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Healthcare jobs in Lake Charles, LA

Nurse practitioner and physician assistant jobs in Lake Charles, LA

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Newest nurse practitioner and physician assistant jobs in Lake Charles

Checked 13 Nov 2026, 07:49 UTC

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  • Cross Country Healthcare logo

    Cross Country HealthcareTravel nursing agency

    A national staffing company placing travel nurses, allied professionals, therapists and locum tenens providers, with local and per diem work too.

    Places: Nurses, NPs & PAs, Doctors, CNAs & PCTs

  • GHR Healthcare logo

    GHR HealthcareHealthcare staffing agency

    Places nurses, allied health, advanced practice providers, physicians, revenue cycle and healthcare IT staff through temporary, travel and direct hire roles in all 50 states.

    Places: Nurses, NPs & PAs, Doctors, Allied health

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NPs & PAs occupations in Lake Charles

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Hospitals hiring nurse practitioner and physician assistant jobs in Lake Charles, by Medicare rating

The hospitals in Lake Charles of the employers hiring nurse practitioner and physician assistant jobs here, with Medicare's star rating (Jul 2026) and the share of patients who said their nurses always communicated well. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

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Employers hiring NPs & PAs in Lake Charles, LA

Nurse practitioner and physician assistant jobs in Lake Charles, LA: common questions

What do nurse practitioner and physician assistant jobs in Lake Charles, LA pay?

Each job shows the pay its employer posts; too few here post an hourly rate for a typical range. NPs & PAs pay across Louisiana is measured from more jobs.

Who has the most nurse practitioner and physician assistant jobs in Lake Charles, LA?

By open jobs on this board: Imperial Health (4), CHRISTUS Health (2) and Lake Charles Memorial Health System (2).

How does Medicare rate the hospitals hiring nurse practitioner and physician assistant jobs in Lake Charles?

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital: 3 of 5 stars, 78% of patients said nurses always communicated well, Christus Ochsner St Patrick Hospital: 3 of 5 stars, 76% of patients said nurses always communicated well and Christus Ochsner Lake Area Hospital: no star rating, 79% of patients said nurses always communicated well (Medicare, Jul 2026). Each one opens its employer's other hospitals and jobs. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

How often are workers injured at the healthcare employers hiring in Lake Charles?

By what they reported to OSHA for 2025, in work injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers: CHRISTUS St. Patrick's Hospital (CHRISTUS Health) 3.6, best estimate 3.7, against 5.1 at general hospitals nationwide. These are the employers' own reports. Workplace injuries in Louisiana.

What do you need to get hired?

A state NP (APRN) license with national board certification, or PA-C certification and a state PA license. Each posting lists its own requirements.

Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations names Lake Charles and its kind of job is NPs & PAs. Posted pay is the middle half of the hourly rates jobs here state, shown when at least eight jobs from three employers state one.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Lake Charles, LA, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 13 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Lake Charles, LA metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026
  3. US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files (places)

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Nurse practitioner and physician assistant jobs in Lake Charles, LA. Data as of 13 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/states/louisiana/lake-charles/nurse-practitioners

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