Pediatrician
Compensation
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Job Description
Summit Healthcare Staffing is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Pediatrician to join one of our clients, a highly regarded pediatric long-term care facility serving children with complex and medically fragile conditions.
This is a unique opportunity for a physician who is passionate about caring for children with significant medical needs and values working as part of a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary clinical team. The Pediatrician will play an integral role in the ongoing care of pediatric residents, helping ensure continuity, quality, and thoughtful, individualized care.
Responsibilities
- Provide pediatric medical care for medically fragile children in a 122-bed long-term care facility.
- Collaborate closely with nurse practitioners and registered nurses across a four-unit facility.
- Support ongoing assessment, treatment planning, and care coordination for pediatric residents with complex health needs.
- MD or DO degree.
- Active state medical license in good standing.
- Board certification or board eligibility in pediatrics.
- Experience caring for medically complex pediatric patients in long-term care settings.
- Experience collaborating with nurse practitioners, nurses, and interdisciplinary clinical teams.
- Experience communicating with families, caregivers, and clinical staff in long-term pediatric care.
- Eligible to work in the United States.
- 3 years of experience working with critically ill children is a plus.
- Benefits Package including health insurance.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree and possess an active state medical license. Board certification or eligibility in pediatrics and experience with medically complex pediatric patients are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pediatrician at Summit Healthcare Staffing a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Pediatrics — ranked against 734 active Pediatrics listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Pediatrics — Physician Career Context
In New York, the Pediatrics weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$217k (73 salary observations; 115 listings), vs ~$243k nationally (520 salary observations; 2,056 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 70% have no call, 36% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.4 / 10 · above average in pediatrics | ranked against 734 Pediatrics listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Pediatrics median $255k (middle half $193k–$275k)13 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| New York vs national | $217k median in New York | $243k nationally (−10%)73 state / 520 national salary observations |
| Cost of living | New York index 107.9 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Pediatrics listings in New York | 45 active | 739 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 12% remote · 70% no call · 36% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Pediatrics pay trend | +14.1% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
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