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Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Behavioral Health Per Diem

Geisinger
  • Moosic, Pennsylvania
    11 days ago

    Job Description

    Location:

    Behavioral Health Center Northeast

    Shift:

    Days (United States of America)

    Scheduled Weekly Hours:

    0

    Worker Type:

    Regular

    Exemption Status:

    No

    Job Summary:

    Job Description Summary
    Geisinger is seeking experienced Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) and/or Physician Assistants (PA-C) to join our team as a flex per diem provider supporting care for adults and adolescents based at the Geisinger Behavioral Health Center in Moosic, PA.

    Job Duties:

    Job Description
    • 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 autonomously

    • No overnight shifts and no call.

    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 NCCPA certification 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 Body, Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania

    Skills:

    Care Management Knowledge, Clinical Policies And Standards, Health Information Documentation, Patient Assessment And Care, Patient Safety, Patients Rights

    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, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.


    Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationMoosic, Pennsylvania
    IndustryHealthcare Services
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Websitehttps://jobs.geisinger.org/

    About Company

    For communities across the country, health doesn’t have to be a destination: It can be a daily opportunity. At Geisinger, we empower our communities to do well and be well by removing barriers to advanced healthcare in all the moments where health makes its home. For more than 100 years, we’ve served our region while working to create a national model for improving health. Today, we’re focused on bringing them services that improve every facet of life to drive total health, inside and out.

    Skills

    • Basic Life Support (BLS)unmatched
    • Behavioral Healthunmatched
    • Case Managementunmatched
    • Clinical Medicineunmatched
    • Clinical Practices/Protocolsunmatched
    • Community Providersunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)unmatched
    • Health Planunmatched
    • Medical Recordsunmatched
    • Medicationsunmatched
    • Nurse Practitionerunmatched
    • Nursingunmatched
    • Nursing Credentialsunmatched
    • Outpatient Careunmatched
    • Patient Assessmentunmatched
    • Patient Careunmatched
    • Patient Safetyunmatched
    • Physician Assistantunmatched
    • Psychiatry and Mental Healthunmatched
    • Psychologyunmatched
    • Registered Nurse (RN)unmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Treatment Planunmatched

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