Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Primary Care $10k incentive
Geisinger
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Posted: 03-Jan-23
Location: Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: R-41450
Job Summary
Geisinger Tunkhannock is seeking an experienced or new graduate Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team.
Job Duties
At Geisinger Tunkhannock we offer primary care and specialty services. Our staff members go above and beyond to deliver our robust care model to ensure they receive the best quality care possible. Advanced Practitioner must be able to see all age ranges, Pediatric to Geriatric. Experience in Primary Care or related specialty is preferred but not required.
We take pride in the professional and developmental support we provide:
$10,000 recruitment loan
Competitive straight salary model linked to quality and value versus productivity measures
Excellent benefits package, including relocation, malpractice, and tail coverage
Continuing medical education - 10 working days and $3,000 for CME activities
Professional opportunities for mentorship, growth, and advancement
Fully integrated electronic health record (Epic)
We are proud to give our primary care providers the innovative tools and support they need to do what they do best - provide exceptional care through:
Appointments: Patients age 65+ received extended forty- minute appointments; twenty-minute appointments for patients under 65 and acute care visits.
Daily huddles with all care team members to review essential information about schedules, patients, resource needs and coordination of care
Pharmacists to assist with patient education and medication management
Availability of care managers, health managers, clinic health associates and coding educators to providers
Increased access to care by means of eVisits, patient portals and Geisinger's ConvenientCare urgent care clinics
Position Details
Education
Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required)
Experience
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 & 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.
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.
At Geisinger, our innovative ideas are inspired by the communities we serve – like our Fresh FoodFarmacy, a program that delivers life-saving healthy alternatives to patients with diabetes. With additional tools like our MyCode Community Health Initiative, one of the first health system genome sequencingprograms, and our new asthma app suite that we developed in partnership with AstraZeneca, it’s no wonder we’re ranked one of the Top 5 Most Innovative Healthcare Systems by Becker's Hospital Review. We continually work towards continuous improvement in a culture where everyone has a voice and firmly believe that better begins with all of us.Founded more than 100 years ago, Geisinger serves more than three million residents throughout central, south-central and northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Our physician-led system is comprised of 30,000 employees, including 1,600 employed physicians, and consists of 1...3 hospital campuses, the Geisinger Health Plan, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and two research centers. What you do at Geisinger shapes the future of health and improves lives – for our patients, communities, and you.