Built-in 1973 Dignity Health Methodist Hospital of Sacramento is committed to providing daily excellence in health care for residents of Sacramento’s southern suburbs including the Elk Grove Wilton and Galt communities. Methodist Hospital is home to a 158 acute-care bed facility with 1120 employees 283 medical staff and 29 Emergency Department beds. Methodist Hospital also owns and operates Bruceville Terrace – a 171-bed sub-acute skilled nursing long-term care facility adjacent to the hospital that provides care for the elderly as well as those requiring extended recoveries. Methodist Hospital is home to the Family Medicine Residency Program an accredited and nationally recognized program which provides resident physicians with specialty training in primary care family medicine. Together the hospital and residency program implemented a ground-breaking curriculum addressing the identification treatment and assistance of human trafficking victims and created a one-of-a-kind health clinic for victims the Human Trafficking Medical Home.

Job Summary:

This position is grant funded and is tied to approved grant funding to support it. The position reports to the Family Practice Residency Program Director. The incumbent will perform professional medical duties while undergoing advanced professional training in Family Medicine with a focus on Obstetrics and Gynecology under the general supervision of teaching faculty and community physicians at Methodist Hospital and Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. Position Scope: This position is responsible for participation in the educational and clinical activities of the Mercy Healthcare Family Practice Residency Program and that of the OB Fellowship. This includes cooperation with educational elements of the teaching program as well as providing clinical services to program patients within the Mercy Family Health Center Methodist Hospital Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and other approved clinical and training facilities. The incumbent prepares updates and maintains current and accurate medical records for all clinical patient encounters. The incumbent provides support to other trainees prepares forms and evaluations and participates in the interface of the residency with the medical staff as well as other hospital and regional departments. The incumbents will also participate in the evaluation interviewing ranking and selecting of qualified applicants to the 4th Year Resident position on an annual basis. The incumbent will participate in the assurance of compliance with the changing and evolving requirements of outside accrediting licensing and surveying agencies. The incumbent will participate in the monitoring and maintenance of procedures to assume quality in all aspects of the residency program. Major Challenges: Hours of duty may be long and irregular. Coping with human misery pain death and dying may be difficult. Decisions Made at the Resident Level: Patient care decisions within the scope and privileges delegated by the supervising attending physician and commensurate with the level of residency training. Decisions Made at the Leadership Level: Patient care decisions beyond the scope privilege or experience of the resident physician commensurate with the level of residency training.

Responsibilities:

• Attendance at all rotations must conform to the goals and objectives of that rotation. Any absences must be excused in accordance with the procedures of the program.
• Rounds are a required part of the program and residents are expected to consistently attend them.
• Residents are expected to satisfactorily complete all rotations.
• Residents are expected to demonstrate competence appropriate to their level of training in the judgment of the faculty in the following areas: Management of patient care within the Mercy Family Health Center and Methodist Hospital, Mercy General Hospital, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, and Mercy San Juan Hospital including management of primary care problems, management of obstetrics, health maintenance, and the appropriate use of supervisors, consultants and community resources.

Education and Experience:

• Must be a graduate of an Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited Family Medicine Residency Program and is Board Eligible / Board Certified in Family Medicine.

Licensure:

• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Certification in ACLS within the first month of training.
• Certification in Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) in the first 6 months of training.