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Santa Cruz, California

Physician, Dermatology (Soquel, CA)

DermatologyIncludes callPart-Time

Listed compensation

$303,750 - $337,500

Listing transparency3 of 6 stated

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Employment & setting
Part-Time
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

  • Opportunity Information
  • Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group seeks a 0.75 FTE board-certified, or BE/BC Dermatology physician.
  • Location: Santa Cruz, CA (Soquel)

Position details

General Dermatology opportunity (0.75 FTE)

Access to numerous dermatologic subspecialties like pediatric dermatology, Mohs, pigmentary disorders and patch testing

  • State of the art facility
  • Physician-led and collegial environment
  • Opportunity to grow a subspecialty interest

Qualifications

  • Qualification(s):
  • Board-certified or board-eligible in Dermatology
  • Join Us and Enjoy

We offer

  • Guaranteed salary for two years with production bonus
  • Shareholder eligible after two years
  • Shareholders enjoy very competitive, production-based income
  • Schedule flexibility and sabbaticals for work-life balance
  • Relocation allowance
  • Generous benefits package
  • 401K, cash-balance retirement plan, HSA
  • Organization Details
  • Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group

We are one of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in the country, made up of over 2,200 clinicians in 40+ specialties, in practices throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Our organization is nationally recognized for our excellence with multiple awards for quality of care, innovation, and leadership.

Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group is affiliated with Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a not-for-profit health care organization, providing operational and administrative support, including the latest technology, allowing physicians to focus on delivering exceptional patient care.

Community Information

Situated on the northern edge of the Monterey Bay about 70 miles south of San Francisco, Santa Cruz offers a moderate climate and the best of many worlds. For outdoor enthusiasts, Santa Cruz is a wonderful combination of beaches, oceans, and mountains. Well known as a Mecca for surfers, Santa Cruz also offers magnificent redwoods for hiking and mountain-biking and the San Lorenzo River for fishing, canoeing and kayaking. Long stretches of tree-lined and coastal roads offer the perfect venues for road cyclists. Fisherman and sailors will appreciate convenient access to the ocean from the Santa Cruz Harbor and the Municipal Wharf, which also features a variety of shops and restaurants.

Santa Cruz's downtown center, the Pacific Garden Mall, is home to the Museum of Art and History and features outstanding restaurants, unique shops, wine tasting rooms, sidewalk cafes, and an abundance of coffee shops. Santa Cruz is also a cultural hub, featuring several live performance venues, the annual Open Studios tour, boutique art stores and the Tannery Arts Center. Adding to the character of the community, the University of California is nestled in foothills above Santa Cruz, and the Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk was named Best Boardwalk in the country by USA Today.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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Key Responsibilities

Provide general dermatology care within a physician-led, collegial environment at a state-of-the-art facility. Collaborate with various dermatologic subspecialties to deliver exceptional patient care.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Mohs Surgery

Dermatology — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Dermatology listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 63% have no call, 53% require no weekends.

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 7,369 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $55 per wRVU — implying roughly $405k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks12 jobs · 11 employers

401k / retirement match
92% this job
CME allowance
83%
Sign-on bonus
42%
Relocation assistance
42% this job
Loan repayment
8%

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Work-life snapshot

5.7/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes call

Living in Santa Cruz

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1,439k
Typical market rent
$3,532/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
109.9
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Guaranteed salary for two years
Production bonus
Shareholder eligible after two years
Schedule flexibility
Sabbaticals
Relocation allowance
Generous benefits package
401K