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Ochsner Health
Lafayette, Louisiana

Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician Assistant/ Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Physician-Supervised State
Posted 1mo ago

About the Role

Maternal Fetal Medicine APP. Outpatient clinic. Flexible schedule. Lafayette, LA.

Join Ochsner Health as a Maternal Fetal Medicine APP – Flexible Schedule in Lafayette, Louisiana. We've made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942, but one thing has never changed - our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate. We believe that every award earned, every record broken and every patient helped is because of the dedicated employees who fill our hallways.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • Call responsibilities required.
  • Flexible scheduling available.

Apply to join Ochsner Health as a Maternal Fetal Medicine APP – Flexible Schedule.

Key Responsibilities

Provide primary and urgent medical management for outpatient clinic patients in a collaborative model with residents and physicians. Responsibilities include emergency stabilization of critically ill patients, patient education, and the teaching of medical students and residents.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in nursing or a Bachelor's degree in Physician Assistant studies with appropriate state licensure and certification (APRN or NCCPA). Must hold BCLS and ACLS certifications and be eligible for prescriptive authority in the state of practice.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

ACLS

Key Skills

Patient CareMedical ManagementEmergency StabilizationPatient EducationClinical ResearchData EntryInterpersonal CommunicationDischarge PlanningWindows ApplicationsMedical Protocol Compliance

Maternal Fetal Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

In Louisiana, Nurse Practitioner listings on WeekdayDoc pay a median of ~$136k across 217 listings, vs ~$138k nationally (15,670 listings).

Louisiana's cost-of-living index is 90.0 (US average = 100) — Louisiana ranks #7 of 50 for clinician purchasing power. 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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