**Ascend Medical Staffing Update: Rheumatology Permanent Opportunity in Wyoming**

**Job Modification Details:**
- **Experience Required:** More than 2 years

- **Multiple Provider Acceptance:** Yes

**Position Overview:**
We are seeking a Board Certified or Board Eligible Rheumatologist for an outpatient practice, tasked with launching an innovative service line to address autoimmune, inflammatory, and musculoskeletal disorders. This role will integrate into a collaborative team of over 100 healthcare providers, aimed at delivering evidence-based care to enhance patient outcomes and expand specialty access within the community.

**Role Specifications:**

- **Position Title:** Rheumatologist Physician

- **Practice Type:** Outpatient

- **Work Schedule:** Four days of patient care per week and one administrative day dedicated to documentation, care coordination, quality initiatives, and professional development.

- **Annual Commitment:** 46 working weeks per year, including 29 days of Annual Time Off (ATO) and 5 days of Continuing Medical Education (CME) leave.

**Clinical Responsibilities:**
The role entails:

- Comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and management of patients with rheumatologic conditions, including but not limited to:
 

- Rheumatoid arthritis
 

- Psoriatic arthritis

  - Ankylosing spondylitis

  - Systemic lupus erythematosus
 - Vasculitis
 

- Sjögren's syndrome
 - Scleroderma
 

- Gout and crystal arthropathies
 

- Osteoarthritis
 - Osteoporosis

- Development of individualized treatment regimens and management of DMARDs, biologics, and infusion therapies, alongside performing in-office procedures like joint aspirations, injections, and soft tissue injections.

- Interpreting laboratory and imaging results while ensuring coordination of care among various healthcare providers.
- Patient and family education regarding disease management, treatment options, and preventive strategies.

**Administrative and Quality Enhancements:**
- Proficient utilization of electronic medical records (EMR) for accurate documentation.

- Engagement in quality improvement initiatives and active participation in departmental meetings, aiming to enhance care coordination and support population health strategies.

- Compliance with all relevant regulatory and organizational standards while assisting in clinical protocol development.

**Professional Expectations:**
- Ongoing professional development to maintain up-to-date clinical knowledge and competencies.

- Engagement in CME pursuits and adherence to licensure and certification requirements, including DEA registration and credentialing.
- Foster collaborative teamwork with diverse healthcare personnel.

**Qualifications:**
- **Mandatory:**
 - MD or DO degree
 

- Completion of an accredited Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship

  - Board Certification or Board Eligibility in Rheumatology (Certification required within 5 years of residency)
 

- Unrestricted medical license (or eligibility) for Wyoming
 

- Current DEA registration

- **Preferred:**
 - Experience in an outpatient rheumatology setting
 

- Proficiency in musculoskeletal ultrasound
 

- Background in biologic therapy management and infusion services

  - Demonstrated commitment to patient-centered care and continuous quality improvement

**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:**
- Proficient diagnostic and clinical decision-making abilities.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- Capability to manage chronic and complex conditions effectively.
- Commitment to evidence-based medical practices.
- Strong organizational skills for effective documentation and care coordination.

**Certifications Required:**
- BLS certification issued by AHA
- Procedure logs are mandatory

- Active Wyoming State License or IMLC

- Vaccination Requirements: Covid and Flu vaccinations required or valid medical/religious exemptions accepted.

The schedule is set for four clinic days per week with one administrative day at the physician's discretion.