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Sunbury, Pennsylvania

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Family Medicine - Value-Based Care Model

Nurse PractitionerNo callNo nightsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

Location: Geisinger Primary Care Sunbury

Shift: Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Worker Type

Regular

Exemption Status

Yes

Job Summary

Geisinger is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Primary Care team in Sunbury, PA. This site qualifies for a 20k recruitment incentive for an experienced provider.

Job Duties

Make a Difference Where It Matters Most – Join Geisinger Sunbury in Sunbury, PA.

Join Geisinger Sunbury to become part of our tight-knit communities and experience a quality of life you won’t find elsewhere.

Why Choose Geisinger?

  • At Geisinger, you’ll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on your patients’ lives with:
  • Extended appointment times
  • 40 minutes for medically complex patients
  • 20 minutes for average complexity and acute care visits
  • Collaborative care model
  • Physician/APP panel sharing
  • Daily huddles with care team members
  • Comprehensive support team
  • Pharmacists for patient education and medication management
  • Care managers, health managers, clinic health associates, and coding educators
  • Centralized prescription refill team
  • Nurse call center to assist with on-call workload
  • Epic EMR (universal across Geisinger) with Ambient dictation
  • Expanded access to care through eVisits, patient portals, and Geisinger ConvenientCare urgent care clinics

Why Advanced Practitioners Join Geisinger

Competitive Salary – Increased Rates

  • Recruitment Incentives – up to $20,000 at select clinics (30-month work obligation; not applicable for internal transfers)
  • Primary Care Architype Model – structured onboarding and tiered autonomy for professional growth
  • Advanced Practice Council – dedicated support for APPs and students
  • Professional Development – internal programs and tuition reimbursement
  • Teaching & Precepting Opportunities
  • Continuing Medical Education – 10 days and $3,000 annually
  • Benefits – including liability coverage, retirement plans, relocation assistance, and more!

Ready to Make a Difference?

  • Join Geisinger and become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and patient-centered care.
  • Location Highlight – Sunbury, PA

Sunbury is located in Northumberland County and only 20 minutes from Geisinger Medical Center, our main campus, and just over an hour to Harrisburg, PA. Enjoy the charm of small-town living with the support of a major health system.

Education/Experience

Advanced Practitioner must be able to see all age ranges from Pediatric (birth) to Geriatric.

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.

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.

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive primary care services to patients ranging from pediatric to geriatric populations within a collaborative, value-based care model. Participate in daily huddles and work alongside a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality patient outcomes and efficient care delivery.

Requirements

Must hold a Master's degree and be a licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with current national certification. Candidates must be eligible for licensure in the state of Pennsylvania and capable of treating patients across all age ranges.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Clinical documentationFamily medicineElectronic medical recordsHealth management

Family Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 72% have no call, 72% 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).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Family Medicine - Value-Based Care Model at Geisinger a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine (NP) — ranked against 2,590 active Family Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks23 jobs

401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
13%
Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.9
Better work-life than 60% of Family Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,590 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No nights

Living in Sunbury

Median resident rent
$738/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Geisinger

Hospitals and Health Care
Danville, Pa.
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Recruitment Incentive ($20,000)
CME Allowance ($3,000)
10 days CME
Liability Coverage
Retirement Plans
Relocation Assistance
Tuition Reimbursement
Health Insurance