Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing Facilty Per Diem

Job Summary

Geisinger is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant for a per diem position in various skilled nursing facilities as needed.

Job Duties

This position requires an experienced advanced practitioner, prior experience working in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) is helpful but not required. The SNF advanced practitioner (AP) provides direct (hands-on) care in nursing homes/skilled facilities with a goal to improve quality and prevent unnecessary re-admissions to the acute care setting.

Overview:

• Hours: Monday – Friday 8 a – 4:30p

Responsibilities include:

• Communicate with SNF staff and review patient reports
• Treat acute needs, admissions, discharges, etc.
• Manage complex and non-complex patients
• Average 12 patients a day
• Length of time and number of patients as per need

Locations may include, but are not limited to:

• Mountain Top Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, Mountain Top
• Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Nanticoke
• Lakewood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, Nanticoke
• The Meadows, Dallas
• Embassy of Wyoming Valley, Wilkes Barre,
• Embassy of Scranton, Scranton
• Oak Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Scranton

Position Details

Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult – Geriatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with advanced practice experience in a skilled nursing facility or long-term care facility is preferred.

Education

Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)

Experience

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

About Geisinger

Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more atgeisinger.orgor connect with us onFacebook,Instagram,LinkedInandTwitter.

Our Vision & Values

Everything we do is about making better health easier 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.

Our Benefits

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.