Job Description
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Urgent Care at Geisinger summary:
An experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant providing urgent care services, diagnosing and treating common medical conditions such as infections and injuries. Performs routine health exams, immunizations, and wellness screenings while working autonomously within a multidisciplinary healthcare team. This role emphasizes patient care quality, professional development, and work-life balance in a supportive healthcare environment.
Job Title: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Urgent Care
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Job Category: Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Advanced Practice
Schedule: Days
Work Type: Full time
Department: Community Medicine Advanced Practitioners Division
Date Posted: 07/29/2025
Job ID: R-82516
Job SummaryGeisinger ConvenientCare urgent care is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our urgent care teams in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Job Duties
Our clinicians diagnose and treat common medical problems including sore throats, earaches, sinus infections, flu, urinary tract infections and more. Routine health exams, immunizations, screenings, and wellness services are also provided.
ConvenientCare has much to offer, allowing you to live well in both your professional and personal life:
- $10k recruitment incentive for new hires.
- Attractive schedule –
Office Hours - Monday - Friday 8:45 am – 8:15 pm
Saturday & Sunday 7:45 am – 6:15 pm
- 14 rotating shifts/month.
- Work every other weekend.
- No overnight shifts, and no mandated additional shifts.
- Call – approximately six nights per year
- No direct patient call – for critical lab, CT, etc.
- Six observed holidays - Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day
- Work autonomously with limited administrative burden.
- Access to Geisinger’s vast network of resources and specialists.
- Work in comfort - Scrub business attire.
With Geisinger, you can also take advantage of:
- Competitive compensation package & benefits including a robust 401(k) retirement plan, 80 CME hours and $3,000 CME funds, relocation, and more!
- Academic opportunities available via advanced practice preceptorship.
- Better quality of life - Enjoy fresh air, short commutes, a lower cost of living and tight-knit communities in our respective regions across Pennsylvania.
- Satisfaction of working for a nationally recognized, physician-led healthcare organization committed to leading healthcare change.
Experience is required - Due to the autonomous nature of the position, advanced practitioners must be able to treat patients from age one and older and have a minimum of six months advanced practitioner experience in primary care, emergency medicine, urgent care, or critical care.
EducationMaster's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required)
Certification(s) and License(s)Certified Physician Assistant - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA); Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body
Our Purpose & ValuesOUR 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, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.
Keywords:
urgent care, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, primary care, patient diagnosis, immunizations, wellness screenings, acute care, healthcare provider, clinical services
Job Tags
Full time, Work at office, Relocation, Shift work, Rotating shift, Weekend work, Sunday, Saturday, Monday to Friday,