Medical Staff House Staff Orientation Manual - Montefiore Medical ...

During the disability period MMC will supplement the disability with a payment to bring the
combination of disability and supplemental payment to 2/3 of their pay.
House Staff Sick Leave Policy
Each full time House Staff Officer earns paid sick leave at the rate of one day per month which is
to be used for bonafide illnesses. The House Staff Office may advance sick time of up to one
year's entitlement during your period of continuous disability or the expiration of your Resident
Agreement, whichever is earlier. Each House Staff Officer is responsible for notifying the
director of their training program, his/her Chief Resident or the residency coordinator when the
House Staff Officer is sick. The director of training or residency coordinator will notify the
House Staff Office in writing of this sick time.
House Staff Vacation Policy
One of the benefits provided to each full time House Staff Officer is 4 weeks paid vacation per
contract year. The vacation time off is granted in accordance with the individual training
program's departmental policy.
House Staff Benefit Plans
Montefiore Medical Center provides comprehensive benefit programs. You will attend a benefit
orientation wherein materials will be provided to you describing your options under the Choice
and other programs. In order to avail yourselves of these programs, you
must complete and return the appropriate forms to the Benefits Office. The number for Benefits
Office is (718) 405-4670.
Limitation of House Staff Hours
New York State Hospital Code limits post-graduate trainee working hours to 80 hours per week
averaged over a four-week period. House Staff will not be scheduled to work more than 24
consecutive hours. An additional 3 hours is permitted beyond the 24-hour limit if the purpose is
for transfer of patient information. The 3 hours may not be used to assign additional patient care
activity and the additional time is included in the 80-hour schedule. Scheduled rotations must be
separated by at least eight non-working hours and at least a 24-hour period of non-working hours
assigned each week. The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education requires
scheduled rotations to be separated by at least 10 non-working hours.
Moonlighting
The Program Director must approve any employment outside the training program. House Staff
who have worked the maximum number of hours permitted by the New York State Hospital
Code are prohibited from working additional hours as physicians providing patient care.
Employment outside the training program must be pursuant to a written contract with the
Medical Center, approved by the Office of Legal Affairs. Credentialing as a member of the
medical staff with appropriate privileges is required.
Such employment is not permitted within the same clinical department in which the House Staff
member is training, even if the area of employment is outside of the training program. The Office
of Legal Affairs must approve exceptions in advance, based on new developments or
clarifications of the applicable law. The Policy is available in the
House Staff Office.
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