Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Family Medicine

Geisinger

Wilkes-Barre, PA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
SKILLS
Basic Life Support (BLS), Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Health Plan, Healthcare, Hospital, Insurance, Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Patient Care, Physician Assistant, Retirement Plan
LOCATION
Wilkes-Barre, PA
POSTED
3 days ago

Job Summary

CommunityCare Kistler, an FQHC lookalike model and affiliated with Geisinger, is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join their family medicine team.

Job Duties

CommunityCare KistlerClinic qualifies for the *NHSC Loan Repayment Program which is the National Health Service Corps http://https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loan-repayment/nhsc-loan-repayment-program (up to $75,000 for two-years) in addition to the $10k recruitment incentive.

The Advanced Practitioner must be able to treat all ages (birth to geriatric)

Advanced Practitioners receive the following benefits:

  • $10,000 Recruitment Forgivable Loan - a two-year work commitment

  • Comprehensive medical/retirement benefits starting the first day of employment

  • 6 paid holidays

  • 23 days of Paid Time Off

  • Paid relocation

  • Continuing Medical Education - 10 working days, based on 8 hours, and $3,000 annually

  • Paid malpractice insurance

  • Teaching opportunities - are available via advanced practice preceptorship

  • Better quality of life - Enjoy fresh air, short commutes, a lower cost of living and tight-knit communities in our respective regions across Pennsylvania.


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

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.

About the Company

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Geisinger

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.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
WEBSITE
https://jobs.geisinger.org/