Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner Neurosurgery Job at Geisinger, Danville, PA

  • Geisinger
  • Danville, PA

Job Description

Job Summary

Geisinger‘s Neuroscience Institute is seeking an physician assistant or nurse practitioner to join the Neurosurgery team at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania.

Job Duties

The Neurosurgery NP or PA will join a dedicated team of providers at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. This role involves a primary duty of outpatient clinic (shared and independent clinics) with weekly inpatient/consult coverage on a rotating schedule. Primary OR coverage on Fridays and as needed Monday through Thursday.

As part of our world-class Geisinger Neuroscience Institute, we have innovative high-value clinical protocols for acute inpatient and chronic outpatient disease management, a 20-year clinical data warehouse (Geisinger had one of the very first Epic systems), and a groundbreaking population genomics program. Our team consists of 16 neurosurgeons providing neurosurgical services in four hospitals, including multiple hybrid operating rooms supporting comprehensive stroke programming.

Join our award-winning team:

  • Center of Excellence for spinal surgery: Geisinger’s spine surgery program is part of the Employers Centers of Excellence Network (ECEN).
  • Widely recognized for ProvenCare® Lumbar Spine, an innovative program that standardizes high quality care and focuses on patient outcomes.
  • One of the top 100 spine and neurosurgery programs in the United States by Becker‘s Hospital Review.
  • Program and leadership recognized in Harvard Business Review‘s ‘The Big Idea: Transforming Health Care‘

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 NCCPA certification or eligibility and Pennsylvania State licensure.

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.

Education

Master‘s Degree-Physician Assistant (Required)

About Geisinger

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, from senior management on down, 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.

Job Tags

Full time, Part time, Monday to Thursday

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