Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Family Medicine Kulpmont, PA

Geisinger • Kulpmont, PA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Geisinger is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join its Primary Care team in Kulpmont, Pennsylvania. The advanced practitioner will provide care to patients across all age ranges, from birth through geriatric care, in a collaborative primary care setting. Physician assistants work under the responsibility and supervision of a physician; nurse practitioners work in collaboration with a physician.

The role offers extended appointment times, shared physician/APP panels, daily care-team huddles, and a comprehensive support team that includes pharmacists, care managers, health managers, clinic health associates, coding educators, a centralized prescription refill team, and a nurse call center. Geisinger uses Epic EMR with ambient dictation and expands access through eVisits, patient portals, and ConvenientCare urgent care clinics.

The position includes structured onboarding and tiered autonomy, professional development, teaching and precepting opportunities, and continuing medical education. The schedule is days, with 40 scheduled hours per week. The role is based at Geisinger Primary Care Kulpmont in Kulpmont, PA.

Requirements

• For Physician Assistant candidates: completion of an ARC-PA-approved physician assistant program or predecessor organization.
• For Physician Assistant candidates: current NCCPA certification or eligibility and Pennsylvania state licensure.
• For Nurse Practitioner candidates: completion of an approved nurse practitioner program or eligibility for national certification that permits practice with the patient populations and in the settings associated with this position.
• For Nurse Practitioner candidates: eligibility for nurse practitioner licensure in Pennsylvania.
• Ability to see all age ranges, from pediatric patients at birth through geriatric patients.
• Master's degree in Physician Assistant studies is listed as required.
• Basic Life Support certification.
• Certified Physician Assistant certification through NCCPA is listed.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary care to patients of all ages, from birth through geriatric care.
• Work collaboratively with physicians and the primary care team; physician assistants work under physician responsibility and supervision.
• Participate in a collaborative care model that includes physician/APP panel sharing and daily care-team huddles.
• Use available care-team and operational support, including pharmacists, care managers, health managers, clinic health associates, coding educators, the prescription refill team, and the nurse call center.

Benefits

• $10,000 recruitment incentive with a 24-month work obligation; not applicable to internal transfers.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Continuing medical education: 10 days and $3,000 annually.
• Liability coverage.
• Retirement plans.
• Relocation assistance.
• Healthcare benefits for full-time and part-time positions from day one, including vision, dental, and domestic partner coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time