What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner position at Geisinger?
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced or new graduate Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Primary Care team in Berwick, PA.
Job Duties
You will live and work in one of our tight-knit communities and experience a quality of life that is hard to find elsewhere. You will have opportunities to improve your life and make a difference.
Geisinger Berwick is 30 minutes from Geisinger Medical Center, our main campus.
- You will have 20-minute appointments and forty-minute appointments for elderly patient populations.
- We use a physician/APP panel sharing model.
- We hold daily huddles with care team members to review the coordination of care.
- Our pharmacists assist with patient education and medication management.
- We have care managers, health managers, clinic health associates, and coding educators.
- We have a centralized prescription refill team.
- We have a nurse call center to assist with on-call workload (nursing home calls directed to Skilled Nursing Facility team).
- We use Epic EMR - universal throughout Geisinger.
- We offer increased access to care by means of eVisits, patient portals, Geisinger's ConvenientCare urgent care clinics.
Why Advanced Practitioners Join Geisinger
- We offer a competitive salary - newly increased for 2025.
- We offer recruitment incentives up to $20k (at specific clinics) - 30-month work obligation with department (not applicable for internal, lateral transfer).
- We have a Primary Care Architype model - stratifies onboarding, ramp-up, and practice into three tiers of increasing autonomy to ensure both new and experienced Advanced Practitioners get the support and professional satisfaction needed.
- We have an Advanced Practice Council - serves to support Geisinger Advanced Practitioners and Advanced Practitioner students.
- We offer professional development - participate in our internal programs or utilize tuition reimbursement.
- We offer teaching/precepting opportunities - available via advanced practice preceptorship.
- We offer Continuing Medical Education - 10 days and $3,000 annually.
- We offer benefits - Geisinger Benefits including liability, retirement, relocation, and more.
Education/Experience
The Advanced Practitioner must be able to see all age ranges from Pediatric (birth) to Geriatric.
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.
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. The candidate must be eligible for licensure as a nurse practitioner in the state of PA.
Position Details
Education: Master's Degree - Nurse Practitioner (Required)
Experience: Not specified
Certification(s) and License(s): Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania; Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body
Salary : $3,000
