How to hire pediatricians, general

Job description template

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[Job title] at [Company name]
[City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range]

About the role
[Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.]

What you will do
• Advise patients, parents or guardians, and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
• Examine children regularly to assess their growth and development.
• Examine patients or order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests to obtain information on medical condition and determine diagnosis.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients and parents or guardians.
• Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
• Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in infants and children.
• Treat children who have minor illnesses, acute and chronic health problems, and growth and development concerns.

What you bring
• [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any]
• [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: Doctoral or professional degree]
• Strong critical thinking, speaking, active listening, reading comprehension, active learning and monitoring skills
• Working knowledge of medicine and dentistry, therapy and counseling, biology and psychology
• [Anything else you would really turn someone away for]

Pay and benefits
[Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $100.98 an hour ($210,040 a year).
[Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.]

How to apply
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Interview questions for pediatricians, general

Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.

1. Tell me about a time you had to advise patients, parents or guardians, and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
2. Tell me about a time you had to collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
3. Tell me about a time you had to examine children regularly to assess their growth and development. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
4. Tell me about a time you had to examine patients or order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests to obtain information on medical condition and determine diagnosis. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
5. Describe a decision at work where the obvious answer was wrong. How did you work out the better choice?
6. Explain something technical from your last job as you would to a new coworker.
7. Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
8. Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?

Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.

What pediatricians, general do

• Advise patients, parents or guardians, and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
• Examine children regularly to assess their growth and development.
• Examine patients or order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests to obtain information on medical condition and determine diagnosis.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients and parents or guardians.
• Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
• Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in infants and children.
• Treat children who have minor illnesses, acute and chronic health problems, and growth and development concerns.

Skills that matter most

Critical ThinkingSpeakingActive ListeningReading ComprehensionActive LearningMonitoringMedicine and DentistryTherapy and CounselingBiologyPsychology

Education, experience and outlook for pediatricians, general

• Typical education to start: Doctoral or professional degree (BLS)
• Related work experience most have: 2 to 4 years (O*NET)
• Training on the job: Internship/residency (BLS)
• Job outlook: +1.5% over ten years, little or no change · about 1,000 openings a year (BLS)

What to pay pediatricians, general

Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:

See pediatricians, general pay in every state

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Job duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.