Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Primary Care Inbox Management
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Primary Care Inbox Management
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Job Description
Location:
Geisinger Primary Care NanticokeShift:
Days (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Worker Type:
RegularExemption Status:
YesJob Summary:
Geisinger Community Medicine is seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Provider as an Inboxologist at one of our northeast family medicine clinics. Aligning with scope of practice this Advanced Practice Provider will proactively manage patient advice management and medication needs. The Inboxologist will be responsible for completing follow up and adjusting care plans as needed. Inbasket management will require thorough complete and timely responses to inbasket messages complete actions and outreaches to patients as necessary. These roles undertaken in cooperation with nursing staff physicians and other department staff may include triage telephone communication and patient education. Position will be a split role to support inoffice primary care 60 and virtual inbasket management 40. This position is not 100 remote and will require onsite presence.Job Duties:
Advanced Practice Provider responsibilities include:
- Assesses and establishes a presumptive diagnosis and implements treatment plans for their patient population.
- Makes accurate and complete entries into the electronic medical record; orders and interprets diagnostic testing and consults as appropriate and prescribes appropriate medical therapy utilizing evidenced based practice.
- Prescribes adjusts or discontinues medications or therapies as appropriate.
- Evaluates and reports to collaborating physician any circumstances or approaches to medical management or test results that present a significant risk to patients health or wellbeing.
- Performs procedures within the scope of practice of the nurse practitioner license.
- Communicates with collaborative physician patient PCP and referring staff through telephone or other means of correspondence.
- Instills confidence in patient acting as their advocate by providing safe ethical care and health education to the patient and their family in a language that they can understand.
- Interprets and follow policies and guidelines to define procedures and meet goals and deadlines.
- Utilizes clinical knowledge to respond to inbasket messages including but not limited to interpretation of results virtual triage and diagnostic assessments virtual treatment and followup care and medication management.
- Deploys strategies for effective management of inbaskets for supported providers by following best practice inbasket recommendations and demonstrating effective usage of crossdisciplinary resources.
Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. This position is not 100 remote and will require onsite presence. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be allinclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any departmentspecific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.
Requirements:
At least 3 years experience with managing patient panels in a family practice role: including chronic disease management evaluation and treatment of acute conditions asynchronous response to patient messaging digital inbox (inbasket) management and collaborative care with other practitioners.
*Please note we expect to fill this position in fall 2025
Position Details:
- Minimum of 3 years of direct patient contact experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in a family medicine setting.
- Familiarity with electronic health record Epic.
Education:
Bachelors DegreePhysician Assistant (Required) Masters DegreePhysician Assistant (Preferred)Experience:
Minimum of 3 yearsRelated work experience (Required)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:
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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
