Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing Facility
Job Location:
Scranton, PA - USA
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Posted:
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Job Summary
Location:
Geisinger Office Building Mt PleasantShift:
Days (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Worker Type:
RegularExemption Status:
YesJob 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 $3000 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:
Masters 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 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.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
