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Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing Facility

Geisinger

Scranton, PAFull-timeNo compensation foundPosted 1w agoVerified open 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
No compensation found
Location
Scranton, PA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Basic Life Support CertificationCertified Physician Assistant - NCCPAMaster's degree

Job overview

Geisinger is hiring a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing Facility. Geisinger seeks an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide hands‑on care at Oak Ridge Nursing Home in Taylor, PA, focusing on improving quality and preventing unnecessary re‑admissions. The role includes direct patient treatment, complex case management, and collaboration with skilled‑nursing‑facility staff within a Monday‑Friday schedule.

Key focus areas include Review reports, Communicate with SNF staff for patient needs, and Treat patients for acute needs, admissions, discharges, etc..

Important skills include Care Management Knowledge, Clinical Policies And Standards, Health Information Documentation, Patient Assessment And Care, Patient Safety, and Patients Rights.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Care Management KnowledgeClinical Policies and StandardsHealth Information DocumentationPatient Assessment and CarePatient SafetyPatients Rights

Qualifications

Master's Degree-Physician AssistantClinical Experience in Skilled Nursing or Family Medicine or Internal Medicine or Intensive CareBasic Life Support CertificationCertified Physician Assistant - NCCPA

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Location:

Geisinger Office Building Mt Pleasant

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

Yes

Job Summary:

The Geisinger Skilled Nursing Program is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant at Oak Ridge Nursing Home in Taylor, PA.

Job Duties:

This position is for a Geisinger provider working within a contracted skilled nursing facility. It requires an experienced advanced practitioner with prior clinical experience in skilled nursing, family medicine, internal medicine, or intensive care. 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.

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