Pain and/or Addiction Medicine
- Board Certified in Addiction Medicine, Pain Medicine, or related subspecialty
Preferred Qualifications:
- Fellowship training or post-residency clinical experience in Pain Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Anesthesiology (pain), Neurology, Rheumatology, Palliative Care, or a related field with significant focus on pain management, addiction medicine, or both.
