Physician Assistant - Urgent Care

Scranton, PA

Specialty Urgent Care
Profession Physician Assistant

Job Summary

CommunityCare Mount Pleasant, in Scranton, PA is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our growing team.

Job Duties

CommunityCare, a Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike affiliated with Geisinger and qualifies for the National Health Service Corp Loan Repayment Program and the Pennsylvania Loan Repayment Program. CommunityCare Mount Pleasant is located in Wilkes-Barre, approximately2 hours northwest of Philadelphia.

With Geisinger, you can also take advantage of:

  • Recruitment incentive - $10,000, paid in lump sum upon start. 2-year work obligation with department (not applicable for internal, lateral transfer), To learn more about our extensive benefits, click here.

  • Continuing Medical Education - 10 working days, based on 8 hours, and $3,000 annually

  • 6 paid holidays

  • 23 day of Paid Time Off

  • Relocation assistance

  • Teaching opportunities - are 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. To learn more about living in our service area, click here.

  • Satisfaction of working for a nationally recognized, physician-led healthcare organization committed to leading healthcare change. To learn more about Geisingers many accolades, click here.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Advanced Practitioner must be able to treat all age ranges (pediatric (birth) to geriatric)


Position Details


Education

Bachelor's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required), Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (Preferred)

Experience


Certification(s) and License(s)

Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body; Certified Physician Assistant - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

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.