| Location: State College and other Convenient Care sites in the western region. Work Type: Flex Clinical: Outpatient Scheduled: Flex JOB SUMMARY: We are seeking an advanced practitioner with at least six months of primary care, emergency medicine, critical care or urgent care work experience as an advanced practitioner. The provider will perform, under the responsibility and supervision of the physician, diagnostic and therapeutic tasks to allow the physician to expand his/her services through the effective use of the physician assistant's knowledge in the sphere of decision making required to establish a diagnosis and to plan therapy. May assist in gathering the data necessary in implementing the therapeutic plan of the physician.
A major role will be as patient advocate in the medical care system serving as confidant, advisor, and liaison between the patient and the physician. 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 settle requires graduation from an accredited school of nurse anesthesia and an RN license or license-eligible in the State of Pennsylvania. For more information, please contact Shahd Majeed, Provider Recruiter, at smajeed@geisinger.edu or visit our web site at www.geisinger.org/careers Geisinger serves more than 3 million people in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of National Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient AtlantiCare, A member of Geisinger. In 2017, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became the newest member of the Geisinger Family. Geisinger is nationally recognized for innovative practices and quality care. A mature electronic health record connects a comprehensive network of 13 hospital campuses, two research centers and nearly 1,600 Geisinger primary and specialty care physicians. ** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. ** We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status. *Domestic partner benefits not applicable at Geisinger Holy Spirit. | 
