Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Nephrology - 10k sign on bonus available

Geisinger; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits from day one

Vision and dental benefits

Job summary

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center seeks a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our Nephrology team, delivering inpatient and outpatient care on the Wilkes-Barre campus.

Our department provides comprehensive Nephrology services, working in a fast-paced, team-based environment. The successful candidate will support AKI evaluation, dialysis orders, inpatient charting, and outpatient clinic activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree-Physician Assistant required.
• Master's Degree-Physician Assistant preferred.
• Certification(s) and License(s): BLS, NCCPA.

Responsibilities

• Assist inpatient providers with new consults and inpatient follow-ups for patients with acute kidney injury and electrolyte abnormalities
• Evaluate dialysis patients and write inpatient dialysis orders
• Assist with inpatient charting and documentation
• Assist providers in outpatient Nephrology clinic

Skills

Care Management

Clinical Policies

Health Information

Patient Assessment

Patient Safety

Patients Rights

Education

Bachelor's Degree-Physician Assistant

Master's Degree-Physician Assistant

Job description

Location: Geisinger Wyoming Valley (GWV)

Shift: Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Worker Type: Regular

Exemption Status: Yes

Job Summary:

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center is seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our growing Nephrology team to deliver both inpatient and outpatient care on our Wilkes Barre Campus.

Job Duties:

Prior Nephrology training is not required; we will teach the successful candidate the skills needed to work collaboratively/ semi-independently with our providers.

Our primary goal is to attract a candidate who enjoys working in a fast-paced inpatient/outpatient environment with a team-based approach.

The department provides comprehensive Nephrology subspecialty services including: inpatient evaluation of acute kidney injury (AKI), critical care consultation, continuous dialysis, acute and chronic dialysis, outpatient management of kidney disease, and postoperative/long-term management of kidney transplant recipients.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Assist inpatient providers with new consults and inpatient follow-ups for patients with acute kidney injury and electrolyte abnormalities
• Evaluate dialysis patients and write inpatient dialysis orders
• Assist with inpatient charting and documentation
• Assist providers in outpatient Nephrology clinic

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 BodyDefault Issuing Body, Certified Physician Assistant - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)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.
• We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and benefits for domestic partners.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves.

Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes nine 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 1,600 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually.

• We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and benefits for domestic partners.
• Pertin ...? "Perhaps just as important, 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 Affirmitive 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.