Pediatrician
Listed compensation
$248k-$396k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Primary Accountability
The Pediatrician is responsible for the provision of primary care medical services in a Patient Centered Health Home context, with a focus on access to care.
Description of Primary Responsibilities
1. Responsible for the direct provision of primary care medical services, meeting all established productivity expectations.
1. Will provide examination and will review appropriate laboratory, referral, and imaging results to determine a diagnosis.
2. Expected to document visits accurately utilizing appropriate templates, and record relevant data to attain a diagnosis.
3. Accountable for attaining budgeted visits.
4. Responsible for meeting clinical care measures.
5. Accountable for locking records in the 72-hour window.
2. Responsible for Pediatrics professional focus and goals.
1. Provide comprehensive, continuous and coordinated care with focus on the physical, emotional, and social health of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth to age 21.
2. Comprehensive health care, including treatment of acute and chronic illness, and health promotion and maintenance.
3. Health supervision (health promotion and disease prevention activities to enable each child to reach full potential).
1. Anticipatory guidance (advice and education for patients and parents regarding appropriate preparation for predictable developmental challenges).
2. Monitoring physical and psycho social growth and development with age-appropriate screening.
4. Advocate access to care and a medical home for all children, with focus of structured evaluation, early intervention, and health promotion
3. Accountable for providing excellent customer service and care.
1. Consistently behaves with courtesy when interacting with patients/ family members, support staff, and Network staff.
2. Provider remains aware of wait time during the daily workflow.
3. Responsible for providing the patient with educational materials and resources appropriate to the patient’s health literacy needs.
4. Accountable for patient status as measured by relevant clinical quality measures.
1. Promotes and participates in daily huddles.
2. Incorporates the participation of ancillary health team members in managing the care of patients/families.
3. Responsible for setting and monitoring self- management plans.
4. Responsible for assisting in the assurance of clinical procedures and the maintenance of up-to-date clinical protocols.
5. Completes chart and peer review responsibility in a timely manner.
5. Assists the patient care team with performance improvement efforts, staff education, and FHCN promotion.
1. Responsible for assisting the patient care team with performance evaluations and quality improvement.
2. Responsible for assisting in the preceptorship of mid-level practitioners.
3. Where relevant participate in rotation of medical, physician assistant students, and dental residents.
4. Participates in Network Health Fairs & other community events.
5. Participates in site & provider meetings in a meaningful way.
6. Meets Network and credentialing expectations for licensure and employment.
7. Responsible for adhering to the Attendance and Absenteeism Policy, recognizing that regular attendance is considered an essential function of all FHCN positions. Absenteeism is not being at work or failing to attend a paid workshop, training, or event unless the absence is protected by law.
8. Ability to present to and work at any FHCN location, both at the beginning of a shift or during a shift, based on business need.
9. Performs other duties as assigned.
Description of Primary Attributes
Professional & Technical Knowledge
Effective June 1, 2026, all individuals hired into the role must:
1. Possesses specific advanced knowledge and skills, including written and verbal communication skills, computational, computer, and technical skills, and mathematical knowledge, frequently acquired through one of the
Following
1. Completion of a Doctoral-level Degree program with a recognized major and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; or
2. Successful attainment and maintenance of a valid, active professional license required for the role, issued by the appropriate governing or regulatory body.
2. Performance of the duties and responsibilities of the job requires the equivalent of extensive formal training in Pediatrics, including an understanding of the application of the theory and practices of the profession to the operations of the organization, usually in the form of a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree.
Technical Skills
1. Ability to create highly complex documents in Microsoft Word, including linking multiple files and embedding objects linked to other documents.
2. Ability to use advanced functions of Microsoft Excel, such as to create and manage databases, including creating standardized reports, or link multiple worksheets and workbooks.
3. Ability to develop sophisticated presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint, including the use of embedded objects, transitions, and other elements.
Licenses & Certifications: Licensed in the state of California as a Pediatrician. Board eligibility or certification in Pediatrics may be required or desired in certain positions.
Communications Skills
1. Requires the employee to effectively communicate their professional opinions and extrapolations of information they collect and synthesize/analyze.
2. Employees must determine appropriate methods of communicating information through the use of tables, graphs, charts, and other visual forms.
3. Duties require the preparation and execution of presentations to large groups.
Physical Demands: The physical demands here in this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit and use repetitive hand movement to type and grasp. The employee is frequently required to stand or walk; and the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
$247,683.55 - $396,294.00 PLUS SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ANNUAL EARNING POTENTIAL through outpatient and inpatient productivity, as applicable and quality pay, generous retention payments, shift differential pay, and extra shift pay. Sign-on bonus/relocation assistance, annual CME days and reimbursement also available. Generous health and wellness benefits and retirement packages also offered.
Key Responsibilities
The Pediatrician provides comprehensive primary care medical services to infants, children, and adolescents within a patient-centered health home model. Responsibilities include diagnosing illnesses, managing clinical quality measures, and participating in staff education and performance improvement efforts.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree and possess a valid, active professional license in California. Advanced technical skills in Microsoft Office and the ability to work at various locations are required.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Pediatrics — Physician Career Context
In California, the Pediatrics weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$263k (100 salary observations; 240 listings), vs ~$242k nationally (514 salary observations; 2,036 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, 72% have no call, 48% 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 ~$322k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $291k 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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