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LCMC Health
New Orleans, Louisiana

Physician

PediatricsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Your Job Is More Than a Job

Why a Great Place to Work:

You’re more than your job. Everyone is. And that’s what makes you great at your job—all the little extras you bring to work every day, the things that make you you. At LCMC Health we value those things about you, because we know that all those little extras add up to extraordinary.

And we’ve built a culture that supports and celebrates the extraordinary. You’ll see it when you come to work here, in the spirit of our places and the faces of our people.

And every patient we heal, every family we comfort, every life we improve is the outcome of countless little extras adding up to an extraordinary result. Join LCMC Health, and you’ll find that our everyday makes it easy to live your extraordinary.

Essential Functions

The Physician provides medical care and treatment to patients. Provides consultation and medical supervision to the clinical staff. Performs routine examinations, diagnoses, and provides treatment for illnesses and injuries to promote the patients' overall well-being, and provides immunizations according to medical or school guidelines.

Essential Function

Patient Care

Provides quality care to the patient. Responds to patients' calls and messages and attends to patients.

  • Maintains patient and business records including the completion of daily patient encounters.
  • Observes patients for signs and symptoms of abuse/neglect and reports immediately in accordance with appropriate policy.
  • Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately in adherence to organizational policies and procedures.

Patient Access

Participates in a physician call schedule which is evenly distributed between providers and offers patient meeting slots as deemed by the designed template.

Safety and Infection Control Standards

Assists with compliance with safety, environmental, infection control, quality improvement and other regulatory standards.

Implements standard and transmission-based precautions and ensures patient safety during clinic visits, in accordance with the hospital/regulatory policies.

  • Maintains a clean clinic working environment.
  • Reports any safety hazards or violations in patient or clinic environment to clinic manager or designer.

Medical Director Duties (If Applicable)

  • Ensures provider compliance with patient access, patient care, etc.
  • Communicates provider concerns administration, communication initiatives and solutions to providers.
  • Completes provider assessment and reviews including reviewing this with the provider.
  • Develops and maintains work and call schedules.

Job Qualifications

Education- Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)

License/Certification- State of Louisiana Medical License

Experience- Completed pediatric residency training; Preferred: If practicing in a subspecialty - fellowship completion in a designated specialty.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs, as necessary.

Work Shift

  • Days (United States of America)
  • LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

Children’s Hospital, at the heart of LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been the go-to hospital for expert children’s health, wellness, and one-of-a-kind care in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Learn more about Children’s Hospital’s 40+ specialties and our national ranking by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Children's Hospital

  • Your extras – (Our Core Values)
  • Deliver healthcare with heart.
  • Give people a reason to smile.
  • Put a little love in your work.
  • Be honest and real, but with compassion.
  • Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
  • Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
  • See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
  • Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
  • Love what makes you, you - because we do
  • You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Simple things make the difference.

1. To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information.

2. To ensure quality care and service, we may use information on your application to verify your previous employment and background.

3. To keep our career applications up-to-date, applications are inactive after 6 months and, therefore, require a new application for employment to be completed.

4. To expedite the hiring process, proof of citizenship or immigration status will be required to verify your lawful right to work in the United States.

Key Responsibilities

The Physician provides medical care, diagnoses, and treatment to patients while supervising clinical staff. They are also responsible for maintaining patient records, ensuring regulatory compliance, and participating in an on-call schedule.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree and a valid Louisiana medical license. Completion of a pediatric residency is required, with subspecialty fellowship training preferred.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medical DiagnosisClinical SupervisionPediatricsImmunizationEmergency ResponsePatient Records ManagementMedical ConsultationSafety Standards

Pediatrics — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 66% have no call, 48% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Pediatrician Jobs

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Salary Distribution18 jobs · 16 employers

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<$230k
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$230k-275k
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$275k-320k
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$320k-365k
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$390k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks19 jobs · 16 employers

401k / retirement match
89%
CME allowance
58%
Relocation assistance
37%
Sign-on bonus
21%
Loan repayment
16%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 5.1
Better work-life than 50% of Pediatrics listings

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

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Living in New Orleans

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$209k
Typical market rent
$1,637/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.6
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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