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Dallas, Texas · Hybrid

Staff Physician - Pediatrician

PediatricsIncludes callNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm. One day remote.

Primary Purpose Responsible for providing comprehensive healthcare for patients accessing, including bio-medical and social aspects of medical and surgical conditions including problem identification, physical exams, history assessment, identification of psychosocial concerns, diagnosis, appropriate management, and specific treatments ensuring optimal health, decreasing complications, and expediting recovery.

MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS Education: Must have successfully completed an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Medical Association (AMA) approved residency for appropriate specialty. Experience: None.

Certification/Registration/Licensure: Must be currently licensed for the practice of medicine in the State of Texas. Must meet and maintain licensing and registration requirements as delineated by the Medical Staff Bylaws, Medical Staff Rules and Regulations, and Credentialing Policies/Procedures, if any.

Skills or Special Abilities: Must be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of the appropriate specialty practice (Pediatrics) assessment techniques and treatment processes. Must be able to determine objectives, set priorities, and establish and meet target dates.

Must be able to work effectively with other health care professionals and serve as a resource to the community. Must be able to demonstrate patient centered/patient valued behavior.

Contact: Brent Whitson brent.whitson@phhs.org Parkland Health, one of the nation’s largest public hospital systems, is dedicated to delivering exceptional care to the Dallas community. A career at Parkland means joining a collaborative, engaged team focused on excellence, innovation, and patient-centered service.

Our employees are supported with resources to grow, succeed, and make a meaningful impact every day.

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive healthcare for pediatric patients, covering bio-medical and social aspects of medical and surgical conditions. Responsibilities include diagnosis, physical exams, and implementing treatments to ensure optimal health and recovery.

Requirements

Must have completed an ACGME or AMA approved residency in Pediatrics and hold a current medical license in the State of Texas. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in pediatric assessment techniques and patient-centered behavior.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient Centered CarePsychosocial AssessmentMedical Management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Staff Physician - Pediatrician at Parkland Health a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Pediatrics — ranked against 699 active Pediatrics listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, remote work flexibility.

Pediatrics — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 75% have no call, 25% require no weekends — this position is remote.

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.

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.3
Better work-life than 70% of Pediatrics listings

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

  • No weekends
  • Hybrid
  • Includes call
  • Remote