Peds Neonatologist - ICU Specia - Kern County

Pediatrics Top 25% in PediatricsPer-diem

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Posted 2mo ago

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

Board Certification

Key Skills

ICU CarePatient-Centered MedicineEvidence-Based Medicine

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 25% in Pediatrics — ranked against 646 active Pediatrics listings on WeekdayDoc.

Pediatrics — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 70% have no call, 30% require no weekends.

Pediatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% 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)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution15 jobs · 14 employers

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$365k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks14 jobs

401k / retirement match
93%
CME allowance
43%
Sign-on bonus
36%
Relocation assistance
29%
Loan repayment
14%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Pediatrics listings

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

Living in Los Angeles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$923k
Typical market rent
$2,778/mo
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.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Hospitals and Health Care
Pasadena, CA
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance