Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing - $25k Incentives
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Job Summary
The Geisinger Skilled Nursing Program is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to 'float' to various skilled nursing facilities in northeast Pennsylvania.Job Duties
This position is as a Geisinger provider in a non-Geisinger facility and requires an experienced advanced practitioner (AP), prior experience working in a skilled nursing facility, family medicine, internal medicine or ICU. The 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.
This position has a $10,400 float differential and will travel to these locations, but are not limited to:
Mountain Top Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, Mountain Top
Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Nanticoke
Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, Nanticoke
The Meadows, Dallas
Embassy of Wyoming Valley, Wilkes Barre,
Embassy of Scranton, Scranton
Oak Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Scranton
Geisinger has much to offer:
- $10,400 float differential
- $15k recruitment incentive
- Attractive schedule - Monday - Friday 8 am – 4:30 pm
- Rotating call schedule
- No weekend hours
- Continuing Medical Education – 10 days and $3,000 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
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 BodyAbout Geisinger
Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more atgeisinger.orgor connect with us onFacebook,Instagram,LinkedInandTwitter.
Our Vision & Values
Everything we do is about making better health easier 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.
Our Benefits
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.