Peds Cardiologist - San Diego
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Job Description
Competitive Compensation and Benefit Package
The comprehensive benefits and longevity-based compensation package offered by Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) enables physicians to focus on what they do best – provide their patients with exceptional care.
- Medical/dental/vision coverage
- Supplemental medical coverage
- Special dependent coverage
- Vacation/holiday/sick/education time and leave (prorated to work schedule)
- Retirement and savings plans
- Relocation package
- Professional liability coverage
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible
Partnership of SCPMG
- Transition to a Partner/Owner of SCPMG
- Eligible after three consecutive years of full-time employment (six consecutive years of part-time employment)
- Increased benefits (e. g., compensation, retirement, life insurance)
- Voting rights on organizational decisions
Additional Information
- Board Certified or Board Eligible
About the Area
San Diego captures the essence of coastal living with its beachside communities and lively downtown. The city's coastal climate allows for year-round visits to the San Diego Zoo, Sea World, and Legoland. For culture seekers, San Diego features a range of culinary delights and unique architectural landscapes influenced by the city's proximity to Mexico and Spanish history.
Working Here
The San Diego service area is one the region’s largest, with impressive geographical coverage, over 1,100 physicians, and about 25 satellite offices to complement the main medical center.
Yet we have a singular, well-defined culture, grounded in three pillars that improve outcomes: maintaining physicians’ well-being and their original passion for medicine; keeping the workforce energized and cohesive; and ensuring patient engagement in their own overall health.
This formula, along with our size, diversity, and depth of talent, helps the area keep its edge in new technology and clinical expertise.
San Diego maintains a high level of integration and collaboration; physicians and new hires alike know they’re not alone, that they have the personal support and clinical assistance of an entire team.
Educational and research opportunities are actively offered and supported, with residency programs and fellowships, along with participation in clinical studies and trials.
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 exceptional pediatric cardiology care to patients within the San Diego service area. Participate in clinical studies, trials, and support the medical team's collaborative environment.
Requirements
Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Pediatric Cardiology. External hires are required to pass a background check and drug screen.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Cardiology — Physician Career Context
Of the 36 active Cardiology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 64% have no call, 22% require no weekends.
Cardiology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Cardiology median $551k (middle half $500k–$625k)34 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | California index 110.7 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Cardiology listings in California | 65 active | 642 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 6% remote · 64% no call · 22% no weekends36 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | loan repayment | California Physician listings: 31% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 29% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cardiology hiring demand | #8 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 56 days · 33% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 224 postings, 134 closed |
| New Cardiology listings | 388 in the last 30 days | 248 the 30 days before (+56%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Cardiology pay trend | +6.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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