Job Description
Job Title:
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Urgent Care Float
Location:
McElhattan, Pennsylvania
Job Category:
Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Advanced Practice
Schedule:
Days
Work Type:
Full time
Department:
ConvenientCare Urgent Care Advanced Practitioners Division
Date Posted:
04/15/2025
Job ID:
R-62312
Job Summary
Geisinger ConvenientCare urgent care clinics are seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistants to join our team. This advanced practitioner will ‘float’ to the three ConvenientCare clinics in northcentral Pennsylvania.
Job Duties
Our clinicians diagnose and treat common medical problems including sore throats, earaches, sinus infections, flu, urinary tract infections and more. Routine health exams, immunizations, screenings, and wellness services are also provided.
ConvenientCare has much to offer, allowing you to live well in both your professional and personal life:
$10k recruitment incentive for new hires
Extra $5/hr float differential ($10,400/year)
Attractive schedule - 14 rotating shifts/month, w
ork every other weekend
No overnight shifts, and no mandated additional shifts
Call – approximately six nights per year.
No direct patient call – for critical lab, CT, etc.
Six observed holidays
- Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day
Work autonomously with limited administrative burden
Access to Geisinger’s vast network of resources and specialists
Work in comfort - Scrub business attire
With Geisinger, you can also take advantage of:
Competitive compensation package & benefits including a robust 401(k) retirement plan, 80 CME hours and $3,000 CME funds, relocation, and more!
Academic opportunities available via advanced practice preceptorship.
Better quality of life - Enjoy fresh air, short commutes, a lower cost of living and tight-knit communities in our respective regions across Pennsylvania.
Satisfaction of working for a nationally recognized, physician-led healthcare organization committed to leading healthcare change.
Experience is required
-
Due to the autonomous nature of the position, advanced practitioners
must be able to treat patients from age one and older and have
a minimum of six months
advanced practitioner experience in primary care, emergency medicine, urgent care, or critical care.
Position Details
The successful Physician Assistant candidate will work under the responsibility and supervision of the physician and require completion of an ARC-PA (or predecessor
organization) approved
physician assistant program, current
NCCPA certification
or eligibility and Pennsylvania State licensure.
The successful Nurse Practitioner candidate will work in collaboration with the physician and have a certificate of completion from an approved program for Nurse Practitioners or be eligible to hold national certification that allows the NP to work with the patient populations and location settings associated with this position. Must be eligible for licensure as a nurse practitioner in the state of PA.
Education
Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)
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
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.
Job Tags
Holiday work, Full time, Part time, Christmas work, New year, Relocation, Shift work, Rotating shift, Weekend work,