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Lone Star Circle of Care
Harker Heights, Texas

Pediatrician

PediatricsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

About Us

Lone Star Circle of Care is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) dedicated to providing high-quality health care to patients in Central Texas. We provide a healthcare home for the underserved and proudly provide the opportunity for our team members to make a difference in our community every day.

If you're interested in helping build a healthier community and improving the lives of others, we invite you to join our team and become part of our dynamic organization.

Benefits of working with Lone Star Circle of Care:

We offer a comprehensive compensation package that includes competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 403(b).

All employees start with 15 days of vacation per year, which increases in increments with tenure. We also provide 3 days of personal leave, 6 days of sick leave, and 7 days of holiday leave per year.

  • Annual stipend and 5 paid days off for continuing education.
  • Reimbursement of provider's professional licensing fee and annual membership dues to their professional organization, once an established provider with LSCC.
  • Eligible for student loan repayment through external federal and state loan repayment programs.

Qualifications

You are a board-certified Pediatrician who is passionate about working with the underserved population and those who may be experiencing significant barriers to care. You want to grow a practice where you get to decide the plan of care.

  • Mission focused and passionate about improving access to quality healthcare.
  • Proactive and thrives in a fast-paced clinical setting.

Comfortable working independently in a group setting while also seeking support and consultation from colleagues.

Ability to interact and collaborate with community partners and emergency medical/psychiatric service providers to ensure patient safety, including whether a patient needs a higher level of care.

Possesses computer/technology skills to efficiently document using an electronic health record and conduct telemedicine visits, as well as communicating/meeting with colleagues virtually.

To learn more about our Pediatrician positions please visit lonestarcares.org

Key Responsibilities

The Pediatrician will provide high-quality healthcare to underserved populations and manage individual patient care plans. They will collaborate with community partners and emergency services to ensure patient safety and effective clinical outcomes.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

PediatricsClinical careCollaborationCommunicationIndependent work

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pediatrician at Lone Star Circle of Care a 7.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Pediatrics — ranked against 699 active Pediatrics listings on WeekdayDoc.

Pediatrics — Physician Career Context

In Texas, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$320k (300 salary observations; 2,701 listings), vs ~$295k nationally (9,321 salary observations; 54,038 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 72% have no call, 44% require no weekends.

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

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).

Location & Logistics

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

Top Pediatrician Jobs

24 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution17 jobs

3
<$230k
6
$230k-275k
4
$275k-320k
3
$320k-365k
1
$390k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs · 17 employers

401k / retirement match
81% this job
CME allowance
57% this job
Relocation assistance
33%
Sign-on bonus
24%
Loan repayment
24% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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CHOC Specialists · Orange, California

$260k-$390k
#2

Physician - Pediatrics

Neighborhood Healthcare · Riverside, California

$210k-$348k
#3

Physician – Pediatrician – St. Cloud, MN

$240k-$330k
#4

Adolescent Medicine - Physician

$295k–$330k
+ 22 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 7.5
Among the best 10% of Pediatrics listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 699 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Harker Heights

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k
Typical market rent
$1,498/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Killeen-Temple, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Lone Star Circle of Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Georgetown, Texas
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
403(b)
15 days vacation
3 days personal leave