Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Nephrology
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Nephrology
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Job Description
Location:
Geisinger Wyoming Valley (GWV)Shift:
Days (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Worker Type:
RegularExemption Status:
YesJob Summary:
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center is seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our growing Nephrology team to deliver both inpatient and outpatient care on our Wilkes Barre Campus.Job Duties:
Prior Nephrology training is not required we will teach the successful candidate the skills needed to work collaboratively/ semiindependently with our providers. Our primary goal is to attract a candidate who enjoys working in a fastpaced inpatient/outpatient environment with a teambased approach. The department provides comprehensive Nephrology subspecialty services including: inpatient evaluation of acute kidney injury (AKI) critical care consultation continuous dialysis acute and chronic dialysis outpatient management of kidney disease and postoperative/longterm management of kidney transplant recipients.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Assist inpatient providers with new consults and inpatient followups for patients with acute kidney injury and electrolyte abnormalities
- Evaluate dialysis patients and write inpatient dialysis orders
- Assist with inpatient charting and documentation
- Assist providers in outpatient Nephrology clinic
Position Details:
Education:
Bachelors DegreePhysician Assistant (Required) Masters DegreePhysician Assistant (Preferred)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 RightsOUR 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
