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Austin, Texas

Newborn Hospitalist

Hospital MedicineNo callNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Seeking Newborn Hospitalist to Join our well-established Austin Seton Practice
  • Austin, Texas
  • Ranked #1 as Best Place to Live by US News!

Responsibilities

As a newborn hospitalist at Ascension Seton Medical Center, you will join a close group of compassionate pediatricians whose passion is newborn medicine. We are in the heart of central Austin and provide care for a diverse population of newborns.

Enjoy a schedule of daytime shifts only with no overnight shifts and no home-call! It is a robust and growing practice with approximately 5,000 deliveries/year that is soon to be in a brand-new state-of-the-art tower dedicated to our mothers and babies.

We provide family centered care in an academic setting with immediate in-house Level 3 NICU support. This position lends itself to grow in your professional area of interest, which includes QI projects, research, partnering with hospital administration, and a wide variety of teaching opportunities with medical students and residents at UT Dell Medical School.

  • Faculty appointment at UT Dell Medical School available
  • Level 3 NICU support, on site

Academic Rounds with Residents and Medical Students

Team members are prepared to perform early steps of neonatal resuscitation. We have a simulation team that is ready to help you feel comfortable.

About the Area

Austin is the capital of Texas and is the 11th-largest city in the United States and the fourth largest city in the state of Texas and has earned a reputation as one of the best places to live in the nation.

It is a community that offers reasonably priced housing, a safe environment, solid schools, healthy and charming neighborhoods and big-city amenities at a small-town pace. With a mild climate and 228 days of sunshine a year, there are plenty of opportunities to get outdoors for fitness, recreation and relaxation.

With a thriving economy and no state income tax, Austin offers an unmatched quality of life for everyone.

Qualifications

BC/BE Pediatrics

Benefits and Compensation

Our clinicians enjoy a competitive compensation package with many locations offering sign on bonuses and relocation.

Benefits for Full Time Employee and Qualified Dependents

  • Health Insurance including prescription drugs
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Short- and Long-Term disability options
  • Employee stock purchase program – 15% discount*
  • 401k with company match**
  • Pre-tax Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Aflac Hospital, Critical Illness and Accident plans
  • Identity Protection
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

*Part Time Regular employee classifications also receive this benefit

** Available to part-time regular and part-time casual employees age 21 and over

About Us

Pediatrix Medical Group is one of the nation’s leading providers of highly specialized health care for women, babies and children. Since 1979, Pediatrix has grown from a single neonatology practice to a national, multispecialty medical group.

Pediatrix-affiliated clinicians are committed to providing coordinated, compassionate and clinically excellent services to women, babies and children across the continuum of care, both in hospital settings and office-based practices.

The group’s high-quality, evidence-based care is bolstered by significant investments in research, education, quality-improvement and safety initiatives.

Please Note: Fraudulent job postings/job scams are becoming increasingly common. All genuine Pediatrix job postings can be found through the Pediatrix Careers site: pediatrix.com.

Pediatrix Is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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

Licensure & Certifications

Applicants must be board-certified or board-eligible in Pediatrics. The posting does not specify a minimum number of years of experience or a separate degree requirement.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Newborn Hospitalist CareClinical ResearchMedical EducationResident SupervisionMedical Student SupervisionInterdisciplinary Collaboration

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 80% have no call, 46% require no weekends.

In Texas, the Hospital Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$271k (20 salary observations; 133 listings), vs ~$305k nationally (569 salary observations; 3,278 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Hospital Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Newborn Hospitalist at Pediatrix a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Hospital Medicine — ranked against 1,210 active Hospital Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Hospital Medicine Jobs

32 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution31 jobs · 14 employers

4
<$300k
20
$300k-365k
7
$365k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs · 14 employers

401k / retirement match
96% this job
Sign-on bonus
11% this job
Loan repayment
7%
PSLF eligible
7%
CME allowance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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$275k-$900k
#2

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$275k-$900k
#3

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#4

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+ 30 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 6.9
Among the best 10% of Hospital Medicine listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,210 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No nights

Living in Austin

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$455k
Typical market rent
$1,586/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Pediatrix

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Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Short- and Long-Term Disability
Employee Stock Purchase Program (15% discount)
401k with company match
Health Savings Account (HSA)