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Cortica
Irvine, California

Pediatrician - Part Time

PediatricsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$102-$128/hr

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Job Description

Cortica is seeking a part time Pediatrician to join our growing multi-disciplinary team in Irvine, CA! As a pediatrician with Cortica, you’ll provide medical care to patients with autism, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental differences as part of a collaborative multidisciplinary clinical team.

Our care model, driven by insights and technologies from emerging neuroscience, brings together clinicians from a range of disciplines to design and deliver comprehensive care to children.

Because the heart of Cortica’s mission is direct patient care, the skill and compassion of our staff are crucial to achieving extraordinary experiences and outcomes for the families we serve.

Cortica is a rapidly growing healthcare company pioneering the most effective treatment methods for children with neurodevelopmental differences. Our mission is to design and deliver life-changing care – one child, one family, one community at a time.

Ultimately, we envision a world that cultivates the full potential of every child. At Cortica, every team member is instrumental in helping us achieve our mission! What will you do?

Provide direct patient care, in-person and via telehealth, to pediatric and adult patients that fall within the clinical scope of Cortica’s patient population.

Perform all required activities related to patient care, inclusive of all elements of history, exam, clinical decision-making, order entry, appropriate referrals to other services or specialists, documentation, and any other tasks needed for appropriate patient care, at the expected standards of clinical quality and timeliness.

Meet productivity standards and expected ratio of new patient visits to follow-up patient visits. Timely completion of clinical documentation, with 80% of encounters completed the same day and 100% of encounters completed within two business days.

Responsible to communicate all patient care plans to medical assistant face-to-face following each appointment and respond to all patient-care needs within a clinically appropriate response time (not to exceed 2 business days).

Attend and actively participate in clinical meetings (Rounds, Case Collaboration, Medical Faculty, etc.) by sharing clinical insights, discussing treatment plans, and collaborating on patient care decisions. Consistently receive positive patient experience feedback based on NPS and other sources.

Meet expected standards for teammate experience based on teammate feedback. Lead, present, and teach at Weekly Rounds. Sustain a patient caseload that meets established productivity expectations. Meet expected standards for patient outcomes based on Whole Child Scorecard. Other duties, as assigned.

We’d love to hear from you if: You’ve completed four years of medical school from an accredited university. You’ve completed 3+ years of U.S. based residency training in pediatrics. You are board eligible/certified in pediatrics. You hold and can maintain an unrestricted medical license in the state of practice.

Your Compensation & Benefits Hourly range (DOE) $102.52/hr to $128.15/hr. 401(k) plan with company matching and rapid vesting. Paid holidays. Sick time. Referral bonuses. EOE. This posting is not meant to be an exhaustive list of the role and its duties.

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Key Responsibilities

Provide direct medical care to pediatric and adult patients with neurodevelopmental differences through both in-person and telehealth consultations. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to design treatment plans, maintain clinical documentation, and participate in weekly clinical rounds.

Requirements

Candidates must have completed four years of medical school and at least three years of U.S.-based residency training in pediatrics. Applicants must be board eligible or certified in pediatrics and hold an unrestricted medical license in the state of practice.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Autism spectrum disorder careADHD treatmentPatient care planningMultidisciplinary collaborationMedical examinationReferral management

Pediatrics — Physician Career Context

In California, the Pediatrics weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$264k (98 salary observations; 238 listings), vs ~$242k nationally (501 salary observations; 2,002 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 65% have no call, 38% require no weekends.

Pediatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is up 14.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$239k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $216k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
83% this job
CME allowance
63%
Relocation assistance
33%
Sign-on bonus
21%
Loan repayment
17%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Pediatrics listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 731 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Irvine

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.36M
Typical market rent
$3,527/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 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 Cortica

Hospitals and Health Care
San Diego, California
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k) plan with company matching and rapid vesting
Paid holidays
Sick time
Referral bonuses