Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner Neurosurgery
Company: Geisinger
Location: Danville
Posted on: July 2, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Title: Physician Assistant/Nurse
Practitioner Neurosurgery Location: Danville, Pennsylvania Job
Category: Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Advanced
Practice Schedule: Days Work Type: Full time Department: Central
Region Neuroscience Advanced Practitioner Division Date Posted:
03/14/2025 Job ID: R-74490 Job SummaryGeisinger's Neuroscience
Institute is seeking an physician assistant or nurse practitioner
to join the Neurosurgery team at Geisinger Medical Center in
Danville, Pennsylvania. Job Duties The Neurosurgery NP or PA will
join a dedicated team of providers at Geisinger Medical Center in
Danville. This role involves a primary duty of outpatient clinic
(shared and independent clinics) with weekly inpatient/consult
coverage on a rotating schedule. Primary OR coverage on Fridays and
as needed Monday through Thursday. As part of our world-class
Geisinger Neuroscience Institute, we have innovative high-value
clinical protocols for acute inpatient and chronic outpatient
disease management, a 20-year clinical data warehouse (Geisinger
had one of the very first Epic systems), and a groundbreaking
population genomics program. Our team consists of 16 neurosurgeons
providing neurosurgical services in four hospitals, including
multiple hybrid operating rooms supporting comprehensive stroke
programming. Join our award-winning team: - Center of Excellence
for spinal surgery: Geisinger’s spine surgery program is part of
the Employers Centers of Excellence Network (ECEN). - Widely
recognized for ProvenCare® Lumbar Spine, an innovative program that
standardizes high quality care and focuses on patient outcomes. -
One of the top 100 spine and neurosurgery programs in the United
States by Becker's Hospital Review. - Program and leadership
recognized in Harvard Business Review's "The Big Idea: Transforming
Health Care" 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. 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. EducationMaster's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required)
Certification(s) and License(s)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: Geisinger, Montgomery Village , Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner Neurosurgery, Healthcare , Danville, Maryland
