Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Urgent Care newly increased compensation - Mountain Top Pennsylvania

Company: Geisinger
Location: Mountain Top, Pennsylvania
Posted On: 01/28/2025

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Urgent Care newly increased compensation
Location: Berwick, Pennsylvania
Job Category: Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Advanced Practice
Schedule: Days
Work Type: Full time
Department: ConvenientCare Urgent Care Advanced Practitioners Division
Date Posted: 07/25/2024
Job ID: R-65231
Job SummaryGeisinger ConvenientCare is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team in Berwick, PA. This site qualifies for a $20k recruitment incentive.
Job DutiesGeisinger ConvenientCare (Urgent Care) clinicians diagnose and treat common medical problems including sore throats, earaches, sinus infections, flu, urinary tract infections along with routine health exams, immunizations, screenings and wellness services.ConvenientCare has much to offer, allowing you to live well in both your professional and personal life:

• Attractive schedule:
  • Office Hours - Monday - Friday 8:45 am - 8:15 pm -
  • Saturday & Sunday 7:45 am - 6:15 pm
    • 14 rotating shifts/month - work every other weekend
    • No overnight shifts - no mandated additional shifts
    • Call approximately six nights per year - no direct patient call - for critical lab, CT, etc.
    • Support staff - LPNs, Patient Access Reps and Rad Techs (when applicable)
    • Work autonomously with limited administrative burden
    • Access to Geisinger's network of resources and specialists
    • Work in comfort - scrub attire
    • Epic EMR - universal throughout Geisinger
    • Six observed holidays - Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's DayWhy Advanced Practitioners join Geisinger:
      • Competitive Salary - newly increased salary for 2025
      • Recruitment incentives up to $20k (at specific clinics) - 30-month work obligation with department (not applicable for internal, lateral transfer)
      • Geography stipend up to $10,400k (at specific clinics)
      • Advanced Practice Council - serves to support Geisinger Advanced Practitioners and Advanced Practitioner students
      • Professional development - participate in our internal programs or utilize tuition reimbursement
      • Teaching/Precepting opportunities - available via advanced practice preceptorship
      • Continuing Medical Education - 10 days and $3,000 annually
      • Benefits - including liability, retirement, relocation and more!Education and experience (Required): Due to the autonomous nature of the position, Advanced Practitioners must be able to treat patients from age one and older, and have at minimum six months of Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, or Critical Care Advanced Practice experience.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.
        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. More...

            

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