Salary and Benefits
Salary Levels for County Paid House Staff:
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Approx. Yearly Salary ($)
2009-2013 |
1 |
43, 957 |
2 |
49,177 |
3 |
53,284 |
4 |
57,419 |
5 |
61,443 |
6 |
65,607 |
7 |
69,520 |
To view current exact salary levels and scheduled pay increrases download the current CIR MOU and look at page 9. You can also view the CIR MOU Amendment here.
Benefits
Click here to download Payroll & Benefits pages found in the GME Policy Manual. View the County Human Resources website for more information at http://dhr.lacounty.info or call the Benefits Hotline at 213-388-9982.
Bereavement Leave
Employees are allowed three days off with pay due to the death of a member of their immediate family or the family of a domestic partner. If an employee has to travel 500 miles one-way as a result of the death, they are permitted an additional two days of bereavement leave with pay. Please download the Payroll and Benefits Pages found in the GME Policy Manual for more specific requirements related to bereavement leave.
Bonuses
Bilingual Bonus - Full-time employees who meet the criteria are eligible to a bonus of $100 per month. Request for bilingual bonuses must be submitted through the departmental Program Directors to Human Resources and the employee must be tested to determine proficiency in the second language. Employees are not eligible to receive the bonus until the request for bonus has been approved.
Educational Bonus - An educational bonus of $2000.00 is paid to Physician Post Graduates PGY1/Interns who advance to a PGY2 year in a County training program. This bonus is paid on the August 15th pay day.
1.115 Waiver Incentive Bonus -2% of the annual salary is paid to Resident Physicians at the end of each year in the following programs. Payment is made based on the current salary level in effect on July 1st of each year of the contact, payable on August 15 of each year.
Program |
PGY Level |
| Internal Medicine |
II & III |
| Family Medicine |
II, III, IV |
| Pediatrics |
II, III, IV |
| OB/GYN |
II, III, IV |
Disability Insurance
Rivetti, Clark & Associates currently provides disability insurance to County-paid Housestaff. Contact them at 818-878-7800 or http://www.rivetticlark.com/
Leave
The actual number of leave days trainees may use during the training year may be less than the number allotted. Please contact your program to determine the number of days allowed.
In lieu of vacation and holiday allowances, persons employed as full-time or half-time Physicians, Post Graduate (first through seventh year) who are assigned to a County hospital for any one contractual period of at least 2 months, or its equivalent (4 months for employees on half-time items), shall earn 2 working days paid leave per month, 10 working days may be deferred each year upon written request by the employee. If no request is made, employees shall be paid for all accrued days. Upon completion of each Physician, Post Graduate year a lump sum payment shall be paid for such accrued time.
Medical/Dental Insurance
Access and change your health, dental, and other benefit information online by visiting http://www.buckhrsolutions.com/countyla or call the Benefits Hotline at 213-388-9982. You will need to know your 6-digit employee# when you call; you can find this number on your pay stub.
Payroll
The County has two pay periods per month: the 1st through the 15th and the 16th through the end of the month. Each County employee must complete a timesheet in the cCAPS system for each pay period. For housestaff, the timesheet is usually completed by proxy (program coordinator or other department representative).
The official County payday is the 15th of the month for all hours worked in the prior month. However, employees who are on direct deposit get an earned salary advance (ESA) on the 30th of each month. An ESA is an advance on the 15th payday and is usually approximately one-half of the net earnings although some bonuses are only paid on the 15th of the month.
Each department has designated an employee to be the payroll liaison. For trainees this person is usually the Program Coordinator. The liaison will attempt to answer all payroll related questions. If unable to answer these questions, the liaison will contact the Payroll Office for assistance.
Pension Savings Plan (PSP)
Click here to view information about your Pension Savings Plan. Please contact the Pension Savings Plan Unit at 213-738-2252 if you have any questions. Leaving County service? You need to complete a Distribution Request Form within 30 days from your last day worked with the County. Mail the completed form to the address listed on the form.
Sick Leave
Housestaff shall earn and accrue full-pay sick leave as provided in Article 14 of the Memorandum of Understanding regarding Fringe Benefits between the County and the Coalition of County Unions, AFL-CIO, dated November 17, 1987; provided, however, that in no event shall said employees be credited with more than 8 days of full-pay sick leave in any calendar year commencing on or after January 1, 1989.
Housestaff shall be paid for unused full-pay sick leave as if they were full-time permanent employees subject to the terms and conditions set forth in said Article 14 of the Memorandum of Understanding regarding Fringe Benefits between the County and the Coalition of County Unions, AFL-CIO. Upon termination from County service, employees represented by CIR who have at least five years of continous service shall receive payment for accumulated sick leave at full pay to a maximum of 720 working hours. Such payment as provided in Section 6.24.040 of the Los Angeles County Code shall be computed at the workday hourly rate of pay in effect on the employee's final day of County service and shall be equal to one-half of unused sick leave.
Malpractice Insurance Information
Email Accounts
All residents are assigned a GroupWise (LA County) email address. All residents are required to check their GroupWise email address on a regular basis either by checking the account directly or by forwarding the account to another email address. If you have forgotten your user ID or password please take your ID Badge to the Information Systems Office in the basement of the hospital.
Web access to GroupWise account: https://gwweb.dhs.lacounty.gov/gw/webacc
Click here to download Instructions for accessing your GroupWise Account from the Internet and setting a forward rule.
Meals
Harbor-UCLA resident receive one free breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day in the Doctor’s Dining Room.
Food Services
Linen Room
Only Harbor-UCLA residents are issued scrubs and white coats. The garments can be returned to the laundry for a clean exchange each week.
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