Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant ConvenientCare $10K incentive

Nurse Practitioner or Physician AssistantGeisinger ConvenientCare urgent care is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our urgent care team in Scranton, Pennsylvania.Job duties include diagnosing and treating common medical problems, providing routine health exams, immunizations, screenings, and wellness services.ConvenientCare offers many benefits, including:A $10k recruitment incentive for new hiresAn attractive schedule: Office Hours - Monday to Friday 8:45 am – 8:15 pm; Saturday & Sunday 7:45 am – 6:15 pm14 rotating shifts/monthWork every other weekendNo overnight shifts, and no mandated additional shiftsCall – approximately six nights per yearNo direct patient call – for critical lab, CT, etc.Six observed holidays - Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's DayWork autonomously with limited administrative burdenAccess to Geisinger's vast network of resources and specialistsWork in comfort - scrub business attireWith Geisinger, you can also take advantage of:Benefits including a robust 401(k) retirement plan, 80 CME hours and $3,000 CME funds, relocation, and more!Academic opportunities 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.Satisfaction of working for a nationally recognized, physician-led healthcare organization committed to leading healthcare change.Experience is required. Due to the autonomous nature of the position, advanced practitioners must be able to treat patients from age one and older and have a minimum of six months advanced practitioner experience in primary care, emergency medicine, urgent care, or critical care.Position details:The successful Physician Assistant candidate will work under the responsibility and supervision of the physician and require completion of an ARC-PA (or predecessor organization) approved physician assistant program, current NCCPA certification or eligibility and Pennsylvania State licensure.The successful Nurse Practitioner candidate will work in collaboration with the physician and have a certificate of completion from an approved program for Nurse Practitioners or be eligible to hold national certification that allows the NP to work with the patient populations and location settings associated with this position. Must be eligible for licensure as a nurse practitioner in the state of PA.Education:Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required)Skills:Care Management Knowledge, Clinical Policies And Standards, Health Information Documentation, Patient Assessment And Care, Patient Safety, Patients RightsOur purpose and values are centered around 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, 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.