Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Primary Care

Job Summary

Geisinger Nanticoke in northeastern PA, is seeking a new graduate or experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to support our family medicine team in Nanticoke, PA.

Job Duties

At Geisinger, you have an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on your patients’ lives with:

• Medically complex patients receive extended forty minute appointments; twenty-minute appointments for patients with average complexity and acute care visits.

• Schedule: Monday through Friday 8am to 4:30; including one late night per week and Saturday rotation.

• Call: Rotation includes rotation of weekend call

• Daily huddles with all care team members to review essential information about schedules, patients, resource needs and coordination of care

• Pharmacists to assist with patient education and medication management

• Availability of care managers, health managers, clinic health associates and coding educators to providers

• Increased access to care by means of eVisits, patient portals, Geisinger’s ConvenientCare urgent care clinics and even text messaging

With Geisinger, you can also take advantage of:

• Recruitment incentive - $10,000, paid in lump sum upon start. 2-year work obligation with department (not applicable for internal, lateral transfer), To learn more about our extensive benefits, click here ( .

• Continuing Medical Education – 10 working days, based on 8 hours, and $3,000 annually

• 6 paid holidays

• 23 day of Paid Time Off

• Teaching opportunities – are available via advanced practice preceptorship

• Better quality of life - Enjoy fresh air, short commutes, a lower cost of living and tight-knit communities in our respective regions across Pennsylvania. To learn more about living in our service area, click here ( .

• Satisfaction of working for a nationally recognized, physician-led healthcare organization committed to leading healthcare change. To learn more about Geisinger’s many accolades, click here ( .

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Advanced Practitioner must be able to treat all ages (birth to geriatric)

Position Details

Education

Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required), Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Preferred)

Experience

Certification(s) and License(s)

Certified Physician Assistant - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA); Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.