Pediatric Hospitalist Clinical Faculty
Listed compensation
$227K - $335K
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Job Description
Join a premier academic medical center at an exciting stage of growth.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is seeking an outstanding Pediatric Hospitalist to help shape the future of inpatient pediatric care within one of the nation's leading health systems. We welcome applications from exceptional early-career physicians as well as established academic hospitalists interested in clinical excellence, medical education, quality improvement, and program leadership.
For mid-career candidates with demonstrated leadership experience or administrative potential, protected leadership opportunities are available in areas including quality, patient safety, clinical operations, and program development.
What You’ll Do
Deliver outstanding evidence-based inpatient care on our newly designed 26-bed pediatric medical-surgical unit.
- Partner closely with pediatric subspecialists in a collaborative tertiary/quaternary care environment.
- Teach and mentor pediatric residents and medical students within an expanding academic program.
- Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, clinical innovation, and multidisciplinary initiatives.
Contribute to the continued growth and strategic direction of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Guerin Children's.
For experienced candidates, assume administrative leadership responsibilities with opportunities to develop programs, improve operations, and mentor junior faculty.
About Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s
- Newly redesigned state-of-the-art 26-bed pediatric inpatient unit
- Rapidly growing pediatric enterprise within one of the country's leading academic medical centers
- Strong collaboration with pediatric subspecialists
- Opportunity to build programs rather than inherit mature systems
- Institutional commitment to innovation, quality, education, and clinical excellence
- Significant investment in pediatric growth through the historic Shapell Guerin Family Foundation gift
Key Responsibilities
Provide high-quality inpatient pediatric care within a premier academic medical center. Contribute to medical education, quality improvement, and potential program leadership or clinical operations.
Requirements
Must hold an MD, DO, or equivalent degree and be Board Certified or Eligible in Pediatrics. Requires eligibility for a California Physician medical license and appointment to the CSMC Professorial Series.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Pediatrics — Physician Career Context
In California, the Pediatrics weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$279k (59 salary observations; 196 listings), vs ~$247k nationally (322 salary observations; 1,762 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 40 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 68% have no call, 25% require no weekends.
Pediatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$281k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $254k 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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