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Ochsner Children’s is seeking board certified/board eligible General Pediatrician to join our growing team in Covington, Louisiana.  We offer comprehensive benefits and competitive salary, including a 2-year guarantee and opportunity for productivity bonus.

The North Shore Region includes a network of multispecialty Adult and Pediatric services with over 170 physicians and 100 advanced practice providers. Through our partnerships with St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, two hospital campuses of Slidell Memorial Hospital in Slidell and the Ochsner hospital Bay St. Louis, we provide Pediatric care for the entire region with two Level III NICUs, a 4 bed PICU and two inpatient Pediatric acute care units.  Neonatologists, Pediatric Hospitalists, and Intensivists cover the hospitals in Covington and Slidell. Pediatric subspecialty clinics are available both in Slidell and Covington.  The Slidell practice is an outpatient clinic practice including a Saturday morning clinic with 1 in 8 rotations as well as afterhours and weekend call.  The Bay St. Louis practice includes a weekday outpatient clinic and Level I well-baby nursery coverage with very limited acute care admissions.  Weekend call is shared with local pediatricians and NNP.

As a suburb of New Orleans, the North Shore Region, offers a family-oriented community with the amenities of New Orleans just 30 minutes away. Known for its many festivals and community events, parks and recreational activities for both adults and children, St. Tammany Parish is highly ranked in the state for its outstanding, award-winning school system.

Our comprehensive Pediatrics Program including primary care pediatricians and pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists (Ochsner Children’s™) represents over 230 physicians. The group is the region’s leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for newborns, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. We offer a full range of pediatric complex specialty services including congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation, liver and bone marrow transplantation, a comprehensive surgical sub-specialty group, and the region’s only comprehensive multidisciplinary developmental center.

About Ochsner Children’s

Ranked #1 Children’s Hospital in Louisiana for the fourth year in a row and as a top children’s hospital nationally for the eighth year in a row by U.S. News & World Report in 2024-25. Ochsner Children’s Hospital was also recognized as a national leader in the most recent rankings in three specialties: Pediatric Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Pediatric Orthopedics, and Pediatric Gastroenterology and GI Surgery. Ochsner Children’s Hospital continues to be a top destination for pediatric care in the Gulf South region through an unwavering commitment to always putting patients first.

If you would like more information about our program, please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, at courtney.lawhun@ochsner.org.

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