Career Opportunities

Who are we?

We’ve been treating pain effectively through minimally invasive techniques since 1992. At American Pain Consortium (APC), our mission is to empower our providers, including board-certified pain management physicians, with exceptional patient care. We are driven to deliver a national platform for like-minded interventional pain providers seeking to help patients find symptom relief and lead a better quality of life. We invest in the people, processes, systems, credentials, and facilities that consistently yield exceptional medical, operational, and financial outcomes. Our footprint includes clinic and ambulatory surgery centers throughout Indiana and Ohio.

As an employer, we help our team to reach their maximum professional potential and create an environment conducive to our shared success. Our “why” centers around our 7 inspirations: the pursuit of excellence, empathy in everything we do, a culture of collaboration, open communication, creating a space for belonging, and ongoing innovation, which yields the result of bringing value.

What do we do?

Our goal at American Pain Consortium is to support our clinics that help patients seeking relief from pain, numbness, and tingling sensations that are often related to neuropathic pain or neuropathy, among many other forms of chronic pain. Even patients who have tried other pain treatments without success often benefit significantly from safe, effective treatment at American Pain Consortium. Our clinical multidisciplinary approach to care delivers the correct intervention to every patient, every time through various pain management procedures including injections, open surgical cases with general anesthesia, physical therapy, and psychological services. Our Providers focus on helping individuals improve functionality to restore a more meaningful lifestyle.

APC values individuals with a strong work-ethic, embracing why they want to serve in the healthcare industry while maintaining a work, family, and life balance. APC is seeking an individual who is eager to learn, develop, and grow and help us contribute to our overall mission to empower Providers to deliver exceptional patient care.

Job Summary

We are seeking a licensed clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychological Services that will support multiple offices. We are seeking a clinician to join in our continued innovation and advancement of our clinical services, training, and interdisciplinary partnerships in our pain management practices. The psychologist will have a designated clinic office as well as access to therapy and testing rooms in all office locations. In addition to traditional duties associated with being a doctoral level psychologist, we are seeking a clinician with leadership qualities who can assume a dynamic and advanced position and is motivated to help us build a strong behavioral medicine/psychological presence within the communities we serve.

The clinical psychologist will offer support to our healthcare providers by providing psychological services to include helping patients define goals and monitor progress, conducting individual pain-focused psychotherapy and behavioral medicine, and collaborating with other healthcare providers to evaluate and develop treatment plans. This position reports to the Chief Clinical Psychologist.

Patient Population

APC serves a population that is diverse as it relates to gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religious affiliation, age, and sexual orientation. We work with diverse medical and psychological presentations. Approximately 90% of patients seen for Psychological Services will be those that present with challenges commonly present within a Behavioral Medicine setting. Despite these patients presenting with pain and medical related challenges, providers also diagnose and treat co-occurring mental health conditions including substance use/dependency, anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, somatization disorders, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and personality disorders.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities (What You’ll Do)

• Deliver individual, pain-focused psychotherapy (e.g., coping skills for chronic pain/co-morbid health conditions, behavioral modification, psychoeducation on chronic pain management strategies and treatment options) to patients ages 18 and over at clinic sites in Ohio.
• Help clients define goals and plan action to achieve personal, social, educational, and vocational development and adjustment.
• Perform a minimum of 28 direct patient care clinical hours/week.
• Provide ongoing professional consultation and collaboration with the IPS interdisciplinary pain treatment team (e.g., Anesthesiology, NPs/PAs, Physical Therapy). Develop and implement treatment plans and therapeutic processes related to chronic pain.
• Monitor client progress through regular meetings or sessions.
• Ongoing assessment of opioid appropriateness and medication adherence.
• Administer, score, and upload patient demographics and data from screening tools.
• Maintain confidentiality of clients’ treatment and records in accordance with HIPAA.
• Opportunity to participate in clinical training seminars and supervise doctoral students by acting as a mentor and teaching where appropriate.
• All other duties as assigned by people leader
• Supervise doctoral practicum students and participate in clinical training seminars where appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications (What We Are Looking For)

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Education and/or Experience Requirements

• Active State Psychologist license in practicing state (or license-eligible)
  Experience in behavioral medicine/health psychology is required.
• Experience in pain management is strongly preferred.
• Applicants are not required to utilize a particular theoretical orientation for their work. However, familiarity with DBT, ACT, CBT, MBSR, and MI is preferred.

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following, which is included, but not limited, to:

• Problem Solving – Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions; Works well in group problem solving situations; Uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
• Customer Service – Responds promptly to customer needs; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments.
• Respect for Others – Treats patients, physicians, and colleagues in a professional, respectful, compassionate manner. Articulate and behave in a manner showing a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
• Respect for Privacy – Handles all patient, company, and staff information in a confidential manner compliant with all state and federal regulations and the APC Code of Conduct

Travel

Travel to alternative Ohio work locations will be required 1 day each week to support all Ohio practices. The Candidate may choose their preferred primary work location amongst the current Ohio offices in Columbus, Springfield, Fairfield and Dublin, Ohio.

Schedule

Onsite at clinic for all scheduled hours. Candidate may choose from a 4 or 5 day work week consisting of 40 in office hours allowing for at minimum 28 direct patient care hours per week.

Benefits (Work Perks)

Included for all full-time positions

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 3 weeks of Paid Time Off, increasing to 5 weeks with tenure
• 7 Paid Company Holidays
• Dollar for dollar 401K matching on the first 4% contributed
• Continuing Education / Tuition Reimbursement at $2,000 per calendar year
• Student Loan Reimbursement available

Salary

Commensurate with qualifications and years of experience, specifically within the specialty of delivering Behavioral Medicine / Health Psychological Services.

Equal Employment Opportunity

American Pain Consortium Management, its affiliates, and subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.