General Pediatricians - build your dream job in the Natural State - where opportunity feels like home.

Arkansas Children’s, in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is seeking board-certified or board-eligible pediatricians for outpatient clinical care. Successful candidates will join the state’s only pediatric health system and play a key role in shaping the future of children’s health in our region.

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Join a dynamic team at Arkansas Children’s of 20 physicians and APP’s providing nationally ranked and recognized care to patients statewide and regionally.

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Other highlights include:

• 100% outpatient opportunity, requiring no nursery or delivery coverage and no inpatient rounding, designed to offer an exceptional work-life balance while allowing you to practice high-quality medicine at a nationally recognized institution
• Competitive salary and comprehensive UAMS faculty benefits package with medical, dental, vision and pharmacy coverage, malpractice insurance, and generous PTO with paid holidays - including your birthday!
• Robust retirement package with employer match, Tuition Discount Benefits within the University of Arkansas system, and Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program eligibility
• Opportunity to practice on the clinical educator or clinical attending track and ranked appointment with UAMS
• Practice within a highly supportive and state-of-the-art Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) clinic. Our team-based care model includes:
• Dedicated care coordinators and social workers
• Comprehensive clinical support staff
• A collaborative network of peers with unique interests, including expertise in global health
• Active involvement in teaching and mentoring medical students and residents, directly advancing the section’s educational mission
• Leadership support and funding to pursue continuing medical education and academic conference presentations

About Arkansas Children's

About Arkansas Children's

Arkansas Children's is the only health care system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas' 850,000 children. The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals with 361 licensed beds, a pediatric research institute and USDA nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs — all focused on fulfilling a promise to define and deliver unprecedented child health.

Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) is a Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level I pediatric trauma center; the state's only burn center; the state's only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit; the state's only pediatric intensive care unit; the state’s only pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons (ACS); and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Arkansas Children’s is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in seven pediatric subspecialties (2025-2026): Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery and Urology.

Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the northwest Arkansas region, is a Level IV pediatric trauma center. ACNW operates an inpatient unit that will expand in 2026; a surgical unit with five operating rooms; outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties; diagnostic services; imaging capabilities; occupational therapy services; and northwest Arkansas' only pediatric emergency department. Generous philanthropic and volunteer engagement has sustained Arkansas Children's since it began as an orphanage in 1912, and today ensures the system can deliver on its promise of unprecedented child health.

To learn more, visit archildrens.org.