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LCMC Health
Metairie, Louisiana

Hospitalist

Hospital MedicineIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Your job is more than a job. Full-time Hospitalist Provide high‑quality medical care and treatment to patients across a variety of clinical needs. Offer professional consultation and medical oversight to clinical staff to support safe, effective care delivery.

Conduct routine patient examinations to assess health status and identify potential medical concerns. Diagnose illnesses and injuries and develop appropriate treatment plans to support patient recovery and well‑being. Promote overall patient health through preventive care, education, and early intervention strategies.

Administer immunizations in alignment with medical standards and school or regulatory guidelines. EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS Completed residency training. EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS Doctoral Degree in Medicine or Osteopathy.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS American Heart Association, Basic Life Support-HCP, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification. Medical Physician Licensure through the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners GENERAL DUTIES Patient Care: Provides quality care to the patient.

Responds to patients' calls and messages and attends to patients. Maintains patient and business records including the completion of daily patient encounters. Observes patients for signs and symptoms of abuse/neglect and reports immediately in accordance with appropriate policy.

Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately in adherence to organizational policies and procedures. Patient Access: Participates in a physician call schedule which is evenly distributed between providers and offers patient meeting slots as deemed by the designed template.

Safety and Infection Control Standards: Assists with compliance to safety, environmental, infection control, quality improvement and other regulatory standards. Implements standard and transmission-based precautions and ensures patient safety during clinic visits, in accordance with the hospital/regulatory policies.

Maintains a clean clinic working environment. Reports any safety hazards or violations in patient or clinic environment to clinic manager or designee.

Medical Director Duties (if applicable): Ensures provider compliance with patient access, patient care, etc. Communicates provider concerns to administration, communicates initiatives and solutions to providers. Completes provider assessment and reviews including reviewing this with the provider.

Develops and maintains work and call schedules. WORK SHIFT: Variable Hours (United States of America) LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen.

While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way.

Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary About East Jefferson General Hospital East Jefferson General Hospital, a landmark of LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been the go-to hospital for health, wellness, and one-of-a-kind care in East Jefferson Parish for over 50 years.

And we’re only beginning to realize our greatest potential. Learn more about East Jefferson General Hospital and our legacy, our future, and our national recognition as a Nurse Magnet Hospital. Your extras Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work.

Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Simple things make the difference. 1. To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information. 2.

To ensure quality care and service, we may use information on your application to verify your previous employment and background. 3. To keep our career applications up-to-date, applications are inactive after 6 months and, therefore, require a new application for employment to be completed. 4.

To expedite the hiring process, proof of citizenship or immigration status will be required to verify your lawful right to work in the United States.

About LCMC Health One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond.

If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family.

From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality medical care, diagnosis, and treatment to patients while offering professional oversight to clinical staff. Manage patient records and ensure compliance with safety and infection control standards.

Requirements

Requires a Doctoral Degree in Medicine or Osteopathy and completion of residency training. Must hold a Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners license and BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medical DiagnosisTreatment PlanningPatient ExaminationClinical ConsultationEmergency ResponsePatient Record Management

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 78% have no call, 44% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Salary Distribution27 jobs · 12 employers

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<$290k
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$290k-330k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks23 jobs · 12 employers

401k / retirement match
96%
PSLF eligible
9%
Sign-on bonus
4%
CME allowance
4%
Relocation assistance
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Hospital Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,196 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Metairie

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$317k
Typical market rent
$1,545/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.6
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Hospitals and Health Care
New Orleans, LA
5,001-10,000 employees