Urgent Care Physician

Geisinger is seeking a full-time physician to join our ConvenientCare+ urgent care clinic at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

The Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre ConvenientCare+ clinic provides patients with an alternative to the Emergency Department when prompt intervention is needed to treat worsening illness or exacerbation of a chronic condition.

**We are also hiring for Urgent Care Physicians at our Geisinger Tunkhannock and Selinsgrove locations **

• Hours: Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday - Sunday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Clinical requirement: 1,752 hours/year (averages to 146 hours/month)
• Shifts: 12 hour (M-F) & 9 hour (S-S)
• Support staff: Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, RNs (available all hours of operation), Phlebomoy, Radiology Techs
• Exam Rooms: 7
• Electronic Health Record: Epic
• Specialized Equipment: Telemedicine carts, negative pressure rooms, continuous vital sign monitoring
• Diagnostics: X-Ray, Ultrasound, CT, MRI
• Hospital Admissions: If necessary, patients can be directly admitted to the hospital from this hospital-based clinic.
• Services: Diagnostics, including laboratory and imaging studies (onsite), as well as treatments including (but not limited to):
• Nebulizer therapy
• Diuresis (intravenous)
• Hydration (intravenous)
• Corrections of electrolyte abnormalities such as hyponatremia or hyperkalemia
• Intravenous antibiotic treatment for conditions like cellulitis, simple pneumonia or infection
• Antihistamine treatment for patients with allergic reaction without airway concern
• Rate control for patients with known atrial fibrillation (AFib)
• Hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia treatments
• Antihypertensives
• Headache/migraine treatment for known migraine patients
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The successful candidate will be family medicine or emergency medicine residency trained with a passion for urgent care medicine.

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center (GWV), located in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is unrivaled in the region for acute medical care, with expertise in nearly 30 medical and surgical specialties. GWV houses Luzerne County’s only Level I trauma center. The campus includes the Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center; the Richard and Marion Pearsall Heart Hospital; the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, including a dedicated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; the Brain & Spine Tumor Institute; and the Orthopedic Institute. 

Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves. Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes nine 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 1,600 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.