Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Neurosurgery - FT

Nurse Practitioner Top 25% in Surgery (NP)Full-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

Pay not disclosed

Employment & setting
Full-Time · on-site
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Includes weekends
Posted 4mo ago

Job description

Join Ochsner Health as a Neurosurgery NP/PA – Flexible Schedule, On-Call in Louisiana.

Key Responsibilities

  • Master’s degree in nursing. OR Required
  • Bachelor’s degree in Physician Assistant medicine or Health Sciences, or graduate of an approved Physician Assistant Training Program Work Experience Required

Requirements

  • None. Preferred - 3 years of related working experience. Certifications Nurse Practitioner: Required

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • On-site position.
  • Call responsibilities required.
  • Weekend coverage may be required.
  • Flexible scheduling available.

Apply to join Ochsner Health as a Neurosurgery NP/PA – Flexible Schedule, On-Call.

Licensure & Certifications

Requires a Master's degree in nursing or a Bachelor's in Physician Assistant studies with appropriate state licensure and NCCPA or ANCC/AANPCP certification. BCLS/ACLS certification and eligibility for prescriptive authority are mandatory.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Patient CareEmergency StabilizationMedical ManagementPatient EducationDischarge PlanningClinical ResearchInterpersonal CommunicationData EntryWindows ApplicationsMedical Protocol Compliance

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Neurosurgery - FT at Ochsner Health a 7.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Surgery (NP) — ranked against 314 active Surgery (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 48% have no call, 62% 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).

7.1/10 work-life score · Top 25% in Surgery (NP) — ranked against 314 active roles in this specialty

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Work-life snapshot

7.1/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Surgery (NP)

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  • On-site
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends