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Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, California

Pediatric Hospitalist Clinical Faculty

PediatricsIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$227K - $335K

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Posted 2mo ago

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

Communication SkillsTeaching 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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Salary Distribution13 jobs · 12 employers

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<$270k
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$270k-305k
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$365k
1
$390k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks11 jobs

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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Visa sponsorship
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Pediatrics listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 646 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Los Angeles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$923k≈ 4.1× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,778/mo≈ 15% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
31 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.

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