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LCMC Health
New Orleans, Louisiana

Urgent Care - Physician - PRN

Urgent CareIncludes callPer Diem

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Job Description

  • Your job is more than a job
  • Urgent Care Physician
  • LCMC Health Urgent Care
  • PRN
  • Multiple Locations Across Greater New Orleans
  • New Orleans (Uptown, Lakeview)
  • Elmwood
  • Kenner
  • Chalmette
  • Marrero
  • Gretna

Make an Impact. Deliver Care When It Matters Most.

LCMC Health is seeking Urgent Care Physicians to join our growing team. In this role, you'll provide high-quality, patient-centered care for a wide range of acute illnesses and minor injuries while helping patients access timely care close to home.

What You'll Do

  • Evaluate, diagnose, and treat acute illnesses and non-emergent injuries
  • Perform physical exams, patient assessments, and minor procedures including suturing, splinting, and wound care
  • Order and interpret diagnostic tests, imaging, and laboratory studies
  • Develop evidence-based treatment plans and provide preventive care, including immunizations
  • Educate patients and families on diagnoses, medications, and follow-up care
  • Collaborate with APPs, nurses, and support staff to ensure exceptional patient outcomes
  • Maintain accurate medical documentation and timely patient communication
  • Participate in a physician call schedule and support patient access needs
  • Adhere to quality, safety, infection prevention, and regulatory standards

Qualifications

  • Education & Training
  • Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
  • Completion of an accredited residency program

Licensure & Certifications

  • Louisiana Physician License (or eligible)
  • BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications (American Heart Association)

Why Join LCMC Health?

  • Multiple convenient practice locations across Greater New Orleans
  • Fast-paced, collaborative clinical environment
  • Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
  • Opportunity to make a direct impact on patient access and community health
  • Supportive culture focused on excellence, efficiency, and compassionate care

Join Our Team

If you're looking for a rewarding opportunity to practice urgent care medicine in a dynamic and patient-focused environment, we'd love to hear from you.

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

  • 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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Key Responsibilities

The Urgent Care Physician will evaluate, diagnose, and treat acute illnesses and non-emergent injuries while performing minor procedures. They will also collaborate with clinical staff to ensure high-quality patient outcomes and maintain accurate medical documentation.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Patient assessmentDiagnostic interpretationClinical collaborationPatient educationAcute illness management

Urgent Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 34 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 88% have no call, 65% 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).

What does the Physician market look like in Louisiana?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingLouisiana index 88.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in Louisiana262 active22,376 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 88% no call · 65% no weekends34 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedLouisiana Physician listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus · 5% offer loan repayment262 active listings, Nov 2026
Urgent Care hiring demand#13 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 47 days · 31% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 94 postings, 148 closed
New Urgent Care listings453 in the last 30 days293 the 30 days before (+55%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Urgent Care Jobs

31 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

29 jobs · 10 employers
4
<$325k
20
$350k
1
$365k
2
$395k-430k
2
$430k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

28 jobs · 10 employers
401k / retirement match
93%
Sign-on bonus
21%
CME allowance
18%
Relocation assistance
18%
Loan repayment
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#2

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#3

Physician, Emergency Medicine – Telemedicine Opportunity – DrHouse

$100-$200/hr
#4

Urgent Care Physician - Southwest Medical

$232k-$402k
+ 29 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 1.5
Below most Urgent Care listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 325 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
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About LCMC Health

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

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits

Living in New Orleans

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$208k
Typical market rent
$1,633/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 (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 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.