Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Family Medicine $20k incentive

Location :

Geisinger Medical Clinic Buckhorn

Shift :

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

40

Worker Type : Regular

Exemption Status : Yes

Job Summary :

Geisinger is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Family Medicine team at the Buckhorn Office Building clinic in Bloomsburg, PA.

Job Duties :

At Geisinger, you have an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on your patients' lives with :

• Forty-minute appointments for our elderly 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
• 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 Careworks urgent care clinics and even text messaging

With Geisinger, you can also take advantage of :

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE :

Advanced Practitioner must have experience and be able to see and treat all age ranges 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.

Position Details : Education :

Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required)

Experience :

Certification(s) and License(s) :

Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body, Certified Physician Assistant - 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

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES : Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

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. 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.