Physician - Pediatrics for Primary Care Clinic

PediatricsIncludes callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$280K–$300K /yr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about time off.

Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Community Health Centers of America is hiring for an MD/DO Pediatrician to work in our family practice clinics in Mariposa, CA. Willing to supervise NP/PAs. You will be responsible for diagnosing and treating patients in the clinic setting.

Community Health Centers of America is a premier multi-specialty group focused on improving the health of the community through excellence in clinical care. Our goal is to provide better care to the patient with a collaborative, supportive, respectful, and productive work environment for its healthcare professionals.

Sign-On Bonus!

Job Description

  • Helps patients by evaluating medical conditions.
  • Develops and implements treatment plans, including prescriptions.
  • Monitors and evaluates treatment results.
  • Evaluates patients by interviewing patient, family, and other persons; conducting physical examinations; observing behaviors; reviewing medical history and related documents; selecting, administering, and ordering laboratory tests and evaluating results.
  • Develops treatment plans by determining nature and extent of medical conditions.

Maintains interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress, and consulting and collaborating with primary care physicians, mental health therapists, nurses, and other health care providers.

Assures quality and safe service for patients and staff by enforcing policies, procedures, standards, rules, Joint Commission for Accreditation of Health Care Organizations requirements, and legal regulations; participating in utilization reviews; and remaining available for emergency consultations.

Maintains historical records by documenting symptoms, medications, and treatment events and writing summaries.

Updates job knowledge by participating in continuing medical educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.

Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Job Qualifications

  • Completion of residency
  • Valid state medical license as MD or DO
  • Valid DEA certificate
  • 3 years’ experience working as a Physician
  • Current BLS and/or ACLS

Skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Critical thinking
  • Active listening
  • Social perceptiveness
  • Our healthcare professionals enjoy competitive benefits, including:
  • Highly competitive salaries with benefits, a 401(k) plan, and CME allowance
  • Sign-On Bonus!
  • Manageable work schedules, providers are not required to work evenings or weekends
  • Some flexibility with schedules - great for providers with families/other responsibilities
  • Night/Weekend call coverage!
  • Opportunity to work with a diverse range of professionals
  • A professionally challenging environment with a mix of disease acuity
  • A career with administrative freedom - appropriate support staff is supplied

Access to charting system that has been designed for quick and easy billing. Dictation available (including, but not limited to Dragon).

We are looking for skilled, self-motivated, and enthusiastic Providers. If you are interested, please submit your resume.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: $280,000.00 - $300,000.00 per year, depending on experience

Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Loan forgiveness
  • Malpractice insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development assistance
  • Referral program
  • Relocation assistance
  • Visa sponsorship
  • Vision insurance

License/Certification

  • California MD/DO license (Required)
  • Work Location: In person

Schedule: Day shift

  • Monday to Friday
  • No nights
  • No weekends

Requirements

Position Requirements

  • Must possess a degree in medicine and a valid license from the California Medical Board.
  • Experience: 3-5 years of related experience preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Licenses/Certifications: Appropriate certifications and/or licensures
  • Current BLS/ACLS required
  • Current DEA required
  • In depth knowledge of legal medical guidelines and medicine best practices

Skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Active listening and active learning
  • Flexibility to work with a variety of people, differing in ages, personalities, and backgrounds
  • Time management skills to be able to see a high number of patients
  • Interpersonal skills, compassion, and empathy to build positive relationships with patients and colleagues
  • Critical thinking
  • Social perceptiveness
  • Complex problem solving
  • Respect patient confidentiality

Key Responsibilities

The physician will diagnose and treat pediatric patients in a clinic setting, including developing treatment plans and ordering laboratory tests. They will also collaborate with other healthcare providers and maintain accurate medical records.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

PediatricsDiagnosisTreatment planningPatient interviewingLaboratory test evaluationInterdisciplinary collaborationQuality assuranceMedical documentationVerbal communication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician - Pediatrics for Primary Care Clinic at Community Health Centers of America a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Pediatrics — ranked against 733 active Pediatrics listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Pediatrics — Physician Career Context

Community Health Centers of America holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 74/100, 19 active listings.

In California, the Pediatrics weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$264k (97 salary observations; 237 listings), vs ~$242k nationally (500 salary observations; 1,997 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 62% have no call, 52% 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 ~$290k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $262k 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 & Perks14 jobs · 12 employers

401k / retirement match
79% this job
CME allowance
71% this job
Relocation assistance
50% this job
Sign-on bonus
29% this job
Loan repayment
14% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.8
Better work-life than 70% of Pediatrics listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 733 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site
  • Includes call

Living in Mariposa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$426k≈ 1.5× annual pay
Median resident rent
$593/mo≈ 3% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
35 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Community Health Centers of America

Hospitals and Health Care
Salida, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Life insurance
Loan forgiveness