Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing Facility Job at Geisinger, Mountain Top, PA

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  • Geisinger
  • Mountain Top, PA

Job Description

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing Facility at Geisinger summary:

This position is for an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant providing direct care in skilled nursing facilities across multiple centers in Pennsylvania. The role involves managing complex patients, coordinating with facility staff, and aiming to improve patient outcomes while preventing unnecessary hospital readmissions. The schedule is Monday through Friday with no weekend hours, offering benefits like continuing education and paid time off.

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing Facility
Location: Mountain Top, Pennsylvania
Job Category: Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice
Schedule: Days
Work Type: Full time
Department: Central Region Skilled Nursing Division
Date Posted: 04/24/2025
Job ID: R-77287

Job Summary

The Geisinger Skilled Nursing Program is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to rotate between Mountain Top Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, Mountain Top, Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center and Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, Nanticoke, PA.

Job Duties

This position is as a Geisinger provider in a contracted skilled nursing facility and r equires an experienced advanced practitioner, prior experience working in a skilled nursing facility, family medicine, internal medicine or ICU. The advanced practitioner (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.

Geisinger has much to offer:

  • A ttractive schedule - Monday - Friday 8 am – 4:30 pm
  • Rotating call schedule
  • No weekend hours
  • $10k recruitment incentive
  • 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

Education

Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s)

Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania; Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body; Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Our Purpose & Values

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.

Keywords:

Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Skilled Nursing Facility, Patient Care, Advanced Practice Provider, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, ICU Experience, Healthcare Provider, Chronic Care Management

Job Tags

Full time, Part time, 1 day per week, Monday to Friday,

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