Our residents are represented by the SEIU – Service Employees International Union Local 521. Their contract with the county of Monterey is re-negotiated every three years, with resident input. Click here to go to the personnel website for Monterey County to view the contract (MOU, Unit R) for Resident Physicians.
Medical Coverage
In accordance with current MOU.
Additional Benefit Information
Relocation stipend:
Effective August 2023, Resident Physicians shall receive $5,000 the first full pay period in August every year of their residency as a relocation and moving allowance not to exceed a total amount of $15,000 per resident. This provision will apply to all Residents effective August 2023 and not apply to residents in years prior to 2023.
Educational Stipend:
Resident Physicians shall receive two thousand dollars ($2000.00) per year to assist with educational and professional expenses, including but not limited to all required exams and licensing that are within the scope of the Family Medicine Residency Program.
Payment of Educational Stipend: Effective July 2018, one thousand dollars ($1000.00) will be paid in the first full pay period in August and one thousand dollars ($1000.00) will be paid in the first full pay period in January of each year.
Bilingual Pay:
An employee occupying a primary bilingual position shall be paid a bilingual pay differential of fifty-four dollars ($54) per pay period. An employee designated a provisional bilingual employee shall be paid a bilingual pay differential of thirty dollars ($30) per pay period.
Professional Stipend:
The County will pay eighty-five dollars ($85) per month to each bargaining unit employee as a professional stipend.
This provision will sunset June 2023 and Residents will no longer receive the professional stipend effective July 2023.
Multilingual Pay:
Resident Physicians who are in trilingual designated positions and are currently eligible for bilingual pay in accordance with Section 10.3 above shall be paid a trilingual pay differential of fifty dollars ($50) per month for each additional language listed below for which they receive certification of proficiency.
Paid Time Off (PTO): 32 days per year. Max 225 hours
Educational leave with pay:
In addition to PTO leave, the NMC CEO/designee shall authorize, upon written notification from the Resident, up to three (3) days of educational leave with pay each fiscal year as an adjunct to the elective portion of the first (1st) year Resident’s training, and up to five (5) days of educational leave with pay in each fiscal year as an adjunct to the elective portion of the second (2nd) and third (3rd) year Residents’ training. For the first (1st) year Residents, one (1) day of the three (3) days of educational leave shall be authorized with pay for the purpose of taking part in the National Board of Medical Examiners’ Medical Examination. A. Resident Physician will be able to carry over a maximum of three (3) non-accruable days into the next residency year.
Life Insurance: $20,000
Monthly Cell Phone Stipend:
Max per cellphone policy not in MOU.
Mileage reimbursement: In accordance with County of Monterey Travel Policy.
All meals during working hours
The County shall provide the Resident Physicians with meals served at the hospital cafeteria during assigned hours of employment and when the cafeteria is open. The value of meal program shall not exceed four hundred thirty dollars ($430) per month, per Resident. Natividad Medical Center will provide the Resident Physicians with a shopping list to be filled out by the Residents on a weekday designated by the Natividad Medical Center Dietary Department. The shopping order shall not exceed one hundred seventy-five dollars ($75) per week.
