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Geisinger
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner ConvenientCare Per Diem

Physician AssistantIncludes weekendsNo nightsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$75/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Weekend work is also flagged as required; confirm which days and how often.

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Job Description

Location: Geisinger ConvenientCare Williamsport

Shift: Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours

0

Worker Type

Regular

Exemption Status

No

Job Summary

Geisinger ConvenientCare is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our urgent care team as a flex per diem in Williamsport, PA.

Job Duties

This position is a flex/per diem urgent care position for external hires, not for b-coding.

Clinicians diagnose and treat common medical problems including: Sore throats, earaches, sinus infections, flu, and urinary tract infections.

Clinicians also provide: Routine health exams, immunizations, screenings, and wellness services.

  • ConvenientCare has much to offer, allowing you to live well in both your professional and personal life:
  • $75/hr.
  • Office Hours - Monday - Friday 8:45 am – 8:15 pm and Saturday & Sunday 7:45 am – 6:15 pm
  • Must be able to work at least 20 hours (two shifts per month)
  • No overnight shifts, and no mandated additional shifts.
  • Work autonomously with limited administrative burden.
  • Access to Geisinger’s vast network of resources and specialists.
  • Work in comfort - Scrub business attire.

Education and experience (Required): Due to the autonomous nature of the position, advanced practitioners must be able to treat patients from age one and older, and have at minimum six months of professional experience in primary care, emergency medicine, urgent care, or critical care.

Position Details

Education

Bachelor's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required), Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (Preferred)

Experience

Certification(s) and License(s):

Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body, Certified Physician Assistant - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Skills

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

Clinicians diagnose and treat common medical conditions such as infections and flu while providing routine health exams and immunizations. They work autonomously within the urgent care setting to deliver high-quality patient care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree as a Physician Assistant or equivalent and possess at least six months of professional experience in primary, emergency, urgent, or critical care. A valid Basic Life Support certification and NCCPA certification are required.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Patient diagnosisHealth screenings

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner ConvenientCare Per Diem at Geisinger a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Urgent Care (PA) — ranked against 345 active Urgent Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.

Urgent Care — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 40 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 70% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Physician Assistant pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Physician Assistant by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.8 / 10 · top 10% in urgent care (pa)ranked against 345 Urgent Care (PA) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$156kPhysician Assistant median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)44 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$160k in purchasing powerPennsylvania index 97.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Urgent Care listings in Pennsylvania15 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All physician assistant listings in Pennsylvania277 active4,913 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 5% remote · 70% no call · 68% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedPennsylvania physician assistant listings (all specialties): 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 4% offer loan repayment277 active listings, Nov 2026
Urgent Care PA hiring demand#3 of 6 specialtiespostings stay open a median 29 days · 35% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 119 postings, 164 closed
New Urgent Care PA listings152 in the last 30 days129 the 30 days before (+18%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physician Assistant pay trend (all specialties)+3.2% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (345 Urgent Care (PA) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Pennsylvania figures use all physician assistants: too few Pennsylvania Urgent Care postings state pay.

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 6.8
Among the best 10% of Urgent Care (PA) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 345 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • Includes weekends
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About Geisinger

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

Benefits & Perks

No overnight shifts
No mandated additional shifts
Work autonomously with limited administrative burden
Access to Geisinger’s vast network of resources and specialists
Scrub business attire

Living in Williamsport

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$207k
Typical market rent
$1,113/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.3
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Williamsport, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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