Academic Pain Management

About the role

AMN Healthcare is partnering with Rutgers New Jersey Medical School to recruit a Pain Medicine Physician for the Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Management. This academic position combines outpatient care, interventional procedures, operating‑room cases, hospital consultative medicine, and teaching responsibilities. You will join an established division led by experienced faculty, work alongside fellows, residents, and medical students, and hold an academic faculty appointment at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

Responsibilities

• Provide outpatient pain management care
• Perform interventional procedures (e.g., spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal pump placement, minimally invasive lumbar decompression)
• Handle operating‑room cases requiring sterile technique
• Offer hospital consultative medicine services
• Teach and mentor fourth‑year medical students, residents, and fellows
• Participate in daily hospital consult coverage supported by trainees
• Share outpatient call rotation approximately every third weekend

Requirements

• ABA pain medicine certification

Skills

• Expertise in interventional pain procedures (spinal cord stimulation, pump placement, MILD)
• Ability to perform outpatient and inpatient consults
• Experience with operating‑room sterile cases
• Teaching and mentoring of trainees
• Collaboration in an academic, multidisciplinary environment

Benefits

• Retirement plans
• Medical coverage
• Generous paid time off
• Annual professional meeting support

Pay

Progressive compensation model: starting salary range $390,000–$585,000, with total earning potential increasing from $390,000 in year one to $585,000 or more by year three.

Schedule

• Structured weekday schedule with dedicated office and procedure time
• No in‑house call responsibilities
• Shared outpatient call rotation approximately every third weekend