Salary & Benefits

Kaiser Permanente provides its residents and fellows with a compensation program that is highly competitive in today’s market. We approach salary and benefits as a total compensation package: wage programs, pay practices, paid time off, educational leave, and ancillary benefits such as child and elder care, are all part of a compensation structure that sustains a comfortable quality of life for our residents and fellows.

For the most current salary and benefit information, please visit https://residency-scal-kaiserpermanente.org/salary-benefits/.

 

Weekly didactics

  • Protected from clinical duties. Work- shops and interactive case based discussions. Includes monthly simulation and task training sessions.

 

Residents and fellows are eligible for the following reimbursements:

  • USMLE/COMLEX Step 3 Exam

  • California Medical License Initial Application

  • California Medical License & Renewal (as long as expiration date occurs before completion of residency training)

  • DEA license

  • Travel reimbursement for scholarly project presentations at national society meetings

  • ABEM board exam reimbursement

 

Emergency Medicine Memberships & Subscriptions Covered by Program:

  • Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

  • American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)

  • American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)

  • ECG Weekly– Online EKG mastery website from Ammal Mattu.

  • Rosh Review → online life-long learning modules, including ITE and ABEM board preparation.

Additional Benefits:

  • Reimbursable allowance for educational materials during PGY 1-3.

  • Malpractice insurance is provided by Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG).

 

Medical benefits for you and your eligible family starting on July 1 of each year. Vision and dental coverage is available after 90 days of employment. Alternate mental health care and other leaves of absence are also included.

  • Scrubs, white coats, business cards, laptop, and iPhones (including service) provided at no cost to residents.

  • Paid Vacation → 4 weeks (given in 2 week blocks, Monday-Sunday)

  • Sleeping rooms and parking are available at all hospitals.

  • Hospital cafeteria meal allowance is provided to all residents while on shift.

 

Kaiser Permanente 401(k) Retirement Plan:

  • You are enrolled automatically with a 2 percent employee contribution on your date of hire. Your contribution will in- crease by 1% per year up to 6%, unless you opt out.

  • Complete professional liability coverage is provided throughout residency training. Coverage is provided on a date-of-occurrence basis; this means you do not need to buy tail coverage for the patients that you treated while employed as a resident physician at Kaiser. Insurance is effective from the first date to the last date of employment. 1.5 Million per incident / 3 Million Aggregate. Short-term and long-term disability is offered to resident physicians.