Chief Resident Physician
Primary Location Los Angeles, California
Worker Location Onsite
Job Number 1343014 Date posted 04/09/2025
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Description:
Chief Resident position is a one-year experience that offers a unique blend of education, patient care, advocacy, and administration with heavy emphasis on teaching outpatient and inpatient medicine in a clinical context. Under Program Director supervision, at a Junior Faculty capacity, The Chief Resident performs as a Leader, Mentor, Administrator, Educator, & Counselor for an ACGME accredited training program. Serves as a guiding leader to a group of early physicians through a year of intense professional growth. Supports the accredited program in its Administrative, Operational, & Recruitment responsibilities.
Job Summary:
Chief Resident position is a one-year experience that offers a unique blend of education, patient care, advocacy, and administration with heavy emphasis on teaching outpatient and inpatient medicine in a clinical context. Under Program Director supervision, at a Junior Faculty capacity, The Chief Resident performs as a Leader, Mentor, Administrator, Educator, & Counselor for an ACGME accredited training program. Serves as a guiding leader to a group of early physicians through a year of intense professional growth. Supports the accredited program in its Administrative, Operational, & Recruitment responsibilities.
Essential Responsibilities:
- LEADERSHIP & ACADEMIC TEACHING OF RESIDENT(S) & MEDICAL STUDENT(S): Mentor for PGY1, PGY2, PGY3, & Medical Students.
- Round with inpatient teams independently of staff physicians.
- Staff & Co-Sign Intern(s) & Resident(s) notes.
- Serves as liaison between the residents and the administration.
- Provide career guidance to residents i.e. applications, fellowship training, networking.
- Serves as a barometer of morale in the residency program.
- Leadership involvement in new program improvements initiatives/workflows.
- Introduce KP quality/performance improvement initiatives to residents & follow up on healthcare performance metrics.
- Involvement in various campus-wide committees directly affecting the Training Program.
- Involvement in community health/wellness outreach, free clinic(s).
- Organize and promote quarterly panel management projects, if applicable.
- Participate, precept & mentor Resident/Medical Student during inpatient & outpatient settings.
- Continuity Clinic
- Organize & facilitate Onboarding/Orientation of Residents, Rotating Residents, & Medical Students to Inpatient & Outpatient settings i.e. critical care, nursery units, ambulatory clinics.
- Organize and lead morning report conferences.
- Schedule and facilitate Journal Club.
- Organize and lead medical student outpatient didactics.
- Organize outpatient educational didactics.
- Schedule resident research/scholarly activity presentations.
- Coordination of Training Sites (coordinate resident rotations at off-site community services, clinics, non-KP LAMC sites, & non-KP hospitals).
- Performance Evaluations: Resident and Medical Students.
- Board Review Series (Participate in Lecture Series).
- ADMINISTRATIVE: Educational/curriculum deployment.
- Organize medical student schedules.
- Create, Organize & Maintenance of Resident Block Rotation Schedule.
- Approval of Resident Vacation Requests.
- Create, Organize, maintenance of Resident Call Schedules.
- Create, Organize, maintenance of Resident Sick Call & Jeopardy Coverage.
- Creation of Noon Conference Schedule.
- Coordinate procedural simulations.
- Coordinate with other training programs to create unified schedule.
- Schedule Management: Holidays, Retreat Coverage, Graduation Dinner Coverage.
- Oversight of Continuity Clinic conflicts due to vacation, cancellations, make-ups, etc.
- Resident Work Hours Monitoring (In conjunction with PD and GME Office).
- Medical Record/Delinquent Dictation Notifications.
- RECRUITMENT: Organize, lead & participate: Arrange Lunch, Tour Schedule, Recruitment Socials.
- Participate in Recruitment Interviews.
- Organize & Participate New Intern Orientation, EPIC/Health Connect Training.
- Lead program & hospital tour for applicants.
- Coordinate Housestaff Feedback Meeting.
- Attend Intern Selection Committee Meetings.
- Support program overview presentation by Program Director.
- PATIENT CARE: Weekly Continuity Clinic Duties.
- Inpatient Attending Duties.
- Manage Personal Inbox and monitor In-Basket Management by Residents.
- Coordinate Resident Inbox coverage schedules.
- Mentor at MSFC Free Clinic.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- N/A
Education
- MD/DO Degree
- Completion of ACGME accredited specialty care training program.
License, Certification, Registration
- Doctor of Medicine License (California)
- Drug Enforcement Administration Registration
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Basic Life Support
Additional Requirements:
- NRP Certification (if applicable)
- PALS Certification (if applicable)
Preferred Qualifications:
- N/A
Primary Location: California,Los Angeles,4950 Sunset Radiation Center
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 04:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Internship
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-03|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Sunset Medical Center - GME - Pediatric Residency - 0801
Pay Range: $81100 - $104940 / year
Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital).
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.
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Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.
Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.
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Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.
For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
