IM Chief or Not?

Long story short, was unexpectadly offered a chief resident position at my IM program. It's an additional year (pay increase to 115K). I was planning on applying to GI this year but do have a lower step 1 score. I also would like to be in academic medicine later on in life and am interested in learning how residency program are run/feel like I can give back to my program during the year.

My question is this - does the chief year help with GI fellowship match? I have a strong application (per my GI PD) with the exception of a step 1 score of 218. I wouldn’t do the year solely for this (if it even is an added benefit). I also have this fear of being screened out of programs because of my step 1 score, which I’ve been told will likely happen regardless of chief year or not. If it matters, I’m a USMD at a mid-tier academic program with in-house GI fellowship.

Edit: Format, spelling because those are hard post-call