Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Primary Care
Compensation
Pay not disclosed
- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job description
Join Ochsner Health as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – Primary Care in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States. Exceptional care starts with exceptional people. For us, this is more than a job– it’s a calling.
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No call required.
- No weekends required.
This position offers no call requirements, weekends off. Work with Ochsner Health in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States.
Key Responsibilities
The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant will provide primary and urgent medical management for outpatient clinic patients in a collaborative team environment. Responsibilities include emergency stabilization, patient education, discharge planning, and the teaching of residents and medical students.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Nursing or a degree in Physician Assistant studies, along with current state licensure and certification. Proficiency in BCLS/ACLS and the ability to work a flexible schedule are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Primary Care at Ochsner Health a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Primary Care (PA) — ranked against 409 active Primary Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 60% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 8.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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).
7.2/10 work-life score · Top 25% in Primary Care (PA) — ranked against 409 active roles in this specialty
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- No call
- No weekends