What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physiatry / PM&R Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – Post-Acute Care position at Skilled Care Docs?
We are seeking a motivated Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) to join our growing post-acute rehabilitation medicine practice, providing care in skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, and long-term care facilities throughout Alabama.
This is a 1099 independent contractor opportunity ideal for an advanced practice provider interested in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), rehabilitation medicine, musculoskeletal medicine, geriatrics, and functional recovery.
Compensation
$125,000–$155,000 annualized earning potential
Compensation may vary based on:
- Patient census
- Facility volume
- Clinical experience
- Productivity
- Geographic coverage
- Number of assigned facilities
This position is structured as a 1099 independent contractor arrangement. This position has no health or retirement benefits.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate new rehabilitation and post-acute patients
- Perform focused musculoskeletal and neurological examinations
- Assess functional impairments following hospitalization, illness, surgery, injury, or neurological events
- Manage rehabilitation-related medical conditions
- Develop individualized rehabilitation-focused treatment plans
- Follow patients throughout their skilled rehabilitation stay
- Monitor functional progress and barriers to recovery
- Collaborate closely with physical, occupational, and speech therapy teams
- Evaluate pain interfering with participation in therapy
- Assist with management of musculoskeletal pain, neuropathic pain, spasticity, weakness, gait abnormalities, and mobility limitations
- Evaluate patients following stroke, fractures, joint replacement, orthopedic procedures, spinal conditions, neurological disease, and medical deconditioning
- Review therapy documentation and functional progress
- Identify medical issues interfering with rehabilitation participation
- Recommend appropriate rehabilitation interventions, precautions, equipment, and specialty referrals
- Participate in interdisciplinary care planning
- Communicate recommendations with attending physicians and facility clinical staff
- Maintain timely and compliant clinical documentation
- Help reduce preventable functional decline and unnecessary hospital transfers
Providers may evaluate patients with:
- Stroke and neurological impairment
- Hip fractures
- Joint replacements
- Orthopedic injuries
- Amputations
- Spinal disorders
- Generalized weakness
- Gait dysfunction
- Falls
- Neuropathy
- Musculoskeletal pain
- Spasticity
- Contractures
- Debility following hospitalization
- Functional decline
- Post-surgical rehabilitation needs
Qualifications
Required:
- Licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
- Active Alabama license or ability to obtain Alabama licensure
- National board certification appropriate to profession
- Strong physical assessment skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with physicians and interdisciplinary rehabilitation teams
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- Reliable transportation
- Ability to travel locally between assigned facilities
Preferred:
- Previous PM&R/physiatry experience
- Skilled nursing or post-acute care experience
- Orthopedic experience
- Neurology experience
- Pain management experience
- Internal medicine or geriatric experience
- Experience working with rehabilitation therapy teams
Previous physiatry experience is preferred but not required. NPs and PAs with backgrounds in internal medicine, orthopedics, neurology, pain medicine, geriatrics, hospital medicine, or post-acute care are encouraged to apply.
Contractor Practice Model
This opportunity is structured as a 1099 independent contractor relationship.
Providers will primarily perform weekday daytime facility rounding. Facility assignments and patient census will vary based on geographic coverage and practice needs.
The model is designed for clinicians who value autonomy and enjoy rehabilitation-focused medicine without a traditional hospital shift-based environment.
Apply Today
If you are an NP or PA interested in rehabilitation medicine, PM&R, orthopedics, neurology, geriatrics, or post-acute medicine, we would like to speak with you.
Please submit your CV/resume through Indeed for confidential consideration.
Pay: $130,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
Salary : $130,000 - $150,000