**Overview**

For more than 70 years Mercy Medical Center Redding has offered comprehensive health care in the North State providing acute care and a full range of medical services. The 267-bed hospital offers major medical services including a Level II Trauma Center as well as specialized Cardiovascular Care Stroke Care Orthopedics Neurological Surgery Comprehensive Cancer Care Maternity Care and da Vinci Robotic Surgery. It is the sole provider of obstetrical services along with the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Shasta County. In addition the hospital’s network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a member of the Dignity Health system and is a sister facility to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta. As one of the area’s largest not-for-profit employers we are proud to give back to the community by providing many programs and services to benefit overall health. Visit here (https://www.dignityhealth.org/north-state/locations/mercy-redding) to learn more.

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**Responsibilities**

**Position Summary:**

Incumbent performs professional medical duties while undergoing advanced professional training in Family Practice medicine under the general supervision of contracted staff physicians at the hospital. To be promoted from the R1 to the R2 the resident must be performing at a comptetncy level adequate to warrant licensure in California and to act with limited independence. (These criteria are also applied to International Medical Graduates even though they cannot qualify for licensure in California until the completion of the R2 year). For promotion from the R1 to R2 year, the resident must also be judged competent to supervise others (R1's and students).

**Qualifications**

**Minimum Qualifications:**

+ Successful completion of one year in a residency program to acquire knowledge of: methods and principles of medicine and surgery and skill in their application required

+ Completion of a medical school program approved by the Medical Board of California or Osteopathic Medical Board of California required

+ Familiarity with the methods of diagnosing and treating diseases and deficiency required

+ CA MD/DO License

+ BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP Certification (Must be through the American Heart Association)

**Pay Range**

$26.51 - $38.44 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.