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River Oaks Hospital
Harahan, Louisiana

FT BC PMHNP Position | Inpatient Adult DD, Chemical Dependency, & Addiction Programs| FT W2 | New Orleans

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

Opportunity Details

Position Title: Full-time BC Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) for Inpatient Adult Dual Diagnosis, Chemical Dependency, and Addiction Programs

River Oaks Hospital, located in the suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 126-bed private psychiatric facility for adults, adolescents, and children. Among our programs is The New Orleans Institute, a nationally recognized trauma treatment program.

For the past 40 years, River Oaks has established a tradition of excellence in the treatment of acute psychiatric illness, dual diagnosis, alcohol and drug detoxification, trauma-based disorders, compulsive behaviors, and eating disorders.

Position Overview

  • Employment Type: Full-time Hospital Employed
  • Schedule / Hours: Onsite, Monday–Friday
  • Patient Volume: negotiable, 15-20 daily caseload
  • Location: Harahan, LA (New Orleans)
  • Practice Setting: Inpatient ages 18 and older, all ages for weekend call
  • Call requirements: 1 night a week, overnight telephonic call, 1:4 weekend call
  • Support / Care Team: Multidisciplinary with BH Techs, BH RN, Psychiatric NPs, Social Workers, and Therapists

Position Highlights/Duties

Competitive compensation package with employed base salary, comprehensive benefits, sign-on bonus, PTO, CMEs and more.

Position duties include evaluations and assessments, medication management, treatment team management, daily care of patients and administrative duties as related to patient care.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited Master’s level Nurse Practitioner program with a specialty in psychiatry, PMHNP certification is required.

Must have an active LA license and DEA or the ability to obtain it.

Must be willing to treat ages 12 and older for cross coverage and call and very comfortable treating dual diagnosis, chemical dependency, and addiction patients for daily caseload.

River Oaks Hospital is located just minutes from the world’s most fascinating city! Culture, great food, jazz music, and the gulf coast await you in New Orleans, LA.

About UHS

River Oaks is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) one of the nation’s leading healthcare management companies.

Nurse Practitioners who join UHS benefit from the strength of a Fortune 500 healthcare organization with a nationwide network of acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and outpatient programs. This scale provides unmatched stability, consistent patient volume, and the reassurance of working with a trusted industry leader.

For More Information, Please Contact

Victoria Miller | In-house Physician Recruiter | Victoria.Miller@uhsinc.com | Cell (440) 361-1078

Universal Health Services, Inc. | UHS of Delaware, Inc. | 367 South Gulph Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406 | uhsinc.com.

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Key Responsibilities

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will perform patient evaluations, assessments, and medication management within an inpatient setting. They will also lead treatment team management and handle daily patient care and related administrative duties.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Psychiatric evaluationDual diagnosis treatmentChemical dependency treatmentAddiction treatmentTrauma-based disorder treatmentInpatient carePatient assessment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates FT BC PMHNP Position | Inpatient Adult DD, Chemical Dependency, & Addiction Programs| FT W2 | New Orleans at River Oaks Hospital a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Addiction Medicine (NP) — ranked against 224 active Addiction Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Addiction Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 52% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

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

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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Addiction Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 224 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Harahan

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$313k
Typical market rent
$1,420/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 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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About River Oaks Hospital

Mental Health Care
New Orleans, Louisiana
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive Compensation Package
Comprehensive Benefits
Sign-On Bonus
PTO
CME