KPWA Resident

Job Summary:

Manage the care of patients under the supervision of a family physician or medical attending. Provide longitudinal primary medical care to a panel of outpatients. Communicate complex medical information rapidly and effectively with other members of a health care team. Have the capacity to see four (4) or more outpatient cases in a four-hour clinic session, three (3) or more hospital admissions in a 12-hour period, and have the ability to complete appropriate documentation in a timely fashion. May work shifts up to 12 hours when working on the inpatient services. Manage labor for continuity clinic patients that may exceed 24 hours.

Essential Responsibilities:

• OUTPATIENT CARE:
  • Provide longitudinal primary medical care to a panel of outpatients.
  • Learn to perform procedures essential to family medicine including male infant circumcision, outpatient dermatologic procedures, colposcopy, stabilization of musculoskeletal injuries, aspiration/injection of major joints, early pregnancy medical and surgical abortion, long-acting reversible contraception insertion and removal, vasectomy, and OB ultrasound.
  • Work effectively within a patient-care team.
  • Complete clinic notes, procedure notes, referral requests, L&I evaluations, and other documentation as needed for medical practice.
  • Work effectively with medical staff on specialty outpatient rotations.
• INPATIENT CARE:
  • Manage the care of patients under the supervision of a family physician or medical attending.
  • Perform complete H&P on new hospital admissions. Perform CPR on infants and adults as indicated.
  • Manage labor, perform deliveries, and repair obstetric trauma under the supervision of a family physician or obstetric attending.
  • Assist with major surgeries and C-sections.
  • Write or dictate admission and discharge notes, progress notes, delivery notes, and other necessary hospital documentation. As necessary, write orders for physical and chemical restraints.