Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Nephrology

Job Title : Nurse Practitioner or

Physician Assistant Nephrology

Location :

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Job

Category : Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant,

Advanced Practice

Schedule : Days

Work Type : Full

time

Department : Nephrology

Division

Date Posted : 12 / 02 / 2024

Job ID : R-70221

Job SummaryGeisinger Wyoming Valley

Medical Center is seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse

Practitioner to join our growing Nephrology team to deliver both

inpatient and outpatient care on our Wilkes Barre

Campus.

Job Duties

Prior Nephrology training is

not required, we will teach the successful candidate the skills

needed to work collaboratively / semi-independently with our

providers. Our primary goal is to attract a candidate who enjoys

working in a fast-paced inpatient / outpatient environment with a

team-based approach. The department provides comprehensive

Nephrology subspecialty services including : inpatient evaluation of

acute kidney injury (AKI), critical care consultation, continuous

dialysis, acute and chronic dialysis, outpatient management of

kidney disease, and postoperative / long-term management of kidney

transplant recipients.

Primary

responsibilities include :

Assist inpatient providers

with new consults and inpatient follow-ups for patients with acute

kidney injury and electrolyte

abnormalities

Evaluate dialysis patients and

write inpatient dialysis orders

Assist with

inpatient charting and documentation

Assist

providers in outpatient Nephrology

clinic

EducationBachelor's

Degree-Physician Assistant (Required), Master's Degree-Physician

Assistant (Preferred)

Certification(s) and License(s)Basic

Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body; Certified

Physician Assistant - National Commission on Certification of

Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Our Purpose & ValuesOUR

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.