Physician, M.d. Post-Graduate Training License​/Temporary

Overview

FILING DATES: APRIL 16, 2021 @ 8:00 A.M. (PT). Until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

EXAM NUMBER: Y5474D

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT Open Competitive Job Opportunity /
TEMPORARY

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest health system in the nation, providing compassionate, quality care through its integrated system of hospitals and community-based clinics. DHS annually cares for about 600,000 unique patients, employs over 22,000 staff and has an annual operating budget of $6.5 billion. DHS leads the county s effort to provide health services to the residents of Los Angeles County, of which approximately two million are uninsured.

DHS hospitals also conduct post-graduate medical education through university affiliations for interns, residents and fellows to train the physician workforce for tomorrow.

To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

Renders professional medical services as an independent physician, or as part of a post graduate educational program under the supervision of a medical staff for the purpose of moonlighting.

Physicians with the Postgraduate Training License (PTL) and in moonlighting assignments work under general direction of medical staff and are responsible for providing medical care and treatments in a medical specialty field to a variety of patients during a period of post graduate education in a hospital approved for such training. Postgraduates in this class receive varying degrees of direction by physicians and medical staff in providing medical care and treatments based on the amount of training and knowledge gained in the medical specialty, and must follow established department policy, procedures, and guidelines as determined by medical specialties and sub-specialties.

The PTL may engage in the practice of medicine as described below only in connection with his or her duties as a resident physician in a board-approved program, including affiliated sites, or under those conditions as are approved in writing and maintained in the PTL s file by the director of his or her program.

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Responsibilities include conferring with attending and staff physicians regarding care and treatment of patients, assisting them in examining and treating patients; providing general medical consultation services; securing cooperation and/or permission for treatment from patients and relatives; examining, diagnosing and treating patients in admitting and treatment rooms, clinics, wards and in homes; performing medical duties in diagnostic and special services; working with interns and nursing personnel regarding the care of patients;

writing orders, reviewing patient charts and records; determining the necessity for laboratory tests; ordering and interpreting results; conferring with professional personnel in medical and related fields; assisting in epidemiological work and the enforcement of rules relating to communicable disease control; prescribing needed therapy, reviewing the progress of patients and adapting treatment as necessary; conducting post-mortem examinations and assisting in carrying out laboratory studies to discover the main and contributing causes of death;

certifying as to the cause of death; testifying in court as an expert Medical witness when necessary; assisting in the planning and direction of health programs; conducting research, special studies, and surveys; providing technical supervision to a professional or non-professional staff involved in providing direct patient care.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Postgraduate Training License issued by the Medical Board of California - and - enrollment in an American Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited residency program.

• Curriculum Vitae
• Statement of Career Goals

The Statement of Career Goals is a narrative that serves as an effective way of assessing current career achievements and the means one should take for accomplishing such career objectives.

LICENSE:

A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential function.

Light: Light physical effort which may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit, and some bending, stooping or squatting. Considerable walking may be involved.

* Applicants MUST include a legible photocopy of their Postgraduate Training License issued by the Medical Board of California to the application at the time of filing or email it to the analyst within 15 calendar days of filing online. The required license and/or certificate MUST be current and unrestricted; conditional, provisional, probationary or…