Primary Care Physician

At Ochsner Health, whether you work with patients every day or support those who do, you are making a difference and that matters. In cooperation with other members of the department clinical staff, an Ochsner Staff Physician will provide and coordinate patient care by abiding by Ochsner's core values. Come make a difference at Ochsner Health and discover your future today!

Practice Info

• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
• Involves the handling of hazardous drugs and/or hazardous drug contaminated products either through receipt, transport, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, cleaning and/or disposal of contaminated waste, including contact with patients who may receive hazardous drugs

Responsibilities

• Examine the health of a patient to help make proper diagnosis of clinical conditions and prescribing medication, treatments, and follow-up care as required
• Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens to treat identified and documented medical conditions
• Provide care directly and indirectly by working with other members of an interdisciplinary team to formulate treatment plans
• Timely record patient encounters in Electronic Health Record
• Request further medical evaluations and make referrals, as necessary
• Understand and commit to the highest standards of professionalism; willingness to hold others to those standards
• Commit to collaboration with all members of the department to provide quality patient care
• Ensure accurate coding of all patient visits

Qualifications

• Required - Board certified or eligible for certification in physician's primary specialty
• Required - Licensed Practicing Provider
• Required - MD/DO
• Required - Credentialed and willing to maintain clinical practice
• Comply with policies, procedures, bylaws, processes of privileging/credentialing, and standards of care that are conducive to the provision of high-quality medical services
• Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements
• Must be able to travel throughout and between facilities
• Individuals who reside in and will work from the following areas are not eligible for remote work position: Colorado, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.