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🥝 Hospital Medicine – Nocturnist Physician

Christus Health | Lake Charles, United States | Posted April 11, 2026

Job Description

Job Description

  • 200 bed hospital
  • ED and ICU run codes, but hospitalists respond and take over based
    on comfort level
  • Hospitalists respond to RRT on their patients
  • Average Daily Census: 85
  • Average Overnight Admits: 7-8
  • No Procedures Required
  • Open 18-bed ICU - Admit for all ICU patients
  • Intensivists available 24/7
  • HM primary on all ICU patients
  • All specialties available except hepatology
  • EMR: Epic
  • Staffing Model: Day: 5 Physicians (7a-7p)
    Night: 1 Physician (7p-7a) + 1 NPPA
  • Facility Information

    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is a prominent healthcare institution renowned for its commitment to providing high-quality medical services to the community. As a collaboration between CHRISTUS Health and Ochsner Health, it brings together the expertise of two respected healthcare...

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