Registered Nurse-RN-Emergency Medicine-Jefferson Highway-PART TIME
New Orleans, LA
- Unit
- Emergency Medicine
Posted Sep 11
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Similar roles post
- Similar LA staff roles post $28/hr to $41/hr
LA staff postings that state pay run $24/hr to $48/hr, the middle half $28/hr to $41/hr, across 78 postings.
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About this role
We've made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942, but one thing has never changed - our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate. We believe that every award earned, every record broken and every patient helped is because of the dedicated employees who fill our hallways. At Ochsner, whether you work with patients every day or support those who do, you are making a difference and that matters.
Come make a difference at Ochsner Health and discover your future today! This job acts as a leader in the provision of patient care using the nursing process within the framework of the Nurse Practice Act, ANA Code for Nurses and Scope & Standards of Practice. Effectively delegates, directs and assists licensed and ancillary team members.
Assumes accountability for quality patient outcomes, exhibits sensitivity to cultural, ethnic and religious diversity in all interactions, and maintains involvement in activities aimed toward the achievement of unit and the department’s strategic goals and objectives. Demonstrates professional responsibility and accountability for his/her own practice and supports the company's philosophy of nursing.
Sourced from Ochsner Medical Center’s careers page.
Requirements
- Current registered nurse (RN) license in state of practice
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association
- Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Certification within 30 days of hire
- Certification in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) within 90 days of hire
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 90 days of hire
Benefits
- N/A
Place
- City
- New Orleans, LA
- Median rent
- $1,251/mo
- Local household income
- $56,631/yr
- Metro price level
- 7% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
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.
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
You would start on a nurse residency for select units at a Magnet-designated medical center.
On your path
Emergency is open from year one. Fellowships take new grads. The windows matter.
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?

