Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Primary Care

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Primary Care at Geisinger summary:

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant provides comprehensive primary care services in a community medicine setting, focusing on senior patient populations with 40-minute appointments. They collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including pharmacists and care managers to coordinate patient education, medication management, and enhanced access to care via digital health tools. Employed full-time at Geisinger in Lewistown, PA, this role emphasizes patient-centered care, professional growth, and a supportive work environment with competitive benefits and incentives.

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Primary Care
Location: Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Job Category: Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice
Schedule: Days
Work Type: Full time
Department: Community Medicine Advanced Practitioners Division
Date Posted: 06/11/2025
Job ID: R-80194
Job SummaryGeisinger is seeking an exceptional Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Primary Care team in Lewistown, PA.
Job Duties

Geisinger Community Medicine has much to offer, allowing you to live well in both your professional and personal life:

• $10k recruitment incentive

• $7,800 Geography Stipend guaranteed for one year

• Forty-minute appointments for our senior patient population

• Daily huddles with all care team members to review essential information about schedules, patients, resource needs, and coordination of care

• Pharmacists to assist with patient education and medication management

• Care managers, health managers, clinic health associates, and coding educators work collaboratively with providers

• Increased access to care by means of eVisits, patient portals, and Geisinger’s ConvenientCare urgent care clinics

With Geisinger, you can also take advantage of the following:

• Competitive compensation package & benefits including a $10k recruitment incentive, a robust 401(k) retirement plan, CME, relocation, and more! To learn more about our extensive benefits, click here .

• Academic opportunities are available via advanced practice preceptorship.

• Better quality of life - Enjoy the fresh air, short commutes, a lower cost of living, and tight-knit communities in our respective regions across Pennsylvania. To learn more about living in our service area, click here .

• Satisfaction of working for a nationally recognized, physician-led healthcare organization committed to leading healthcare change. To learn more about Geisinger’s many accolades, click here .

EducationMaster's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required)
Certification(s) and License(s)Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body; Certified Physician Assistant - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
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:

primary care, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, patient care, community medicine, medication management, healthcare collaboration, care coordination, senior patients, telehealth