Geriatric Medicine Job at Geisinger in Wilkes Barre, PA

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 requires 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:

• Attractive 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

Position Details:

Education:

Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required)

Experience:

Certification(s) and License(s):

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

• 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, 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.