Skip to content
Nursing Mastery
All jobs

CRNA - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

Unit
Nurse Anesthetist

Posted Sep 11

What the listing says

Role

Accepts
CRNA

Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.

Pay

Similar roles post
LA nursing roles that state pay post $33/hr to $52/hr

LA nursing postings that state pay run $27/hr to $58/hr, the middle half $33/hr to $52/hr, across 154 postings. That covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.

We don’t have a pay range for this role yet.

We can help you find the number.

About this role

This job administers anesthesia to patients during the performance of surgical, obstetrical and other pain producing clinical procedures under the supervision of a physician. Works in a collaborative model including but not limited to residents, fellows, attendings, and staff who care for patients. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position.

It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company's discretion.

Sourced from Ochsner Health’s careers page.

Requirements

  • License as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
  • Certification through the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
  • Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certification

Benefits

  • N/A

Place

City
New Orleans, LA
Median rent
$1,251/mo

rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024

Local household income
$56,631/yr

all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024

Metro price level
7% below the national average

New Orleans area index 92.6, where 100 is the national average.

Step off shift into Bywater shotgun cottages and Frenchmen Street brass. Streetcars rattle past Garden District live oaks; second-line parades still roll through Treme. Cost of living sits about 7% below the national average — breathing room worth savoring between po'boys and shifts.

Map showing the location of New Orleans, LA
Approximate location in New Orleans, LA. · © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap· Open the live map

Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.

How this role fits you

About the employer

Ochsner Health
Hiring organization

On your path

Advanced practice has its own path. Scope and independence depend on the role and state.

Worth asking

We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.

  • How does compensation work, including base pay and the productivity or RVU formula?
  • Are there differentials or other recurring incentives?
  • Does the employer cover malpractice and tail coverage, plus CME, licensing, and DEA support?
  • What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
Build questions for this role
Help improve this pageShare what it’s like, leave a heads-up, or ask about this posting.
What would you like to do?
Add ratings or a short headline

A person reviews every submission before anything changes.