Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Family Medicine newly increased compensation
Job Summary
Geisinger is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Primary Care team in Elysburg, PA.
Job Duties
Living and working here, you’ll join one of our tight-knit communities, and experience a quality of life you can’t get elsewhere. You’ll have opportunities to better your life and make a difference.
At Geisinger, you have an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on your patients’ lives with:
- 20-minute appointments and forty-minute appointments for elderly patient population
- Physician/APP panel sharing model
- Daily huddles with care team members to review coordination of care
- Pharmacists to assist with patient education and medication management
- Care managers, health managers, clinic health associates and coding educators
- Centralized prescription refill team
- Nurse call center to assist with on-call workload (nursing home calls directed to Skilled Nursing Facility team)
- Epic EMR – universal throughout Geisinger
- Increased access to care by means of eVisits, patient portals, Geisinger’s ConvenientCare urgent care clinics
Why Advanced Practitioners join Geisinger:
- Competitive Salary – newly increased salary for 2025
- Recruitment incentives up to $20k (at specific clinics) – 30-month work obligation with department (not applicable for internal, lateral transfer)
- Primary Care Architype model – stratifies onboarding, ramp-up, and practice into three tiers of increasing autonomy to ensure both new and experienced Advanced Practitioners get the support and professional satisfaction needed
- Advanced Practice Council – serves to support Geisinger Advanced Practitioners and Advanced Practitioner students
- Professional development – participate in our internal programs or utilize tuition reimbursement
- Teaching/Precepting opportunities – available via advanced practice preceptorship
- Continuing Medical Education – 10 days and $3,000 annually
- Benefits – Geisinger Benefits including liability, retirement, relocation and more!
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
Advanced Practitioner must have at least 5 years Primary Care experience and be able to see/treat all age ranges from Pediatric (birth) to Geriatric.
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-Nurse Practitioner (Required)Certification(s) and License(s)
Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body; Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of PennsylvaniaSkills
Patient Assessment And Care; Clinical Policies And Standards; Patients Rights; Health Information Documentation; Patient Safety; Care Management KnowledgeAbout Geisinger
Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Our Vision & Values
Everything we do is about making better health easier 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.
Our Benefits
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.
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