Physician Resident I

Mercy Medical Center a Dignity Health member has been building a rich history of care in our community for more than 100 years. We have grown from a small one-story wooden structure into a major healthcare provider with a new 186-bed main campus offering the latest in facility design and technology. Mercy also operates Outpatient Centers a Cancer Center and several rural clinics.

Wherever you work throughout our system you will find faces of experience with dedication to high quality personalized care. Joining our 1300 employees 230 physicians and many volunteers you can help carry out our commitment to providing our community with the excellence they have come to associate with Mercy Medical Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

The resident, without the use of an intermediary, must be able to: Take a history and perform a physical examination. Administer injections and obtain blood samples, perform medical procedures commensurate with their level of training and supervision by attending physicians. Use sterile technique and universal precautions. Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Assist at surgical operations. Talk to and interview other patients and staff to obtain/exchange information. Operate a personal computer and office equipment. Demonstrate timely, consistent, and reliable follow-up on patient care issues, such as laboratory results, patient phone calls, or other requests. Input and retrieve data from a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Read charts and interpret monitors. Perform documentation procedures, including daily patient notes in the hospital and clinic, chart dictations, and other paperwork, in a timely fashion in accordance with medical staff regulations. Manage multiple patient care duties at the same time. Make judgments and decisions regarding complicated, undifferentiated disease presentations in a timely
fashion in emergency, ambulatory, and hospital settings. Demonstrate organizational skills required to eventually care for 10 or more outpatient cases per half day clinic session. Take call for the resident services, clinic, and which requires inpatient admissions and work stretches of up to 30 hours. Present well organized case discussions and requests for consultations to other physicians and attending supervisors. Complete all required evaluations in a timely fashion. Attend required lectures, seminars, case discussions and other meetings necessary to the training program.

• You shall limit your use of the information obtained from the Network and derivatives thereof (the Information) solely for the purposes of Requesting Contractor meeting its obligations under the Contract. Further, your use of the Information will be limited to the minimum necessary required to fulfill your contractual responsibilities.
• You agree to undertake a reasonable degree of care to protect the Information considering its confidential and privileged nature, which care shall not, in any event, be less than that required by law, and by Dignity Health's Network Usage Policy, a copy of which is attached.
• You have read and understand Dignity Health's Network Usage Policy and Requesting Contractor's privacy and security obligations under the Contract, and agree that, in addition to the requirements herein, the Network Usage Policy also governs your access to and use of the Network. Any revisions to the Network Usage Policy, which may be necessary from time to time, will be readily available to you on the Network for your review.
• Your Network user ID and password is unique to you and at no time shall you share with or otherwise disclose either of them to any other individual in your company or elsewhere. You agree to immediately report to Medical Facility the disclosure or loss of your user ID or password.
• You acknowledge that any violation of this Memorandum of Understanding could result in irreparable harm, the damages for which are incalculable. You agree that in the case of such breach of the foregoing agreement and trust, the patient, Dignity Health and Medical Facility shall have every remedy available at law, including immediate injunctive relief, in addition to remedies provided under the Contract.

Minimum:

• Must possess and maintain a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate within first year of Residency.
• Must posses and maintain a current Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certificate within first year of Residency, renewed every 2 yrs after.
• Must possess and maintain a current Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) certificate within the first year of employment.
• Must possess and maintain a current PALS within first year of Residency, renewed every 2 yrs.
• Must possess and maintain a current Advance Life Support Obstetrics (ALSO) within third year of Residency.

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.