Location:
Geisinger Cardiology Lewistown

Shift:
Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Worker Type:
Regular

Exemption Status:
Yes

Job Summary:
Geisinger's Heart & Vascular Surgery Institute is seeking a full-time physician assistant or nurse practitioner to join our growing cardiology practice in the Western Region - Lewistown, Pennsylvania.

Job Duties:

The Advanced Practitioner will enjoy a combination practice of outpatient clinic in Lewistown and inpatient consolations at the assigned base hospital. This position offers no call but will have rotating weekend coverage. There is an option for 10-hour days.

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.

Position Details:

Education:
Bachelor's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required), Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (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.

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.