Go on AAPMR job board and practice link for starters. Have a look around. You can see there are a lot of general PM&R jobs. But many will require relocation. AAPMR is better for academic jobs typically.
SNF jobs typically aren’t on there. Integrated Rehab Consultants sends me an email about twice per week to join them. There are several SNF companies. Some SNF companies will take a lot of your money up front, such as the first 10 per day will take a high %. Or you go solo (which is harder to get into a SNF, but will take some work). Some places you get benefits and others not. What you would really want is a 1099 gig. Based on what I’ve seen post training, there is a lot of turnover with some of those companies.
Encompass health physician careers is also another good place to start or reach out to a recruiter for acute IPR. There is also HCA healthcare, Kindred and others. Lots of jobs if you are willing to relocate. I’ve always been very hesitant in Kindred and they also seem to have higher physician turnover.
You can also try locums, doc cafe, comphealth, ect. Comphealth will send you job postings several times per week for the rest of your life if you give them your email. If you call them about a job they never follow through because likely the job was already filled. Some people make a great career by just being Locums. I’ve just not found a recruiting company to be helpful.
So overall, I agree with above. No you don’t have to do spine to make a lot of money. The more patients you see per year the more money you make typically (depending on your contract). With a busy pain practice it can be easier to get higher income, however with a 1099 general you can also get there, but be prepared to work for it.
As a generalist that wants to make money, I’d recommend going inpatient as a 1099 and getting to 20 patients per day, then either adding additional inpatient or SNF if you want to make more. It’s more work than I do, but that’s how you make higher income. Also adding on some admin work helps too.
