Resident Physician
Primary Location Los Angeles, California
Worker Location Onsite
Job Number 1343017 Date posted 04/09/2025
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Description:
Job Summary:
Residents are physicians in training. They develop and learn the skills necessary for their chosen specialty through didactic sessions, reading and providing direct patient care under the supervision of the training program, attending physicians and senior trainees. Residents are given progressively greater responsibility according to their level of education, ability, and experience.
Essential Responsibilities:
- May provide care in inpatient and outpatient settings.
- May serve on a team providing direct patient care or may be part of a team providing consultative or diagnostic services. The team may include an attending physician, other licensed practitioners, other trainees, medical students, and ancillary staff.
- Evaluate patients, obtain medical history, and perform physical examinations.
- May develop a differential diagnosis and problem list.
- May Develop a plan of care in conjunction with other trainees and attending(s).
- Document the provision of patient care as required by hospital/clinic policy.
- Residents may write orders for therapeutic interventions.
- May participate in procedures performed at the bedside, in the operating room or procedure suite under appropriate level of supervision.
- May initiate and coordinate hospital admission and discharge planning.
- Discuss the patients status and plan of care with the attending and team regularly.
- All residents help provide for the educational needs and supervision of any junior residents and medical students.
- The specific role of each resident varies with their clinical rotation, experience, years of clinical training, the patients illness, and the clinical demands placed on the team.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- N/A
Education
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) OR
- Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certificate, if applicable.
License, Certification, Registration
- National Provider Identifier
- Basic Life Support
Additional Requirements:
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Adhere to Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures and guidelines and such policies and procedures of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. as may be applicable to the Graduate Medical Education Program.
- Abide by the licensure requirements and policy of Kaiser Permanente Sothern California and state and federal law.
- Develop a personal program of self-study and professional growth with guidance from the Program Director and faculty.
- Abide by the work hours requirements listed in the KPSC Manual.
- Participate in safe, effective, and compassionate patient care, under supervision, commensurate with the appropriate level of advancement and responsibility.
- Participate fully in the educational and scholarly activities of the Training Program.
- Participate in programs and activities involving the professional staff and adhere to all Program and facility practices, procedures, policies, rules, and regulations in all the participating sites of the Program.
- Participate in committees, especially those that relate to patient care, safety, and review activities and quality improvement.
- Develop an understanding of the ethical, socioeconomic, and medical-legal issues that affect graduate medical education and how to apply high-value care and cost-conscious measures in providing patient care. Fulfill the duties of the assigned schedule of service, including on-call duty.
- Adhere to applicable ACGME, Training Program, California Medical Board, Osteopathic Medical Board of California, USMLE, Department of Justice (DEA), California law, and other requirements governing residents.
- Must have the following license and certifications as required: Post Graduate Training License (PTL) - Post Graduate Year 1, California Medical License (CML) - Post Graduate Year 2 or above, Drug Enforcement Administration Registration (DEA) - Post Graduate Year 2 or above, Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - if applicable, Pediatrics Advance Life Support (PALS) - if applicable, Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - 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 - FamilyPract Residency - 0801
Pay Range: $64377.23 - $79629.51 / 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.
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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.
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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:
