Details
Posted: 28-May-22
Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Salary: Open
Job Summary
Geisinger Healthplex urgent care clinic in Pittston, PA is an seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team for a brand-new ConvenientCare clinic opening in April 2022.
Job Duties
ConvenientCare clinicians diagnose and treat common medical problems including sore throats, earaches, sinus infections, flu, urinary tract infections, and more. They also provide routine health exams, immunizations, screenings, and wellness services. Services at some clinics may also include x-ray, EKG, IV hydration, and phlebotomy.
The ideal Geisinger ConvenientCare candidates will:
Take responsibility and ownership of their site
Possess strong interpersonal skills
Be self-motivated
Have excellent prioritizing and multi-tasking abilities
Have urgent care experience and the ability to perform procedures such as suturing and splinting
EXPERIENCE:
Advanced practitioners must have at least six months of Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, or Critical Care advanced practice professional experience and the ability to treat patients age one and older.
We take pride in the professional and developmental support we provide:
- Recruitment incentive - $10,000, paid in lump sum upon start. 2-year work obligation with department
- Continuing Medical Education – 10 working days, based on 8 hours, and $2,500 annually
- Benefits begin the first day of employment
- Teaching opportunities – are available via advanced practice preceptorship
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
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, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.
We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.