Neurosurgery Physician Assistant Nurse Practitioner Opportunity Geisinger

JOB TITLE: Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner

LOCATION: Geisinger Community Medical Center

DEPARTMENT: Neurosurgery

WORK SCHEDULE: Shift Rotation

WORK TYPE: Full Time

Geisinger is seeking a Neurosurgery NP/PA (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to join it’s growing Neurosurgery department at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center campus located in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

The ideal candidate will perform the following:

·         Diagnostic and therapeutic tasks and assist in gathering the data necessary in implementing the plan

·         Assist the physicians in the pre-operative care and work up of patients including writing routine admission orders, arranging appropriate laboratory and imaging studies and consultations. 

·         Participate in the post-operative care of patients in the clinic setting and reporting back any complications to the physician. 

·         Patient advocate in the medical care system, serving as confidant, advisor, and liaison between patients and the physicians.

·         Call requirements and responding to Trauma and Neurosurgical Stroke.

The NP/PA will report directly to the surgeon for all clinical related responsibilities and the chief physician assistant, Neuroscience or in absence the Director, or Associate Vice President, Neurosciences, for all non-clinical administrative responsibilities.

The successful Physician Assistant must be a graduate of a ARC-approved physician assistant program, eligible or certified by the National Commission for the Certification of Physician Assistants and eligible or certified by the State Board of Medicine.

The successful Nurse Practitioner candidate will have a certificate of completion from an approved program for Nurse Practitioners and must be eligible for or certified by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing. Must be certified to work with all patient population age groups.

For more information, please contact:  Lori Surak, Talent Management Consultant, Geisinger Health 570-214-8123 or ljsurak@geisinger.edu or www.geisinger.org

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.

GEISINGER-COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER (G-CMC), Scranton, Pa., is an acute care hospital licensed for 297 beds and houses the only Level II Trauma Center in Lackawanna County and Scranton’s only neurosurgery program and adult in-patient behavioral health unit. It is also home to comprehensive cardiovascular and orthopaedic services, as well as a broad range of other surgical and radiological services.

ABOUT GEISINGER: Geisinger is a physician-led health system comprised of approximately 30,000 employees, including nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 13 hospital campuses, two research centers, and a 583,000-member health plan Geisinger is nationally recognized for innovative practices and quality care. Geisinger serves more than 3 million people in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of National Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient AtlantiCare, A member of Geisinger. In 2017, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became the newest member of 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. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver.  We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.

*Domestic partner benefits not applicable at Geisinger Holy Spirit.