Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Family Medicine at Geisinger

Pennsylvania Furnace, PA 16865

About the Job

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Family Medicine
Location: Port Matilda, Pennsylvania
Job Category: Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice
Schedule: Days
Work Type: Full time
Department: Community Medicine Advanced Practitioners Division
Date Posted: 11/07/2024
Job ID: R-68859

Job Summary

Geisinger is seeking an exceptional Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Primary Care team in State College, 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-Nurse Practitioner (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s)

Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body; Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania

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.