Covenant Children's Hospital - Full-Time Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Listed compensation
$700K
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Job Description
Role Overview
Summary of Job: NorthStar is now hiring a fellowship trained Pediatric Anesthesiologist to join this fantastic team. Join a stable team of Anesthesiologists and do all of your own cases. Fast paced, high acuity, and diverse case mix with very competitive salary and benefit package.
Cases: General Pediatric, Neonatal, Orthopedic, Urologic, ENT, Neurosurgery and Dental. Will have the opportunity to do ~10% of adults at Covenant Medical Center if desired. Approximately 150-200 neonatal surgeries per year. OB/GYN are also performed at the hospital (Approx. 2,200 deliveries).
Compensation: $700,000 Annual Base Pay, 8 weeks PTO, $100,000 Signing Bonus, Full Benefits, and more.
About The Facility
Facility Description: Covenant Children’s Hospital is the only dedicated free standing children's hospital in the region, with a broad trauma and referral catchment area that includes west Texas, and eastern NM.
- Facility Website: providence.org
- Location: Lubbock, Texas
About NorthStar
Our Story: NorthStar Anesthesia
Founded in 2004 by an Anesthesiologist and CRNA, NorthStar Anesthesia is one of the largest anesthesia management companies in the country. We partner with over 150 hospitals and surgery centers across 20+ states, encompassing more than 2000 providers nationwide.
NorthStar is on the cutting edge of technology implementation, ensuring our hospitals and providers have the best resources available.
Our performance-driven approach combines quality anesthesia care with the efficiency and accountability that hospitals require, allowing our partners and providers to focus on what they do best: care for patients. At NorthStar Anesthesia we believe that’s a better way to operate.
- EEO/AA/M/F/Veteran/Disability Employer
- Benefits Include: Medical, Dental, Life, Long Term/Short Term, Malpractice, 401k and more
Key Responsibilities
Provide anesthesia services for a diverse mix of pediatric and neonatal cases, including orthopedic, urologic, and neurosurgery. Manage high-acuity cases independently within a fast-paced hospital environment.
Requirements
Must be a fellowship-trained Pediatric Anesthesiologist. Ability to handle a high volume of neonatal surgeries and potentially some adult cases.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Anesthesiology — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Anesthesiology listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 75% have no call, 57% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$700k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $721k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$721k in purchasing power | Texas index 97.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Anesthesiology listings in Texas | 61 active | 783 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 5% remote · 75% no call · 57% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | $100k sign-on | Texas Physician listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $75k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Anesthesiology hiring demand | #15 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 53 days · 26% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 184 postings, 184 closed |
| New Anesthesiology listings | 290 in the last 30 days | 275 the 30 days before (+5%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Anesthesiology pay trend | −2.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$700k midpoint, that is roughly $28k–$49k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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- Includes call
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Living in Lubbock
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $200k≈ 0.3× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $1,315/mo≈ 2% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 16 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 91.3
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Lubbock, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.