Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Community Based Health Risk Management
Geisinger
Application
Details
Posted: 01-Mar-25
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses / Physician Assistants
Internal Number: R-72609
Job Summary
Geisinger Care at Home team is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (APP) for a community-based position, covering Lycoming county, Pennsylvania.
Job Duties
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Geisinger Care at Home APP is a field-based patient direct care position performing health risk assessments, depression screening and addressing care gaps for Geisinger Health Plan Gold members in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. Office location is Geisinger Health Plan Hughes Center, Danville, PA.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Work is typically performed in the patient's home.
Approximately 5-10% of the visits are virtual telemedicine.
APP must reside in geographic area due to nature of position.
Schedule can be 5 – 8-hour days or 4 – 10-hour days.
There is no call, weekend, or holiday work.
Advanced Practitioners receive the following benefits:
$10,000 Recruitment Forgivable Loan - a two-year work commitment.
Comprehensive medical/retirement benefits starting the first day of employment.
CME funds ($3,000/year) and paid 10 CME days/year.
Company vehicle, computer, computer monitor, and cell phone are provided.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
A minimum of two years of Advanced Practice Provider experience is required.
Position Details
Education
Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)
Experience
Certification(s) and License(s)
Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body; Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania
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.
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At Geisinger, our innovative ideas are inspired by the communities we serve – like our Fresh FoodFarmacy, a program that delivers life-saving healthy alternatives to patients with diabetes. With additional tools like our MyCode Community Health Initiative, one of the first health system genome sequencingprograms, and our new asthma app suite that we developed in partnership with AstraZeneca, it’s no wonder we’re ranked one of the Top 5 Most Innovative Healthcare Systems by Becker's Hospital Review. We continually work towards continuous improvement in a culture where everyone has a voice and firmly believe that better begins with all of us.Founded more than 100 years ago, Geisinger serves more than three million residents throughout central, south-central and northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Our physician-led system is comprised of 30,000 employees, including 1,600 employed physicians, and consists of 1...3 hospital campuses, the Geisinger Health Plan, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and two research centers. What you do at Geisinger shapes the future of health and improves lives – for our patients, communities, and you.