Pediatrician (Beaumont, Texas)

PediatricsIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off & Paid Company Holidays
  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • 403(b) Retirement Plan with Company Match
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • $0 Copay for Legacy Provider visits
  • $0 Copay for prescriptions filled at Legacy Pharmacies
  • Travel Insurance & Pet Insurance
  • Subsidized Gym Membership
  • And much more!
  • Apply today in less than 3 minutes using your phone, tablet, or computer!

Clinician-Specific Benefits Include

  • Paid Malpractice Insurance (Occurrence-Based)
  • CME Reimbursement + CME Time

Support for Qualified FQHC Loan Repayment Programs

  • National Health Service Corps (NHSC) – Pays up to $50,000 for every 2 years of service at an FQHC
  • Texas Physician Education Loan Repayment Program (PELRP) – Pays up to $180,000
  • Access to dedicated onboarding and provider support for a smooth and successful start
  • Location: Legacy Northside Irvington - 3517 Irvington Blvd Ste 200, Houston, TX 77009
  • Pediatrician (Northside Houston, Texas) - Job Overview
  • Schedule: 40 Hours Per Week

Join our family as a Pediatrician at Legacy Community Health, where your expertise and compassion can help children, adolescents, and families access meaningful, high-quality care close to home. You will provide clinical care across a range of developmental stages while contributing to prevention, wellness, and whole-person care in a collaborative community healthcare setting.

You will build lasting relationships with patients, families, students, and fellow healthcare professionals. Your work will help strengthen pediatric services, support clinical quality, and make a meaningful difference in the healthcare ecosystem.

Why This Role Matters

  • Provide compassionate clinical care for children and adolescents in a community healthcare setting.
  • Partner with an interdisciplinary team to support pediatric treatment and preventive health.
  • Help develop clinical protocols, patient education resources, and quality assurance initiatives.
  • Support the education and supervision of healthcare students and non-physician providers.

Serve patients through flexible clinic coverage, including days, evenings, and weekends, according to clinic needs.

Bring your passion for pediatric medicine to a mission-driven environment where your work creates meaningful community impact.

Continue growing professionally through collaboration, leadership, mentorship, and participation in performance improvement activities.

Your Impact and Growth

You will play an important role in expanding access to pediatric care and helping families make healthy, informed choices. Through clinical leadership, teamwork, and mentorship, you will have opportunities to strengthen care delivery and support the next generation of healthcare professionals.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform assessments and provide treatment to clients of the clinic.
  • Keep scheduled hours for extended clinic coverage during days, evenings, and weekends.
  • Work hours to remain flexible according to the needs of clinic expansion.
  • Meet or exceed productivity requirements as set forth by the Chief Medical Officer.
  • Develop and maintain clinical diagnostic and treatment protocols for pediatric treatment.
  • Remain available by phone during regularly scheduled hours should assistance be required.
  • Assist in the review and development of patient education material.
  • Provide supervision of health care students assigned to the clinic for educational purposes.
  • Develop and maintain a program for clinical quality assurance.
  • Supervise non-physician providers, including Licensed Therapists, Certified Nurse Practitioners, and Certified Physicians Assistants, with respect to pediatric treatment.
  • Attend staff meetings and committees as directed and punctually.
  • Participate in the Performance Improvement Program.

Interview and advise patients regarding health and illness prevention, including FQHC-required voluntary family planning services and related preventative health services in compliance with funding requirements and state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Medical Doctorate with current licensure.
  • Board certified or Board eligible in Pediatrics.

Provider shall obtain, maintain and participate in the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, workers’ compensation, other federal and state reimbursement programs, and the payment plan of any commercial insurer, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, accountable health plan, and other health benefit program requested by Legacy.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities

Possess an Interest in Working with Adolescents

  • Uphold the Code of Ethics of their professional licensing entity.
  • Must complete the minimum hours of continuing education to maintain professional license.
  • Must maintain good standing with professional licensing board.
  • Must demonstrate cultural competency and sensitivity to all populations served.
  • Must be able to communicate effectively with staff, community, and the general public.
  • Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation,
  • Ability to remain calm under stressful conditions.
  • Must be able to manage multiple deadlines and prioritize
  • Adept in decision making responsibilities
  • Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities
  • Bilingual English/Spanish speaking preferred

About Legacy Community Health

The largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Southeast Texas, Legacy Community Health has delivered affordable, high-quality care for nearly 40 years across 50+ clinics in Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast. Our mission — driving healthy change in our communities — guides everything we do, and it starts with our people.

Approachable & Collaborative — Leads with humility, values diverse perspectives, and builds trust through teamwork.

Driven & Committed — Takes initiative and goes the extra mile to improve patient outcomes and drive continuous improvement.

Thoughtful Communicators — Pairs clinical/technical skill with emotional intelligence, navigating complex situations with empathy and professionalism.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Medical Doctorate with current licensure and be board certified or board eligible in Pediatrics. The role requires the ability to maintain good standing with professional licensing boards and demonstrate cultural competency in a community healthcare setting.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical AssessmentInterdisciplinary CollaborationDiagnostic ProtocolsTreatment PlanningCommunicationStress ManagementTime Management

Pediatrics — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 16% are remote, 58% have no call, 54% require no weekends.

Pediatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Pediatrics by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPediatrics median $270k (middle half $200k–$328k)14 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pediatrics listings in Texas60 active736 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 16% remote · 58% no call · 54% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$180k loan repaymentTexas Physician listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $75k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Pediatrics hiring demand#9 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 45 days · 29% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 236 postings, 246 closed
New Pediatrics listings1,226 in the last 30 days760 the 30 days before (+61%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Pediatrics pay trend+6.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Pediatrician Jobs

25 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

18 jobs · 13 employers
4
<$230k
5
$230k-270k
2
$270k-310k
6
$310k-350k
1
$373k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

18 jobs · 13 employers
401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
67% this job
Relocation assistance
44%
Sign-on bonus
33%
Loan repayment
17% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 1.1
Below most Pediatrics listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 730 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes weekends
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About Legacy Community Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Houston, TX
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid Time Off
Paid Holidays
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
403(b) Retirement Plan with Company Match

Living in Houston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$243k
Typical market rent
$1,544/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.