Pediatrician

Our client located near Sacramento, California is seeking a Pediatrician to join their FQHC/Community Health Practice. This is an opportunity to carry out your passion for working with the underserved while maintaining a work-life balance with a 4 day work week. The ideal candidate is board certified or eligible in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine or Pediatrics and has community health experience. They are accepting FMG candidates with ECFMG or Fifth pathway certification.


Responsibilities of Pediatrician include:

• Schedule: Monday - Thursday (10 hours/9 clinical)
• Provide comprehensive medical services to Center patients consistent with specialty scope of pediatrics in a community clinic environment, including taking appropriate health history, performing physical examination, developing differential diagnoses, completing medical work-up, performing or ordering appropriate lab, imaging, and other tests, prescribing, and implementing appropriate therapy according to standard medical practice.
• Obtain appropriate consults when problems presented are outside the scope of practice or area of expertise or when unfamiliar with a particular aspect of the patient's care.
• Facilitate transfer of care to other clinicians when religious or personal beliefs interfere with the clinician's ability to offer full care options.
• Provide oral and written health education to patients and their families and answer questions, and work closely with other clinic staff that provide these services to assure the provision of appropriate education and information, including follow-up, for clients.
• Maintain productivity standards in order to sustain fiscal viability while maintaining high quality medical care.
• Answer messages and sign off on clinical reports (consults, lab, x-rays, etc.) in a timely manner.
• Attend continuing education programs and provide evidence of necessary education completion to upgrade medical skills and maintain licensing requirements.

• Completion of a M.D. or D.O. degree from an U.S. accredited medical school, school of osteopathy medicine, or FMG with ECFMG or Fifth pathway certification.
• Board Certified or Eligible for Board Certification in Family Practice, Internal Medicine or Pediatrics.
• Current, valid and unsuspended State of California medical licensure.
• DEA Certificate required.
• Current CPR certification required.
• At least 1-2 years of experience working with underserved, low-income persons or homeless persons preferred.
• A strong commitment to serve medically underserved families.
• Experience in managing all aspects of pediatric primary care practice; current, standard medical practices, treatments, tests, and therapies for children from birth to 19 years of age, including acute care, chronic illness management, preventive care, development, behavior, and psychopharmacology.
• Experience with clinical quality measures such as: HRSA core measures, HEDIS, PCMH, etc.
• Able to give & receive constructive feedback while employee holds himself/herself and others accountable.
• Exercising good judgment in clinical decision making and client care.

• Competitive salary for 30+ hours per week- $235,000 - $293,750 annually
• Retirement 4% employer match with immediate vesting
• Malpractice/Tail Insurance-Provided at no cost to employee
• Annual CME Benefit
• Comprehensive benefits package-$0 in-network out-of-pocket costs
• Tuition Reimbursement