Ochsner Health System

Headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, Ochsner is nationally recognized for its clinical quality and workplace culture. The system has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces in Health Care list for two consecutive years (2024 and 2025) and received the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award in 2023, reflecting strong employee engagement across its workforce of nearly 228,000 surveyed employees. Ochsner maintains an Office of Professional Well-Being, signaling institutional commitment to clinician wellness. For nurses, Ochsner emphasizes professional accountability, cultural sensitivity in patient care, and alignment with the ANA Code for Nurses and Scope & Standards of Practice. The organization's nursing philosophy centers on the Nursing Process framework, effective delegation, and quality patient outcomes. Sign-on bonuses are available for select RN positions. The system's large footprint across the Gulf South offers nurses opportunities for career mobility across multiple facilities and care settings.

Ochsner's stated mission is to 'serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate.' The organization values professional responsibility, accountability, cultural and religious diversity sensitivity, quality patient outcomes, and strategic goal alignment at the unit and department levels. Ochsner supports a philosophy of nursing grounded in the Nurse Practice Act and ANA standards, with an institutional focus on employee well-being through its Office of Professional Well-Being.