Pediatrician

Family HealthCare Network • Porterville, CA

11h • $247,684 - $396,294

About The Position

The Pediatrician provides primary care medical services in a Patient Centered Health Home, with a focus on access to care. The role provides comprehensive, continuous, and coordinated care for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth to age 21, addressing physical, emotional, and social health. Care includes treatment of acute and chronic illness, health promotion and maintenance, health supervision, anticipatory guidance, and age-appropriate monitoring and screening of growth and development.

The Pediatrician works with the patient care team to support quality improvement, staff education, and community health efforts. The role requires California licensure as a Pediatrician and extensive formal training in Pediatrics, typically through an MD or DO degree. Board eligibility or certification may be required or preferred for certain positions. Effective June 1, 2026, individuals hired into the role must meet the stated advanced knowledge and skills qualifications through a doctoral-level degree program with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 or an active professional license required for the role.

Requirements

• Be licensed in California as a Pediatrician.
• Have extensive formal training in Pediatrics, typically evidenced by a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree.
• Effective June 1, 2026, meet the stated advanced knowledge and skills qualification through either completion of a doctoral-level degree program with a recognized major and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5, or attainment and maintenance of a valid, active professional license required for the role.
• Have written and verbal communication, computational, computer, technical, and mathematical skills.
• Be able to create complex Microsoft Word documents, including linking files and embedding objects linked to other documents.
• Be able to use advanced Microsoft Excel functions to create and manage databases, generate standardized reports, and link worksheets and workbooks.
• Be able to develop sophisticated Microsoft PowerPoint presentations using embedded objects, transitions, and other elements.
• Effectively communicate professional opinions and conclusions from collected and analyzed information.
• Determine appropriate ways to communicate information using tables, graphs, charts, and other visual formats.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to large groups.
• Meet the physical demands of the position, including sitting, repetitive hand movement for typing and grasping, standing or walking, and occasionally lifting or moving up to 20 pounds; reasonable accommodations may be made.

Nice To Haves

• Board eligibility or certification in Pediatrics may be required or desired in certain positions.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary care medical services and meet established productivity expectations, including examination, review of relevant laboratory, referral, and imaging results, and determination of diagnoses.
• Document visits accurately using appropriate templates and record relevant data to support diagnoses.
• Attain budgeted visits, meet clinical care measures, and lock records within the 72-hour window.
• Provide comprehensive, continuous, and coordinated pediatric care for patients from birth to age 21, including treatment of acute and chronic illness and health promotion and maintenance.
• Provide health supervision, anticipatory guidance, patient and parent education, and age-appropriate monitoring and screening of physical and psychosocial growth and development.
• Advocate access to care and a medical home for children, emphasizing structured evaluation, early intervention, and health promotion.
• Provide courteous customer service to patients, family members, support staff, and Network staff; remain aware of patient wait times; and provide educational materials and resources suited to patients’ health literacy needs.
• Promote and participate in daily huddles and incorporate ancillary health team members in patient and family care.
• Set and monitor self-management plans, assist with clinical procedures and current clinical protocols, and complete chart and peer reviews in a timely manner.
• Assist the patient care team with performance evaluations, performance improvement, and quality improvement efforts.
• Assist in precepting mid-level practitioners and, where relevant, participate in rotations for medical and physician assistant students and dental residents.
• Participate in Network health fairs, community events, and site and provider meetings.
• Meet Network and credentialing expectations for licensure and employment.
• Adhere to the Attendance and Absenteeism Policy and maintain regular attendance.
• Be able to present to and work at any FHCN location as business needs require, at the beginning of or during a shift.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance are available.
• Annual CME days and reimbursement are available.
• Health and wellness benefits and retirement packages are offered.
• Additional annual earning potential through outpatient and inpatient productivity, as applicable, quality pay, retention payments, shift differential pay, and extra shift pay.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree