Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Behavioral Health

Job Summary

Geisinger is seeking a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or Physician Assistant (PA-C) to join our team supporting care for adults and adolescents based at the Geisinger Behavioral Health Center in Moosic, PA. This provider will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality, patient centered care.

Job Duties

• Perform comprehensive medical assessments.

• Provide medication management, evaluations, and daily patient rounding.

• Develop and implement treatment plans in collaboration with psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, therapists, and case managers.

• Document all care in the Epic electronic health record.

• Participate in treatment team meetings and coordinate care transitions.

• Communicate with families, caregivers, and community providers as needed to support continuity of care.

Practice Environment

• Patient population: 75% adult, 25% pediatric (age 14+)

• Daily encounters: 10-16

• Resources include onsite pharmacy and phlebotomy services; EHR is Epic

Work Schedule

• Rotating 3 days on, 4 days off

Why Advanced Practitioners Join Geisinger:

• Competitive Salary

• Advanced Practice Council- dedicated support for APPs and students

• Professional Development- internal programs and tuition reimbursement

• Teaching & Precepting Opportunities

• Continuing Medical Education- 10 days and $3,000 annually

• Relocation Assistance

• Benefits- including liability coverage, retirement plans, relocation assistance, and more!

About Geisinger Behavioral Health

Geisinger Behavioral Health Centers provide evidence?based inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment for adults and adolescents. Our Moosic, PA facility is designed to support individualized therapy, group programming, and recovery?focused care with a full complement of clinical specialists.

Learn more at: https://www.geisingerbehavioral.com

Position Details

Qualifications

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 settings associated with this position. Must be eligible for licensure as a nurse practitioner in the state of PA.

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 NCCPAcertification or eligibility and Pennsylvania State licensure.

Preferred

• Minimum 1 year of clinical experience

• Experience using Epic

Education

Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required), Bachelor's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required)

Experience

Certification(s) and License(s)

Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing BodyDefault Issuing Body; Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse PractitionersAmerican Academy of Nurse Practitioners; Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of PennsylvaniaRN_State of Pennsylvania

About 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.