Scope of Clinical Duties

Provides office-based pain management services to new and established patients (adults), including:

• medication management
• certification for medical cannabis
• education/counseling
• monitoring of medication compliance via PDPM and urine drug screens
• minor procedures
• referral to CRNA colleagues for interventions (e.g., epidural steroid injections at various spinal levels, radiofrequency ablation, facet blocks, SI injections, intercoastal blocks) or other services (e.g., ketamine or lidocaine infusions).

May perform minor procedures, including:

• trigger point injections
• joint injections
• occipital blocks
• cold ablation (Iovera), and Botox for headaches or chronic pain, depending on experience/skills of candidate.
• May use ultrasound guidance for selected procedures.
• Performance of procedures is not required.
• If candidate desires to perform selected procedures, such clinical activity may be added after week 2-3 to allow time to acclimate to practice settings and workflows