Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing -$15k Recruitment Incentive

Job Title : Nurse Practitioner or

Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing - $15k Recruitment

Incentive

Location : Wilkes-Barre,

Pennsylvania

Job Category : Physician

Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Advanced

Practice

Schedule : Days

Work Type : Full

time

Department : Central Region Skilled

Nursing Division

Date Posted : 11 / 22 / 2024

Job ID : R-69694

Job SummaryThe Geisinger Skilled Nursing

Program is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician

Assistant for the Embassy of Wyoming Valley, Wilkes Barre and

Embassy of Scranton, Scranton, PA.

Job Duties

This

position is as a Geisinger provider in a non-Geisinger

facility and r equires an experienced advanced

practitioner, prior experience working in a skilled nursing

facility, family medicine, internal medicine or ICU.

The advanced practitioner (AP) provides direct

(hands-on) care in skilled nursing facilities with a goal to

improve quality and prevent unnecessary re-admissions to the acute

care setting.

Geisinger has much to

offer : A ttractive schedule

• Monday - Friday 8 am – 4 : 30

pm

Rotating

call schedule

No weekend

hours

$15k

recruitment incentive

Continuing

Medical Education – 10 days and $3,000

annually

Six paid

holidays

Paid Time

Off - 23

days

Responsibilities : Review

reports

Communicate

with SNF staff for patient

needs

Treat patients

for acute needs, admissions, discharges,

etc.

Manage extremely

complex patients, see every day or at least once a

week

Approximately 12

patients a day

Length

of time per patient and number of patients is per

need

EducationMaster'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 &

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.