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Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

3 months ago


Scranton, United States Geisinger Health System Full time
Location:
Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC)

Shift:
Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Worker Type:
Regular

Exemption Status:
Yes

Job Summary:
Geisinger's Cancer Institute is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join our cancer team in an inpatient role at Geisinger CMC, Scranton, PA.

The APP will be joining a team of physicians and experienced in a dynamic inpatient environment. This exciting career involves care of patients in a hematology and oncology consult service. It includes care of patients with solid tumors as well as benign and malignant hematology.

The optimal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience as an APP in a cancer or adult medicine field (preferably in the inpatient setting), however less experienced candidates will be considered accordingly.

This individual will perform, under the responsibility and supervision of the physician, diagnostic and therapeutic tasks to establish a diagnosis and to plan therapy. Assist in gathering the data necessary in implementing the therapeutic plan of the physician. APP will ultimately be an advocate in the medical care system serving as confidant, advisor, and liaison between the patient and physician.

Location: Living in Northeast PA offers convenient community living, a balanced professional career, and proximity to New York City and Philadelphia.

Job Duties:
  • Performs initial assessment and triage of patients based on information obtained pertinent to presenting condition.
  • Keeps track of pertinent procedure and laboratory results, discusses with physician, and returns call to family and patient regarding the results and plans.
  • Assists with arranging appropriate follow-up for the patients in coordination with the outpatient cancer institute team.
  • Participate with joint rounds.
  • Obtains or assists in the prior auth process for medications, diagnostic studies, and treatments as time allows.
  • Once competent, will perform bone marrow biopsies and other procedures.
  • Assistance in implementing Geisinger and/or Cancer institute special initiatives as time allows.
Work is typically performed in an inpatient environment with possible limited role in the outpatient center from time to time as needed. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details:

Position specifics:

Monday-Friday 8:00a-4:00p

*May assist in covering outpatient clinic, when needed. Current outpatient clinic is located at GCMC and future outpatient clinic site (fall of 2025) will be located at Geisinger Dickson City Cancer Center (approximately 10 minutes from GCMC).

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

Experience:

Certification(s) and License(s):
Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body, 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.