Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Infectious Disease
Compensation
Pay not disclosed
- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job description
Join Ochsner Health as a Infectious Disease NP/PA – Outpatient Clinic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Exceptional care starts with exceptional people. For us, this is more than a job– it’s a calling.
Benefits & Compensation
- Collaborative Practice Agreement Required
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No call required.
- No weekends required.
This position offers no call requirements, weekends off. Work with Ochsner Health in Baton Rouge, 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 model. 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 medicine, along with current state licensure and BCLS/ACLS certifications. Proficiency in computer applications and strong interpersonal communication skills are required to perform essential clinical duties.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Infectious Disease — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 42% have no call, 66% 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 down 2.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Infectious Disease at Ochsner Health a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Infectious Disease (NP) — ranked against 32 active Infectious Disease (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
6.6/10 work-life score · Above average in Infectious Disease (NP) — ranked against 32 active roles in this specialty
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- No call
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