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Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Behavioral Health Per Diem

Geisinger

  • Moosic, PA
  • 9 days ago

    Highlights

    Job Description SummaryGeisinger is seeking experienced Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) and/or Physician Assistants (PA-C) to join our team as a flex per diem provider supporting care for adults and adolescents based at the Geisinger Behavioral Health Center in Moosic, PA. 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.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationMoosic, PA
    IndustryHealthcare Services
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Websitehttps://jobs.geisinger.org/

    Description

    Job Summary

    Job Description SummaryGeisinger is seeking experienced Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) and/or Physician Assistants (PA-C) to join our team as a flex per diem provider supporting care for adults and adolescents based at the Geisinger Behavioral Health Center in Moosic, PA.

    Job Duties

    Job Description
    • Perform comprehensive medical assessments.

    • Provide medication management, evaluations, and daily patient rounding.

    • Develop and implement treatment plans in collaboration with psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, therapists, and case managers.

    • Document all care in the Epic electronic health record.

    • Participate in treatment team meetings and coordinate care transitions.

    • Communicate with families, caregivers, and community providers as needed to support continuity of care.

    Practice Environment

    • Patient population: 75% adult, 25% pediatric (age 14+)

    • Daily encounters: 10-16

    • Resources include onsite pharmacy and phlebotomy services; EHR is Epic

    • Work autonomously

    • No overnight shifts and no call.

    About Geisinger Behavioral Health

    Geisinger Behavioral Health Centers provide evidence?based inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment for adults and adolescents. Our Moosic, PA facility is designed to support individualized therapy, group programming, and recovery?focused care with a full complement of clinical specialists.


    Learn more at: https://www.geisingerbehavioral.com


    Position Details

    Qualifications

    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.

    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 NCCPAcertification or eligibility and Pennsylvania State licensure.

    Preferred

    • Minimum 1 year of clinical experience

    • Experience using Epic


    Education

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

    Experience


    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

    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.

    About Company

    For communities across the country, health doesn’t have to be a destination: It can be a daily opportunity. At Geisinger, we empower our communities to do well and be well by removing barriers to advanced healthcare in all the moments where health makes its home. For more than 100 years, we’ve served our region while working to create a national model for improving health. Today, we’re focused on bringing them services that improve every facet of life to drive total health, inside and out.

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