Physician - OB Hospitalist

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. Ochsner has been serving the community since 1942, and we remain committed to healing, educating, and innovating. As a Physician - OB Hospitalist, you will provide and coordinate patient care in accordance with Ochsner’s core values:
Patients First, Integrity, Compassion, Inclusivity, Teamwork, and Excellence. The successful candidate will:

• Examine patients to diagnose clinical conditions and prescribe appropriate medication, treatments, and follow‑up care.
• Prescribe pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens to treat identified and documented medical conditions.
• Provide direct and indirect care by working with a multidisciplinary team to formulate treatment plans.
• Document patient encounters in the Electronic Health Record in a timely manner.
• Request additional medical evaluations and make referrals as necessary.
• Maintain the highest standards of professionalism and hold others to those standards.
• Collaborate with all department members to provide quality patient care.
• Ensure accurate coding of all patient visits.
• Comply with policies, procedures, bylaws, and standards of care that align with accreditation, state and federal licensure, Medicare, Medicaid, and other regulatory requirements.

• Board certified or eligible for certification in the physician’s primary specialty.
• Licensed practicing provider (MD/DO).
• Credentialed and willing to maintain clinical practice.

• Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state, and local laws, accreditation standards, or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the area of responsibility.
• Compliance & Privacy Program adherence, including immediate reporting of unethical or questionable behaviors.
• Physical demands:
  Light work (exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, etc.) and ability to travel within and between facilities.
• Handling of hazardous drugs and contaminated products as required.