Chief Resident Physician

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:

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• 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

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• 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