Job Description
Location:
Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC)Shift:
Days (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Worker Type:
RegularExemption Status:
YesJob Summary:
Geisinger's Heart Institute is seeking a Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our growing practice at Geisinger Community Medical Center located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.Job Duties:
Join our collaborative cardiothoracic surgery team and play a key role in guiding patients through every stage of their surgical journey, from initial evaluation to postoperative recovery.
In this role, you will:
- Evaluate and prepare patients for cardiothoracic surgery in partnership with cardiac surgeons.
- Coordinate preoperative testing, surgical scheduling, medical clearances, and patient education.
- Manage outpatient referrals and participate in Heart Team discussions for valve and structural heart patients.
- Round on postoperative cardiac surgery patients and assist with ongoing inpatient management.
- Coordinate discharges, follow-up care, and recovery planning.
- Conduct postoperative visits and manage patient questions, phone calls, and portal messages.
If you enjoy building relationships with patients, working closely with surgeons and multidisciplinary teams, and making a meaningful impact throughout the continuum of cardiac surgical care, we'd love to hear from you.
Position Details:
Education:
Bachelor's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required), Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (Preferred)Experience:
Certification(s) and License(s):
Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing BodyDefault Issuing Body, Certified Physician Assistant - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)Skills:
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
| Location | Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://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
- Cardiac Surgeryunmatched
- Cardiologyunmatched
- Cardiovascularunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Health Planunmatched
- Nurse Practitionerunmatched
- Outpatient Careunmatched
- Patient Assessmentunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- Patient Educationunmatched
- Physician Assistantunmatched
- Surgical Proceduresunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
- Thoracic Surgeryunmatched
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