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New Orleans, Louisiana

Acute Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - ICU - Days & Nights-PRN

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Job Description

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  • Acute Care Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant – ICU (Days & Nights PRN)
  • Crescent City Physicians, Inc. | Touro Hospital - New Orleans, LA

Are you a highly skilled Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant looking to make a meaningful impact in critical care? Crescent City Physicians, Inc. is seeking experienced Advanced Practice Providers to join our Intensive Care Unit team on a PRN basis. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside a collaborative team of intensivists, nurses, and healthcare professionals dedicated to delivering exceptional care to critically ill patients.

In this role, you will practice at the top of your license, managing complex patient populations in a fast-paced ICU environment while providing compassionate, evidence-based care.

Position Highlights

  • PRN Opportunities Available – Days and Nights
  • Collaborative multidisciplinary critical care team
  • High-acuity ICU patient population
  • Opportunity to perform advanced procedures
  • Competitive compensation

Key Responsibilities

Patient Assessment & Management

  • Perform comprehensive evaluations of critically ill patients.
  • Develop, implement, and modify individualized treatment plans.
  • Manage acute and chronic conditions, ensuring optimal patient outcomes.

Collaborative Care

  • Partner with physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other members of the care team.
  • Facilitate seamless transitions of care during shift changes and patient handoffs.
  • Procedures & Interventions
  • Assist with and perform advanced bedside procedures, including:
  • Intubations
  • Central venous line placements
  • Arterial line insertions
  • Other critical care procedures within scope of practice

Medication Management

  • Prescribe and manage medications as permitted by licensure and organizational protocols.
  • Titrate critical care medications and initiate emergency interventions when appropriate.

Monitoring & Documentation

  • Continuously assess patient status and response to treatment.
  • Interpret laboratory and diagnostic results.
  • Maintain accurate, thorough, and timely documentation in the electronic medical record.

Patient & Family Education

  • Communicate effectively with patients and families regarding treatment plans, prognosis, and ongoing care needs.
  • Provide compassionate support during critical situations.

Quality Improvement

  • Participate in quality initiatives and evidence-based practice projects.
  • Support departmental goals related to safety, patient outcomes, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Master's or Doctoral degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program or
  • Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program

Licensure

Current, unrestricted Louisiana Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license

Certifications

  • BLS and ACLS certifications from the American Heart Association required
  • Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) or Critical Care Nurse Practitioner (CCNP) certification preferred
  • CCRN certification preferred

Experience

  • Minimum of two (2) years of critical care experience as an NP, PA, or RN
  • Demonstrated experience managing critically ill patients in an ICU setting
  • Skills & Competencies
  • Strong critical thinking and clinical decision-making abilities
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Proficiency in advanced critical care procedures
  • Ability to work independently and effectively in a high-acuity environment
  • Commitment to patient-centered care and teamwork

Why Join Crescent City Physicians?

At Crescent City Physicians, you'll be part of a team committed to delivering exceptional care throughout the Greater New Orleans region. Our providers enjoy a supportive culture, opportunities for professional growth, and the satisfaction of making a difference in the lives of patients when they need it most.

Apply today and help us deliver life-saving critical care excellence.

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

Touro

Touro, at the forefront of medical excellence within LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been regionally recognized for 165 years as one of New Orleans' most enduring healthcare monuments. It’s where babies come from and New Orleanians are cared for. Learn more about Touro and our Leapfrog “Grade A” Hospital Safety distinction

  • 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.

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Qualifications

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

Certifications

CCRN (preferred)

Key Skills

Critical Care ManagementIntubationCentral Venous Line PlacementArterial Line InsertionElectronic Medical RecordsPatient EducationInterprofessional Collaboration

Critical Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 46% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

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).

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

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Below most Critical Care (NP) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 48 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in New Orleans

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$209k
Typical market rent
$1,637/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 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.