Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Nutrition/Endobariatrics

National Medical Association; Danville (PA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an advanced practitioner to join their Nutrition and Weight Management team. This role involves evaluating and caring for patients undergoing innovative weight loss procedures, collaborating closely with physicians and dietitians to develop comprehensive treatment plans. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree as a Physician Assistant and a passion for improving patient outcomes. Join a team that values kindness, excellence, and innovation, and contribute to a diverse workforce dedicated to making health easier for all.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits from day one

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Physician Assistant required.
• Previous experience in bariatrics and/or nutrition preferred.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and care for patients undergoing endoscopic weight loss procedures.
• Develop treatment plans for obesity and malnutrition patients.
• Coordinate with advanced endoscopist team in managing bariatric patients.

Skills

Care Management Knowledge

Clinical Policies And Standards

Health Information Documentation

Patient Assessment And Care

Patient Safety

Patients Rights

Education

Master's Degree-Physician Assistant

Job description

Location: Geisinger Medical Center (GMC)

Shift: Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Worker Type: Regular

Exemption Status: Yes

Job Summary: Geisinger’s Nutrition and Weight Management Department is seeking an advanced practitioner to join our team at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA.

Job Duties:

This Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant will provide services to patients and families in the Nutrition and Weight Management Clinic in accordance with established organizational policies and professional standards. This role will include evaluating and taking care of patients who will be undergoing a cutting-edge endoscopic weight loss procedure.

This position will work in collaboration and supervision of the physician, diagnostic and therapeutic tasks to allow the physician to extend his/her services through the more effective use of the physician assistant's knowledge in the sphere of decision making required to establish a diagnosis and plan therapy. Meets the qualifications to provide care for patients in the specific age range on her/his assigned clinical area.

Performs duties to provide the highest level of patient care and maximize patient satisfaction.

Duties include:

• Help with patient evaluation, patient coordination, and growth of endobariatric program. Working with advanced endoscopist team in managing patient is in bariatric process and postprocedure.
• Evaluating patients with obesity and developing a treatment plan including conservative management (diet and behavioral changes), pharmacotherapy, and/or bariatric procedures (endoscopic and surgical options).
• Evaluating patients with malnutrition and working with physician and registered dietitian to develop treatment plans.
• Gastrostomy tube management.

Reports to the Nutrition and Weight Management lead Advanced Practitioner.

Previous experience in bariatrics and/or nutrition preferred.

Work is typically performed in an outpatient clinical environment.

Position Details:

Education: Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required)

Experience:

Certification(s) and License(s): Basic Life Support Certification, Certified Physician Assistant - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Skills: Care Management Knowledge, Clinical Policies And Standards, Health Information Documentation, Patient Assessment And Care, Patient Safety, Patients Rights.

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, 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.