Seasoned OB/GYN Physician — Lead Patient Care

Ochsner Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Ochsner Health is seeking a Staff Physician to provide and coordinate patient care in alignment with our core values. The role emphasizes collaboration, credentialing, and adherence to professional standards within an established clinical team.

Responsibilities include diagnosing conditions, prescribing treatment, documenting encounters in EHR, and coordinating referrals, with a focus on delivering high-quality medical services across departments.

Qualifications

• Required - Board certified or eligible for certification in physician’s primary specialty.
• Licensed Practicing Provider MD/DO.
• Credentialed and willing to maintain clinical practice.

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.
• Comply with policies, procedures, bylaws, processes of privileging/credentialing, and standards of care that are conducive to the provision of high‑quality medical services consistent with accreditation standards, state and federal licensure or regulations, Medicare, Medicaid, and other regulations, guidelines, requirements, and statutes as applicable.

Education

Board certified or eligible for certification in physician’s primary specialty

Licensed Practicing Provider MD/DO

Credentialed and willing to maintain clinical practice

Job description

Ochsner Health is seeking a Staff Physician to provide and coordinate patient care in alignment with our core values. The role emphasizes collaboration, credentialing, and adherence to professional standards within an established clinical team.

Responsibilities include diagnosing conditions, prescribing treatment, documenting encounters in EHR, and coordinating referrals, with a focus on delivering high-quality medical services across departments.