Peds Neonatologist - ICU Specia - Kern County
Compensation
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Job Description
Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) is a physician-led partnership with strong values that support a patient-centered and evidence-based approach to medicine.
Provides our physicians with the resources and support systems needed to ensure every physician can focus on practicing medicine, connecting with one another, and providing the best possible care to their patients.
Additional Information
- Board Certified or Board Eligible
About the Area
Kern County offers physicians and their families some of the region’s most affordable housing, along with several of California’s top natural attractions: it’s the closest SCPMG area to the great outdoor experiences of world-famous Yosemite, King’s Canyon, Sequoia, and Death Valley National Parks. The city of Bakersfield is a secret gem, with groves of old-growth trees, wide streets, and blocks of beautiful homes—without the typical Southern California traffic jams.
Working Here
Kern County is unique within SCPMG. With its smaller-town, less urban feel, there is a true sense of family, of being an integral part of something very special. It’s the only medical center within SCPMG that can meet as one united group at the same time.
Our area’s smaller size fosters open dialogue across all levels, offering physicians a voice and enabling constant improvements, small and large. Physicians enjoy the best of two worlds—operating within the stability and support of the Permanente system yet maintaining the feel of a smaller medical group.
New hires are quickly integrated into the system, for accelerated learning and support. This welcoming spirit goes far beyond the medical center: Physicians’ spouses and families are actively connected to one another in social activities, formal and informal, and to local culture and activities.
Equal Employment Opportunity
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.
Key Responsibilities
Provide specialized neonatal intensive care services within a physician-led partnership. Focus on delivering patient-centered and evidence-based medical care to newborns in the ICU.
Requirements
Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Neonatology. Applicants must also pass a background check and drug screen.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Peds Neonatologist - ICU Specia - Kern County at Southern California Permanente Medical Group a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Pediatrics — ranked against 724 active Pediatrics listings on WeekdayDoc.
Pediatrics — Physician Career Context
In California, the Pediatrics weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$261k (76 salary observations; 271 listings), vs ~$241k nationally (357 salary observations; 2,207 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 40 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 23% are remote, 50% have no call, 40% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 7.2 / 10 · top 10% in pediatrics | ranked against 724 Pediatrics listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Pediatrics median $270k (middle half $256k–$279k)20 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| California vs national | $261k median in California | $241k nationally (+8%)76 state / 357 national salary observations |
| Cost of living | California index 110.7 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Pediatrics listings in California | 110 active | 727 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 23% remote · 50% no call · 40% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | California physician listings (all specialties): 30% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 28% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Pediatrics hiring demand | #9 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 45 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 236 postings, 246 closed |
| New Pediatrics listings | 1,151 in the last 30 days | 751 the 30 days before (+53%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Pediatrics pay trend | +6.2% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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