Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing Facility
Compensation
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Job Description
Location: Geisinger Primary Care Elysburg
Shift: Days (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Worker Type
Regular
Exemption Status
Yes
Job Summary
The Geisinger Skilled Nursing Program is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant at Mountain View Rehabilitation and Senior Living Center in Coal Township, 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 pm
- Rotating 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
Position Details
Education
Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)
Experience
Certification(s) and License(s):
Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing BodyDefault Issuing Body, Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse PractitionersAmerican Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of PennsylvaniaRN_State of Pennsylvania
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.
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.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree and be a licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with prior clinical experience in skilled nursing, family medicine, internal medicine, or intensive care. Current Basic Life Support certification and a Pennsylvania state license are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing Facility at Geisinger a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Geriatrics (PA) — ranked against 98 active Geriatrics (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Geriatrics — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Geriatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 70% have no call, 54% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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