Pediatrician - San Diego
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Job Description
Competitive Compensation and Benefit Package
The comprehensive benefits and longevity-based compensation package offered by Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) enables physicians to focus on what they do best – provide their patients with exceptional care.
- Medical/dental/vision coverage
- Supplemental medical coverage
- Special dependent coverage
- Vacation/holiday/sick/education time and leave (prorated to work schedule)
- Retirement and savings plans
- Relocation package
- Professional liability coverage
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible
Partnership of SCPMG
- Transition to a Partner/Owner of SCPMG
- Eligible after three consecutive years of full-time employment (six consecutive years of part-time employment)
- Increased benefits (e. g., compensation, retirement, life insurance)
- Voting rights on organizational decisions
Additional Information
- Board Certified or Board Eligible
About the Area
San Diego captures the essence of coastal living with its beachside communities and lively downtown. The city's coastal climate allows for year-round visits to the San Diego Zoo, Sea World, and Legoland. For culture seekers, San Diego features a range of culinary delights and unique architectural landscapes influenced by the city's proximity to Mexico and Spanish history.
Working Here
The San Diego service area is one the region’s largest, with impressive geographical coverage, over 1,100 physicians, and about 25 satellite offices to complement the main medical center.
Yet we have a singular, well-defined culture, grounded in three pillars that improve outcomes: maintaining physicians’ well-being and their original passion for medicine; keeping the workforce energized and cohesive; and ensuring patient engagement in their own overall health.
This formula, along with our size, diversity, and depth of talent, helps the area keep its edge in new technology and clinical expertise.
San Diego maintains a high level of integration and collaboration; physicians and new hires alike know they’re not alone, that they have the personal support and clinical assistance of an entire team.
Educational and research opportunities are actively offered and supported, with residency programs and fellowships, along with participation in clinical studies and trials.
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 exceptional pediatric care to patients within the San Diego service area. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of physicians and staff across medical centers and satellite offices.
Requirements
Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Pediatrics. Must be able to pass a background check and drug screen.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pediatrician - San Diego 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
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, 8% are remote, 70% 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)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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