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:

• 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.