Advanced Practice Provider, Family & Maternity Medicine (Part-time) – Lancaster General Health

Description

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Position Description:

LG Health Physicians Family and Maternity Medicine is seeking a Part-time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team. Our group is comprised of 9 family physicians all serving as faculty members in the Family and Community Medicine Residency program as well as 3 APPs (soon to be 4). We serve an economically, racially, and culturally diverse population comprised of greater than 50% Medicaid recipients. Our scope of practice is full spectrum family medicine and therefore would be extremely flexible in terms of personal interests and desire for professional growth. From obstetrics care to virtually any procedure within primary care to MAT for substance use disorders, there is opportunity at Family and Maternity medicine. However, APP spectrum of care could be tailored to training and comfort level. We serve patients across the lifespan and many of our family medicine physicians deliver babies at WBH. Because the majority of the group is comprised of teachers of family medicine, there is a true culture of learning and creativity which pushes us all to practice the most evidenced based medicine and continually improve.

This APP would function as a primary care provider and carry a panel of patients in addition to acute care. Family and Maternity Medicine has one location attached to WBH. Given the proximity to WBH, most ancillary services are very accessible to our patients, including radiology, physical therapy, laboratory services, etc.

Hours: Part-time, 0.5 FTE. Dayshift and include Tuesday evenings. No overnight call and no weekend hours.

Position Requirements:

Nurse Practitioner

• Valid Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner license and Certificate of Prescriptive Authority in Pennsylvania
• Certification by ANCC or other qualifying agency in area of specialty required (FNP certification required)
• Valid Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Nurse
• Minimum one-year experience as a Nurse Practitioner is preferred

Physician Assistant

• Current licensure as a Physician Assistant by PA Board of Medicine
• Graduate of Accredited Physician Assistant training program
• Minimum one-year experience as a Physician Assistant is preferred

Why Penn Medicine?

• Featured as a Forbes Top Employer
• Comprehensive benefits package inclusive of PSLF eligibility, strong retirement, dependent tuition benefit, CME and time off programs
• Onboarding/orientation program designed for individual education and support, including EMR training
• Employee wellness resources and work/life programs including active efforts to reduce in-basket burden and after-hours clinical work
• Access to in-system referrals for patients
• Networking and connection to colleagues across all specialties throughout Penn Medicine

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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