Location:Geisinger Primary Care Nanticoke
Shift:Days (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:40
Worker Type:Regular
Exemption Status:Yes
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.
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):Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing BodyDefault Issuing Body, Certified Physician Assistant - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Skills:Care Management Knowledge, Clinical Policies And Standards, Health Information Documentation, Patient Assessment And Care, Patient Safety, Patients Rights
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.
