Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing

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 Summary

The 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

$10k 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

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.