Float Pediatrician

Schedule: 8AM-5PM

As a Float Pediatrician, you will provide compassionate, comprehensive clinical care to children and adolescents while building trusting relationships with patients, families, and your care team. Your expertise will help young patients grow healthier and support families as they navigate prevention, treatment, and ongoing wellness.

Join our family of dedicated healthcare professionals and bring your passion for pediatrics to a role where your work creates meaningful change in community healthcare. You will help strengthen the healthcare ecosystem through clinical leadership, patient and family education, quality improvement, and collaboration across disciplines.

• Provide pediatric care that supports the health and well-being of children and adolescents.
• Build trusting partnerships with colleagues and families to deliver coordinated, culturally responsive care.
• Contribute to clinical quality assurance, patient education, and continuous improvement.
• Support the development of future healthcare professionals through student supervision and mentorship.
• Help expand access to care through flexible clinic coverage, including days, evenings, and weekends as needed.
• Grow professionally through clinical leadership, committee participation, and collaboration with multidisciplinary providers.

Your presence, sound clinical judgment, and commitment to prevention will help create healthier futures for young patients and meaningful outcomes for the community. If you are looking for work that combines professional growth, teamwork, and purpose, we invite you to join our family.

• →Perform assessments and provide treatment to clients of the clinic.
• →Keep scheduled hours for extended clinic coverage during days, evenings, and weekends.
• →Work hours to remain flexible according to the needs of clinic expansion.
• →Meet or exceed productivity requirements as set forth by the Chief Medical Officer.
• →Develop and maintain clinical diagnostic and treatment protocols for pediatric treatment.
• →Remain available by phone during regularly scheduled hours should assistance be required.
• →Assist in the review and development of patient education material.
• →Provide supervision of health care students assigned to the clinic for educational purposes.
• →Develop and maintain a program for clinical quality assurance.
• →Supervise non-physician providers, including Licensed Therapists, Certified Nurse Practitioners, and Certified Physicians Assistants, with respect to pediatric treatment.
• →Attend staff meetings and committees as directed and punctually.
• →Participate in the Performance Improvement Program.
• →Interview and advise patients regarding health and illness prevention, including FQHC-required voluntary family planning services and related preventative health services in compliance with funding requirements and state and federal laws, rules and regulations.
• →Perform other duties as assigned.

• Medical Doctorate with current licensure.
• Board certified or Board eligible in Pediatrics.
• Provider shall obtain, maintain and participate in the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, workers’ compensation, other federal and state reimbursement programs, and the payment plan of any commercial insurer, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, accountable health plan, and other health benefit program requested by Legacy.

• Possess an interest in working with adolescents
• Uphold the Code of Ethics of their professional licensing entity.
• Must complete the minimum hours of continuing education to maintain professional license.
• Must maintain good standing with professional licensing board.
• Must demonstrate cultural competency and sensitivity to all populations served.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with staff, community, and the general public.
• Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation,
• Ability to remain calm under stressful conditions.
• Must be able to manage multiple deadlines and prioritize
• Adept in decision making responsibilities

• Bilingual English/Spanish speaking preferred

Approachable & Collaborative — Leads with humility, values diverse perspectives, and builds trust through teamwork.

Driven & Committed — Takes initiative and goes the extra mile to improve patient outcomes and drive continuous improvement.

Thoughtful Communicators — Pairs clinical/technical skill with emotional intelligence, navigating complex situations with empathy and professionalism.