Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Primary Care

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Primary Care at Geisinger summary :

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant at Geisinger in Muncy, Pennsylvania, provides primary care to patients, focusing on the senior population with a collaborative care team. This full-time position includes involvement in patient education, medication management, and offers extensive benefits including a recruitment incentive. Candidates must hold appropriate certifications, and are committed to innovative, safe, and patient-centered care.

Job Title : Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Primary Care

Location : Muncy, Pennsylvania

Job Category : Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice

Schedule : Days

Work Type : Full time

Department : Community Medicine Advanced Practitioners Division

Date Posted : 11 / 21 / 2024

Job ID : R-68856

Job Summary

Geisinger is seeking an exceptional Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Primary Care team beautiful in Muncy, Pa.

Job Duties

Geisinger Community Medicine has much to offer, allowing you to live well in both your professional and personal life :

$10k recruitment incentive

Forty-minute appointments for our senior patient population

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

Care managers, health managers, clinic health associates, and coding educators work collaboratively with providers

Increased access to care by means of eVisits, patient portals, and Geisinger’s ConvenientCare urgent care clinics

With Geisinger, you can also take advantage of the following :

Competitive compensation package & benefits including a $10k recruitment incentive, a robust 401(k) retirement plan, CME, relocation, and more! To learn more about our extensive benefits, click here .

Academic opportunities are available via advanced practice preceptorship.

Better quality of life - Enjoy the 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 .

Satisfaction of working for a nationally recognized, physician-led healthcare organization committed to leading healthcare change. To learn more about Geisinger’s many accolades, click here .

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)

Certification(s) and License(s)

Certified Physician Assistant - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA); Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body

Our Purpose & Values

OUR 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.

Keywords :

Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Primary Care, Patient Care, Healthcare, Community Medicine, Medical Care, Pennsylvania, Clinical Practice, Patient Education