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Registered Nurse (RN) OR Circulator - Ochsner Hancock - Bay St. Louis - PRN

Ochsner Health logoOchsner HealthBay St Louis - Gulf Coast Region - MississippiPart timePosted 1w agoStill open, checked every night
  • PRN / per diem
  • BLS
  • RN license

How this pay compares

This posting does not state an hourly rate. Operating room nurses employed in Mississippi earn a median of $37.06 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).

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Visa sponsorship record

From 1 October 2025 to 30 June 2026, the US Labor Department certified 6 H-1B applications from Ochsner Health for registered nurses, offering a median $32.40 an hour (the low end of each application's wage range). That is the employer's record, not a promise for this job: ask its recruiter whether this one sponsors a visa. Green cards for registered nurses are on the Labor Department's Schedule A and are filed with USCIS directly, so this record holds almost none of any employer's. Every employer that sponsors registered nurses.

Medicare rating of Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock

Medicare gives Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock 3 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Mississippi's hospitals average 2.2). 83% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Mississippi hospitals by rating.

What this hospital paid

By Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock's report to Medicare, its registered nurse hours averaged $50.39 an hour in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, against $47.84 an hour across Mississippi's hospitals. An average over every such hour, not this job's pay: the posting states its own. What Mississippi hospitals pay nurses.

Nurse Corps loan repayment

Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock is in a county HRSA designates a mental health HPSA (score 13) as a whole. A hospital located in a HPSA can count as a Critical Shortage Facility, where a registered nurse can apply for HRSA's Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program: 60% of qualifying nursing loans repaid for two years of full-time service, 25% more for a third. Awards are competitive and HRSA decides each one. Every hospital hiring in a Nurse Corps shortage area.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Medicare lists Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock as a government hospital: the kind of employer PSLF counts (a government organization or a 501(c)(3) non-profit) for its own full-time staff, toward forgiveness of federal Direct Loans after 120 qualifying payments. The federal PSLF Help Tool confirms an employer by the EIN on your W-2. Every PSLF-eligible hospital hiring.

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About the job

Exceptional care starts with exceptional people.

For us, this is more than a job– it’s a calling. It’s waking up each day, looking for ways to make a difference with a compassionate, inclusive and talented team. Ochsner empowers you to discover your passion, reach your potential, and Pursue Your Purpose. Exceptional care starts with exceptional people and teams. Together we are leading the way.

This job is considered a leader in the provision of patient care utilizing the Nursing Process within the framework of the Nurse Practice Act, ANA Code for Nurses and Scope & Standards of Practice. The RN 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; maintains involvement in activities aimed toward the achievement of unit and the department’s strategic goals and objectives and demonstrates professional responsibility and accountability for his/her own practice and supports Ochsner’s philosophy of nursing.

Shift

0630a-3p M-Fri w/Cal l

Education

Required - Registered Nurse Diploma

Preferred - Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Work Experience

Required - Experience working with and maintaining confidential information. Experience working in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.

Preferred- Leadership skills / experience directly supervising or managing others

Basic computer skills

Certifications

Required - Current RN License in the state of practice. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Preferred - Certification in clinical specialty area

Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

  • Strong organizational skills and Detailed oriented
  • Good time management skills and self directed
  • Demonstrates Good Judgement
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Delegation skills

Job Duties

  • Effectively uses the Nursing Process in the delivery of patient care.
  • Assesses learning needs and implement teaching strategies appropriate for the diverse needs of the patient, family and other groups or disciplines.
  • Communicates, delegates and manages nursing team resources (human and fiscal) properly and serves as a leader and partner on the Interdisciplinary Team.
  • Utilizes data, information and knowledge to evaluate and promote change in order to achieve optimal outcomes.
  • Embraces concepts and behaviors that enhance customer satisfaction and employee morale and improvement in the profession of nursing.

Physical and Environmental Demands

The physical essential functions of this job include (but are not limited to) the following: Frequently exerting 10 to 20 pounds of force to move objects; occasionally exerting up to 100 pounds of force. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The incumbent works in a patient care area; works in an area where patients enter; works directly with patients; and/or works with specimens that could contain diseases. There may be an occupational risk for exposure to all communicable diseases.

Are you ready to make a difference? Apply Today!

Ochsner Health does not consider an individual an applicant until they have formally applied to the open position on this careers website.

Please refer to the job description to determine whether the position you are interested in is remote or on-site. Individuals who reside in and will work from the following areas are not eligible for remote work position: Colorado, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.

Ochsner Health endeavors to make our site accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website, or if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact our HR Employee Solution Center at 504-842-4748 (select option 1) or careers@ochsner.org . This contact information is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Ochsner is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected class, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

From Ochsner Health's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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About Ochsner Health

Ochsner Health is a nonprofit health system with 47 (source: Ochsner Health, About Ochsner) hospitals, more than 370 (source: Ochsner Health, About Ochsner) health and urgent care centers and 40,000+ (source: Ochsner Health, About Ochsner) team members across Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South. Source: Ochsner Health, About Ochsner

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