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Avenues Recovery
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

PRN Provider - Nurse Practitioner/ Physician's Assistant

Nurse PractitionerPer Diem Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

Pay not listed

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Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

Who We Are

Avenues Recovery Center is a nationwide network of drug and alcohol rehab centers with twenty-one locations across several states. Offering the very highest standard of medical and clinical treatment, our services span every level of care - including detox, residential, PHP IOP, and outpatient services.

Avenues is both JCAHO and CARF accredited, and in full compliance with all ASAM standards. Yet despite our excellence, our greatest strength remains the staff we cull from across the nation.

If you're a compassionate professional who appreciates stimulating yet meaningful work, we warmly invite you to join our all-star team.

Now hiring a PRN Nurse Practitioner, Physician's Assistant at Avenues Recovery in Baton Rouge!

What You'll Do

Create individual medical care treatment plans and provide medical monitoring/ medication management for each client throughout treatment

  • Provide quality medical care to stabilize patients and enable them to fully engage in treatment
  • Update pharmacy orders, create UDS, med and lab orders, and review and address UDS and lab results
  • Collaborate with extended medical, clinical, and UR teams for seamless coordination of care
  • Maintain thorough documentation of all medical interventions, consultations, and directives
  • Complete daily and weekly client appointment schedule in timely and efficient manner

What We're Looking For

  • Master's degree in medical field, and related certifications
  • Valid state medical license
  • Federal DEA certification
  • Acute observational and critical thinking skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Strong collaborative and multitasking skills
  • Preferred: 3-5 years of experience in a related clinical setting

Why Join Us?

Avenues features a rich, fulfilling workplace culture where every person is valued and greatness is pursued. We support our employees unconditionally, and work to provide them with every resource they need to excel! Aside from generous PTO and compensation, when you join the Avenues family, you'll be eligible for the following benefits package:

  • 401K with employer match
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Accident
  • Critical Illness
  • Hospital Indemnity
  • Voluntary Short-Term Disability
  • Voluntary Long -Term Disability
  • Employer-Paid Life and AD&D
  • LifeTime Benefit Term Insurance with Long Term Care
  • Legal Coverage
  • Pet Insurance
  • Identity Theft Protection
  • Employer-Paid Employee Assistance Program
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) - Medical
  • Dependent Care FSA (DCF)
  • Eligible for HRSA STAR federal student loan repayment
  • Join our growing team and discover the magic here at Avenues!

Key Responsibilities

Develop individualized medical treatment plans and provide patient monitoring and medication management throughout treatment. Coordinate care with medical, clinical, and utilization review teams, manage pharmacy, drug screening, and laboratory orders and results, and maintain documentation and appointment schedules.

Requirements

Requires a master's degree in a medical field, related certifications, a valid state medical license, and federal DEA certification. Candidates should have strong observation, critical-thinking, communication, collaboration, and multitasking skills; 3–5 years of related clinical experience is preferred.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Medical Care PlanningPharmacy Order ManagementUrine Drug ScreeningLaboratory Order ManagementLaboratory Results ReviewClinical DocumentationCare CoordinationAcute ObservationOral Communication

Addiction Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 64% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Nurse Practitioner by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $167k (middle half $137k–$167k)12 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingLouisiana index 88.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All nurse practitioner listings in Louisiana168 active15,617 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% remote · 64% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentLouisiana nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 12% state a sign-on bonus · 1% offer loan repayment168 active listings, Nov 2026
Addiction Medicine NP hiring demand#19 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 29 days · 3% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 101 postings, 189 closed
New Addiction Medicine NP listings101 in the last 30 days83 the 30 days before (+22%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Nurse Practitioner pay trend (all specialties)+2.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 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. Louisiana figures use all nurse practitioners: too few Louisiana Addiction Medicine postings state pay.

Top contract/1099 Nurse Practitioner Jobs

38 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

34 jobs · 28 employers
14
<$155k
9
$155k-175k
5
$175k-195k
4
$195k-215k
2
$230k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

30 jobs · 28 employers
401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
43%
Sign-on bonus
27%
Loan repayment
13% this job
PSLF eligible
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.5this job 1.5
Below most Addiction Medicine (NP) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 194 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Avenues Recovery

Mental Health Care
Lakewood, New Jersey
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

401K with employer match
Medical Insurance
Dental
Vision
Accident
Critical Illness
Hospital Indemnity
Voluntary Short-Term Disability

Living in Baton Rouge

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$237k
Typical market rent
$1,301/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.8
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 · Baton Rouge, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.