Urgent Care, Urgent Care Physician
Location
Wilkes Barre, PA | United States
Job description
Geisinger is seeking a full-time physician to join our ConvenientCare+ urgent care clinic at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.
The Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre ConvenientCare+ clinic provides patients with an alternative to the Emergency Department when prompt intervention is needed to treat worsening illness or exacerbation of a chronic condition.
**We are also hiring for Urgent Care Physicians at our Geisinger Tunkhannock and Selinsgrove locations **
- Hours: Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday - Sunday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Clinical requirement: 1,752 hours/year (averages to 146 hours/month)
- Shifts: 12 hour (M-F) & 9 hour (S-S)
- Support staff: Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, RNs (available all hours of operation), Phlebomoy, Radiology Techs
- Exam Rooms: 7
- Electronic Health Record: Epic
- Specialized Equipment: Telemedicine carts, negative pressure rooms, continuous vital sign monitoring
- Diagnostics: X-Ray, Ultrasound, CT, MRI
- Hospital Admissions: If necessary, patients can be directly admitted to the hospital from this hospital-based clinic.
- Services: Diagnostics, including laboratory and imaging studies (onsite), as well as treatments including (but not limited to):
- Nebulizer therapy
- Diuresis (intravenous)
- Hydration (intravenous)
- Corrections of electrolyte abnormalities such as hyponatremia or hyperkalemia
- Intravenous antibiotic treatment for conditions like cellulitis, simple pneumonia or infection
- Antihistamine treatment for patients with allergic reaction without airway concern
- Rate control for patients with known atrial fibrillation (AFib)
- Hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia treatments
- Antihypertensives
- Headache/migraine treatment for known migraine patients
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The successful candidate will be family medicine or emergency medicine residency trained with a passion for urgent care medicine.
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