Post Grad Year 1

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is seeking a Resident Physician for its Post Grad Year 1 program. Residency is a crucial phase of medical education following medical school, focused on completing the educational requirements for medical specialty board certification. Resident physicians are integral to patient care, performing a wide range of clinical activities under the supervision of attending physicians. This role involves initial and ongoing patient assessment, developing treatment plans, participating in rounds and seminars, timely medical record completion, and performing procedures. The program emphasizes developing an understanding of ethical, socioeconomic, and medical-legal issues, cost containment, and participation in educational activities, including teaching and supervising junior residents and students. Resident physicians are also expected to participate in institutional committees and adhere to all institutional policies and procedures. The program provides graded responsibilities, allowing residents to progress from direct supervision to more indirect supervision as their competence, clinical experience, judgment, knowledge, and technical skills are evaluated and confirmed. The ultimate goal is to ensure safe and effective patient care, with regular performance evaluations and feedback provided to residents. Supervision is provided by licensed independent practitioners, with the scope of resident responsibilities not exceeding that of the supervising physician. Attending physicians are available 24/7 for inpatient settings, and emergency room supervision is provided by full-time attending physicians. The program participates in the hospital-wide quality assurance system, with performance evaluations coordinated by Residency Program Directors.

Requirements

• Graduates of medical schools in the United States accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).
• Graduates of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine in the United States accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
• Graduates of medical schools outside the United States who have a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates prior to appointment.
• Graduates of medical schools outside the United States who have a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a US licensing jurisdiction in which they are in training.
• Successful completion of any pre-requisite accredited training specified by ACGME Residency Review Committees.
• Graduates of dental schools in the United States and Canada accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.

Nice To Haves

• Successful passage of board exams (or good faith efforts to pass) for promotion through subsequent years of residency.

Responsibilities

• Patient care activities within the scope of their clinical privileges and commensurate with their level of training and competence.
• Attendance at clinical rounds and seminars.
• Timely completion of medical records.
• Other responsibilities as assigned or as required of all members of the medical staff.
• Initial and ongoing assessment of patient's medical, physical, and psychosocial status.
• Performance of histories and physicals.
• Development of assessment and treatment plan.
• Participation in patient care/teaching rounds.
• Recording progress notes.
• Ordering tests, examinations, medications, and therapies.
• Arranging for discharge and after care.
• Writing admission notes, progress notes, procedure notes, and discharge summaries.
• Providing patient education and counseling covering health status, test results, disease processes, and discharge planning.
• Performing procedures, under supervision until certified competent.
• Assisting in surgery.
• Participation in safe, effective, and compassionate patient care.
• Developing an understanding of ethical, socioeconomic, and medical-legal issues that affect graduate medical education, and how to apply cost containment measures in the provision of patient care.
• Participating in the educational activities of the training program, and as appropriate, assumption of responsibility for teaching and supervising other residents and students, and participation in institutional orientation and education programs and other activities involving the clinical staff.
• Participating in institutional committees and councils to which the house staff physician is appointed or invited.
• Performing duties in accordance with the established practices, procedures, and policies of the institution, and those of its programs, clinical departments, and other institutions to which the resident physician is assigned, including, among others, state licensure requirements for physicians in training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level