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Posted: 29-Jun-24
Location: Palmerton, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: ic-2024-2137
ExpressCARE Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP)
Position Overview
Be part of our ExpressCARE team, where you’ll care for minor injuries in a fast-paced environment while offering accessible care to the community we serve. You’ll care for people of all ages with lacerations, sprains, fractures, rashes, incision and drainage, small-joint reductions and much more. ExpressCARE physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners offer convenient, no-appointment care for minor illnesses and injuries.
- hours of operation are 8AM-8PM
- Clinicians are scheduled 36 patient care hours with rotation of holiday and weekend coverage.
In a ExpressCARE career with LVHN, you’ll find:
- Advanced practitioner clinician led ExpressCAREs
- ExpressCAREs inside healthcenters with Family Medicine supervising/collaborating physicians.
- Primary and secondary clinican on-call for sick or emergent coverage. Moonlighting pay for clinical hours worked.
- Flexiable schedule of either 12, 8, or 6 hour shifts.
- Reducing burn out by regularly monitoring volume reports per clinician per location. Flexibility to travel to help colleagues with high volumes.
Benefits & Perks
As a nationally certified Great Place to Work™, we acknowledge the dedication of our colleagues and offer a generous Total Rewards package that makes LVHN an even better place to work and grow your career. Explore our benefits.
- Malpractice Insurance with Tail Coverage
- CME Time and Allowance
- Relocation (if applicable)
Qualifications
- 2+ years experienced as a clinician in Urgent Care/Emergency Medicine.
- A valid PA Physician Assistant medical and osteopathic license, or ability to obtain one is required.
- A valid PA Nurse Practitioner medical license, or ability to obtain one is required.
- Must be board certified.
- Graduate of an accredited education program for Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants.
- Must be comfortable seeing all ages.
- A network champion for ExpressCARE and a passion for the clinical work.
Recruiter Details
Ashley ReaserClinician Recruiter, ExpressCARE and Dental Medicine
Ashley.Reaser@lvhn.org
484-866-5752
About LVHN
LVHN hospitals in the Lehigh Valley are the only hospitals in the region to have received Magnet® recognition five consecutive times since 2002. This prestigious recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center demonstrates our commitment to nursing excellence and quality patient outcomes. LVHN is home to five clinical institutes. Each serve as a hub for innovation, collaboration and education. Our institutes include Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute, Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute, Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence, Lehigh Valley Fleming Neuroscience Institute and Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute. LVHN is also home to Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital, which is the only children's hospital in the region. This hospital gives our community access to more than 30 pediatric specialties, Children's ExpressCARE locations and a dedicated Children's ER.
We've been consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the top hospital in the region and among the best in the state. We're also Great Place to Work-Certified™, which means an overwhelming majority of our colleagues have a positive experience at LVHN.
These designations tell you that LVHN is a great place to work from hire to retire. If you are someone who aligns with LVHN's core values - Compassion, Integrity, Collaboration and Excellence – you will have a rewarding and successful career here.
Vaccination Requirements
Individuals are required to adhere to all LVHN vaccination policies in effect at the time of hire. Employees will be subject to pre-employment drug and alcohol testing. Please note that safety sensitive positions cannot test positive for marijuana or its metabolites, medical or otherwise.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lehigh Valley Health Network is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with, and where applicable, in addition to federal, state and local employment regulations, Lehigh Valley Health Network will provide employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or other such protected classes as may be defined by law. All personnel actions and programs will adhere to this policy. Personnel actions and programs include, but are not limited to recruitment, selection, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, educational programs and/or social activities.