Resident - PGY2

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

St. Mary Medical Center participates in the NRMP program in which participants agree to abide by the NRMP match requirements and guidelines No prior residency experience required for first year position. For second year need to have completed 1 year (12 months) of residency. For third year need to have completed 2 years (24 months) of residency. California law requires residents to obtain an independent practitioner?s license (Physician and Surgeon license) if they are graduates of a US medical or osteopathic school and have completed 2 years of residency training in the US. This license MUST be in effect before the 3rd year of residency training can commence. International medical graduates MAY apply for an independent practitioner?s license after successful completion of 2 years of residency training that includes at least 4 months of direct patient care; however they are NOT REQUIRED to possess that license until completion of their 3rd year of residency training.

PGY-2s have roughly 3 months of inpatient rotations divided between Medicine Wards and ICU. The remaining months are spent in subspecialty consultation or outpatient clinic rotations. Cardiology combined Neurology and Nephrology Consult service and Pulmonary rotations are based at St. Mary Medical Center. Pulmonary Consult Cardiology Consult Infectious Disease General Medicine Consult Endocrinology Hematology-Oncology and Gastroenterology are based at Harbor-UCLA. Overnight call is typically once a week. Residents also rotate through the night float service 2 weeks at a time once or twice each year. Outpatient months are spent at a variety of clinics in the South Bay area including: St. Mary Medicine Clinic Harbor-UCLA Outpatient Clinics (Rheumatology Dermatology Diabetes Clinic Womens Health) Kaiser-Permanente (Ophthalmology Dermatology) and Private Practice Offices (Allergy and Immunology Endocrinology Psychiatry Adolescent Care).

 Opened to Matched Residents only through NRMP program. 

• (Medical Doctor) degree or D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathy) degree from accredited University. Graduate of LCME accredited medical school AOA accredited osteopathic medical school or acceptable equivalent medical school (at the discretion of the internship selection committee and Program Director).
• Interest in post-graduate training in Internal Medicine
• Acceptable performance in medical school as judged by Deans Letter letters of recommendation transcripts or other evaluation criteria. Acceptable performance on USMLE or COMLEX licensing examinations (USMLE 1 and 2 COMLEX 1 and 2) or equivalent examination acceptable to the internship selection committee and Program Director Acceptable score on in-person interview with faculty member.
• Credentials and evaluations verified and acceptable to Program Director
• No prior residency experience required for first year position. For second year need to have completed 1 year (12 months) of applicable residency training. For third year need to have completed 2 years (24 months) of applicable residency training residency.
• California law requires residents to obtain an independent practitioners license (Physician and Surgeon postgraduate training license or a full unrestricted license as prescribed by State law).

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible employees may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit https://www.commonspirit.careers/benefits.

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.