What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant position at Geisinger?
Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant - Neurology
Geisinger's Neuroscience Institute is seeking a neurology physician assistant or nurse practitioner to join the neurology team at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes Barre, PA.
About the Role:
- The successful Physician Assistant must be a graduate of a ARC-approved physician assistant program, eligible or certified by the National Commission for the Certification of Physician Assistants and eligible or certified by the State Board of Medicine.
- The successful Nurse Practitioner candidate will have a certificate of completion from an approved program for Nurse Practitioners and must be eligible for or certified by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing. Must be certified to work with all patient population age groups.
Our Neuroscience Institute:
Geisingers Neuroscience Institute spans Geisingers three main campuses in Danville, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, along with locations in State College and Lewistown, Pennsylvania.
Our program includes most neurology and neurosurgery subspecialties along with neurology and neurosurgery residency programs.
Geisinger has a specific focus on quality not quantity and developing new management pathways for optimal outcomes.
About Geisinger:
At Geisinger, we are driven to innovate and improve the health of our communities. Our purpose, values and mission guide us in everything we do.
- 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
Career Growth and Development:
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.
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.
