Physiatrist Pain - Los Angeles

Physical Medicine & RehabilitationNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) is a physician-led partnership with strong values that support a patient-centered and evidence-based approach to medicine.

Provides our physicians with the resources and support systems needed to ensure every physician can focus on practicing medicine, connecting with one another, and providing the best possible care to their patients.

Additional Information

  • Board Certified or Board Eligible

About the Area

The city of Los Angeles offers one of the world’s great urban experiences. Opportunities to enjoy pro sports, entertainment, cuisine, and the arts are virtually endless, with the variety to satisfy its incredibly diverse population. Beaches are nearby; mountains and desert are an hour away, and the weather enables year-round outdoor activities.

Working Here

The Los Angeles Medical Center is the region's largest facility—and SCPMG’s largest teaching facility—with a broad offering of primary, specialty, tertiary, and quaternary care programs for a highly diverse patient population.

Despite its size, the center is remarkably compact, providing physicians with ready access to interaction and support. Our leadership is dedicated to transparency, and to providing opportunities for others to step up and have a voice.

The center’s Graduate Medical Education program is another hallmark, along with our established culture of collaboration and accountability.

Physician well-being is key: new hires and partners alike will find wellness events, workshops, trainings, meet-and-greets, and other opportunities to integrate, grow, and thrive—all in one of the world’s premier big cities.

Equal Employment Opportunity

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality, patient-centered, and evidence-based medical care within the Los Angeles Medical Center. Engage in collaborative practice and contribute to the facility's teaching and clinical programs.

Requirements

Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in their specialty. Applicants must also pass a background check and drug screen.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Pain managementPhysiatryEvidence-based medicinePatient careClinical practice

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — Physician Career Context

Of the 33 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 70% have no call, 39% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physiatrist Pain - Los Angeles at Southern California Permanente Medical Group a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 21,936 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Jobs

15 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution15 jobs · 6 employers

2
<$270k
0
$270k-300k
3
$300k-330k
9
$350k
1
$380k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks13 jobs · 6 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
31% this job
Relocation assistance
23%
Sign-on bonus
15%
Loan repayment
15%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) Physician

EPIC Health System · Southfield, Michigan

$250k-$380k
#2

Physical Medicine and Rehab Physician - Charleston, SC

Vohra Physicians · Charleston, South Carolina

$200k-$350k
#3

Physical Medicine and Rehab Physician - Lebanon, VA

$200k-$350k
#4

Physical Medicine and Rehab Physician - Nashville, TN

$200k-$350k
+ 13 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 206 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Glendale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.31M
Typical market rent
$2,790/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
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 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Hospitals and Health Care
Pasadena, CA
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Retirement Plan
Malpractice Coverage
CME Allowance
PTO
Wellness Programs