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Location:

The Gardens at East Mountain

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

Yes

Job Summary:

The Geisinger Skilled Nursing Program is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to 'float' to various skilled nursing facilities in northeast Pennsylvania.

Job Duties:

This position is as a Geisinger provider in a non-Geisinger facility and requires an experienced advanced practitioner (AP), prior experience working in a skilled nursing facility, family medicine, internal medicine or ICU. The AP provides direct (hands-on) care in skilled nursing facilities with a goal to improve quality and prevent unnecessary re-admissions to the acute care setting.

This position has a $10,400 float differential and will travel to these locations, but are not limited to:

• Mountain Top Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, Mountain Top

• Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Nanticoke

• Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, Nanticoke

• The Meadows, Dallas

• Embassy of Wyoming Valley, Wilkes Barre,

• Embassy of Scranton, Scranton

• Oak Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Scranton

Geisinger has much to offer:

• $10,400 float differential
• $15k recruitment incentive
• Attractive schedule- Monday- Friday 8 am – 4:30 pm
• Rotating call schedule
• No weekend hours
• Continuing Medical Education – 10 days and $3,000 annually
• Six paid holidays
• Paid Time Off - 23 days

Responsibilities:

• Review reports
• Communicate with SNF staff for patient needs
• Treat patients for acute needs, admissions, discharges, etc.
• Manage extremely complex patients, see every day or at least once a week
• Approximately 12 patients a day
• Length of time per patient and number of patients is per need

Position Details:

Education:

Master'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

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.

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.