Pediatrics Physician

NEW Locum Pediatrician need in Merced, CA

Hourly Rate + Travel Expenses.

FQHC Setting - Outpatient Clinic

Credentialing: 3 weeks

Start: 10/13/25

LOA: 3 month contracts/12 weeks

Schedule:

M-F 8-5 - Admin time built into these hours

Patient Volume:
Approximately 24 patients/day; 29 are scheduled but there is a 20% no show rate. Walk-ins and same day appointments are also welcome if there is a huge no show rate, so may be up to 29 patients/day.

Procedures:
Full scope General Pediatrics - circumcisions included. Bread & Butter pediatrics. Peds MD will have to be flexible with being able to cover different locations if needed.

EMR: EPIC

License: CA license

Certifications:

BC or truly BE - Will NOT take non-boarded physician.

Relevant

Experience:

Need 2-3 years minimum of Peds experience.

Additional Information:
Try to schedule the pediatricians with their own MA's. There will be 1 MA's scheduled with them. The MA is a float.
There are additional sites/locations for Pediatrics, and the locum will have to be comfortable to switching locations, if absolutely needed.
There is a 3 week ramp up period of Epic training.
75% of the population is Spanish speaking and Filipino. They have interpreter lines and virtual translation as well. Most of their permanent staff is Spanish speaking or able to understand Spanish.