Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing Facility
Listed on 2026-09-07
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Nursing
Healthcare Nursing, Advanced Practice Nurse/APRN
Job Summary The Geisinger Skilled Nursing Program is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant at Heritage Ridge Senior Living at Windy Hill in Philipsburg, PA.
Job Duties
This position is for a Geisinger provider working within a contracted skilled nursing facility. It requires an experienced advanced practitioner with prior clinical experience in skilled nursing, family medicine, internal medicine, or intensive care. The advanced practitioner (AP) provides direct (hands-on) care in skilled nursing facilities with a goal to improve quality and prevent unnecessary re-admissions to the acute care setting.
Geisinger has much to offer:
Attractive schedule
- Monday
- Friday 8 am - 4:30 pmRotating call schedule
No weekend hours
$10k recruitment incentive
Continuing Medical Education - 10 days and $3,000 annually
Six paid holidays
Paid Time Off - 23 days
Responsibilities:
Review reports
Communicate with SNF staff for patient needs
Treat patients for acute needs, admissions, discharges, etc.
Manage extremely complex patients, see every day or at least once a week
Approximately 12 patients a day
Length of time per patient and number of patients is per need
Education Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required)
Experience Minimum of 2 years-Related work experience (Required)
Certification(s) and License(s)
Certified Physician Assistant
- National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA);
Basic Life Support Certification
- Default Issuing Body
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 on Facebook,Instagram,Linked Inand Twitter .
OurVision & Values
Everything we do is about making better health easier for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.
KINDNESS
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We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
EXCELLENCE
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We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
LEARNING
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We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
INNOVATION
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We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
SAFETY
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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 prescription coverage.
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