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Geisinger Health

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Behavioral Health Per Diem

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What they do

A Mental Health Assistant provides basic care and assistance with daily activities to patients with mental illnesses or cognitive disabilities. Helps patients dress and eat, monitors patients' well-being, and restrains patients if they become physically violent. Works in hospitals or mental health care facilities.

$37,936 / year median in Pennsylvania

+4% projected growth

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Job Description

Location:
Geisinger Behavioral Health Danville Shift:
Days (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
0
Worker Type:
Regular Exemption Status:
No Job Summary:
Geisinger is seeking experienced Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) and/or Physician Assistants (PA-C) to join our team as a flex per diem provider supporting care for adults and adolescents based at the Geisinger Behavioral Health Center in Danville, PA.
Job Duties:
Perform comprehensive medical assessments. Provide medication management, evaluations, and daily patient rounding. Develop and implement treatment plans in collaboration with psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, therapists, and case managers. Document all care in the Epic electronic health record. Participate in treatment team meetings and coordinate care transitions. Communicate with families, caregivers, and community providers as needed to support continuity of care.
Practice Environment Patient population:
75% adult, 25% pediatric (age 14+) Daily encounters: 10-16 Resources include onsite pharmacy and phlebotomy services; EHR is Epic Work autonomously No overnight shifts and no call. About Geisinger Behavioral Health Geisinger Behavioral Health Centers provide evidence-based inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment for adults and adolescents. Our Danville, PA facility is designed to support individualized therapy, group programming, and recovery-focused care with a full complement of clinical specialists.
Learn more at:
https://www.geisingerbehavioral.com
Position Details:
Qualifications 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. 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. Preferred Minimum 1 year of clinical experience Experience using
Epic Education:
Bachelor's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required), Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)
Experience:
Certification(s) and License(s): Basic Life Support Certification
  • Default Issuing Body, Certified Nurse Practitioner
  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania)
  • RN_
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.