Medical Director Physician

Job Title: Senior Care Physician

Location: Northeast Pennsylvania

Job Description:

• The skilled nursing facility-based physician is a Geisinger employee, working in a non-Geisinger facility.
• Collaborate with Geisinger advanced practitioners and facility staff to ensure patients are appropriately managed in the sub-acute and/or long-term care settings.
• Provide direct (hands-on) care, with a goal to improve quality and prevent unnecessary re-admissions to the acute care setting.
• Locations include: Embassy of Wyoming Valley, Wilkes Barre, Embassy of Scranton, Scranton, and Oak Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Scranton.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Physicians with at least two years of experience start at a base salary of $257k.
• Recruitment incentive up to $250k.
• Continuing medical education: 15 working days and $4,500 CME funds.
• Relocation assistance.
• Parental leave pay and adoption support.
• Fertility coverage.
• Paid military leave.
• Paid Time Off: 20 days.
• Holidays: Six paid holidays.

Professional Development:

• Teaching opportunities available at one of Geisinger's four primary care residency programs including: Family medicine, internal medicine, and internal medicine/pediatrics.
• Additional teaching opportunities are available via advanced practice preceptorship, medical student teaching, and faculty appointment with the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.

Position Details:

• Education: Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (Required).
• Certification(s) and License(s): Licensed Medical Doctor - State of Pennsylvania.

Community and 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. From senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation, and collegiality. A diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger, and we are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.