Pediatrician - Full-Time or Part-Time - Rural Healthcare

Company: CHS Recruiting
Location: Alma
Posted on: March 18, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description OPEN POSITION: Physician - Pediatrician SCHEDULE: Full-Time, 4 or 5 Days per Week Part-Time, 2 or 3 Days per Week Monday to Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm No Nights No Weekends No Holidays On-Call 1:3 FULL-TIME COMPENSATION: Negotiable Sign-On Bonus $250,000 Annual Base Salary, dependent on experience Productivity Bonus Structure $200,000 Student Loan Repayment Plan Relocation Package Malpractice Insurance w/ Tail Health / Dental / Vision / Life Insurance CME Allowance 5 Days Paid Time Off 4 Weeks Paid Vacation Time Paid Holidays License / DEA / NPI Fees Reimbursed 401k Package Details Negotiable LOCATION: Alma, Georgia COMPANY PROFILE: This community-centric rural healthcare system has been serving the residents of Bacon County for more than 75 years. They are proud to be a rare critical access hospital (CAH) with an obstetrics department that delivers approximately 180 babies per year, who are attended to by dedicated and compassionate staff in their Level I Well-Baby Nursery. The system boasts a 25-bed general acute care hospital accredited by the Joint Commission, a community care center, a sleep center, a child development center, and an 88-bed long-term care facility. They currently have a staff of 21 physicians and nurse practitioners across 12 specialities, and are hiring due to a combination of physician retirement and growth in their patient population. POSITION DESCRIPTION: The new pediatrician will work in a rural healthcare setting, seeing patients in a critical access hospital (CAH), as well as its affiliated clinic located directly across the street. The hospital has a Level I Well-Baby Nursery and sees approximately 180 births per year. Complex cases are transferred to a Level III NICU in Savannah. The pediatrician will see an average of 20 to 25 patients per day, with ample support from a dedicated team and administrative time built into the schedule. The duties of the pediatrician role include, but are not limited to: newborn rounding well child exams school physicals sick visits evaluate, diagnose, and provide treatment refer patients to specialists as needed discuss procedures, test results, and treatments with patients and families recommend preventive health measures and habits prescribe medications and formulate ongoing treatment plans The system uses the MEDITECH electronic health record. The pediatrician’s call schedule is 1:3 with a required 30-minute callback timeframe. The on-call duties are phone triage only, as overnight deliveries and inpatient complications are attended to by the on-site hospital staff. On-call volume is very low. This will be an autonomous role, with the pediatrician joining a 7-physician primary care practice (4 family medicine and 3 internal medicine providers) as the first pediatrician. There is a strong built-in referral base through the obstetrics department and the pediatrician will have a full panel of patients. REQUIREMENTS: Georgia medical license DEA Board Certified or Eligible, Pediatrics J1 visa candidates welcome to apply current residents welcome to apply HOW TO APPLY: To apply for this position, please send your resume to Jenn Kunkel at jenn@chsrecruiting.com or call (773) 998-1272. Please visit www.chsrecruiting.com/jobs for a full list of openings at CHS Recruiting.

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