Family Medicine Physician – Teaching & Faculty Opportunity
Listed compensation
$330K
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Geisinger as a Family Medicine Physician – Teaching & Faculty Opportunity in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Key Responsibilities
- Geisinger Primary Care South Wilkes-Barre is the home of the Kistler Family Medicine Residency program, a three-year dedicated family medicine residency clinic.
Requirements
- Prior teaching experience (residents and/or students) is preferred.
- KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $330K
- Signing bonus offered.
- CME allowance: $4,500.
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
Work with Geisinger in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Licensure & Certifications
Must be a Board-Certified Family Medicine physician (ABFM or AOBFM) with at least two years of clinical experience. A Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree and a Pennsylvania medical license are required.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Family Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 54% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
In Pennsylvania, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$281k (60 salary observations; 171 listings), vs ~$265k nationally (2,497 salary observations; 5,538 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$330k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $338k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Geisinger ranks #1 of 14 employers hiring Family Medicine on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 10.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine Physician – Teaching & Faculty Opportunity at Geisinger a 8.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,265 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
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