Job Description

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Family Medicine at Geisinger summary:

This position seeks a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join a family medicine team at CommunityCare Kistler Clinic in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, providing primary care to patients of all ages. The role requires bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English, offers comprehensive benefits including loan repayment and continuing education, and involves working within a community-focused healthcare organization affiliated with Geisinger. The practitioner will serve a diverse patient population with a focus on quality, safety, innovation, and collaborative care.

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Family Medicine
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Job Category: Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice
Schedule: Rotation
Work Type: Full time
Department: CommunityCare Physician Division
Date Posted: 11/13/2025
Job ID: R-88060
Job SummaryCommunityCare Kistler, an FQHC lookalike model and affiliated with Geisinger, is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join their family medicine team. A practitioner who is fluently bilingual in Spanish and English is preferred.
Job Duties

CommunityCare Kistler Clinic qualifies for the *NHSC Loan Repayment Program which is the National Health Service Corps (up to $75,000 for two-years) in addition to the $10k recruitment incentive.

Due to the patient population, we prefer the Advanced Practitioner to be fluently bilingual in Spanish and must be able to treat all ages (birth to geriatric)

Clinic hours Monday - Thursday 8a -7p; Friday 8a-5p

Advanced Practitioners receive the following benefits:

• $10,000 Recruitment Forgivable Loan - a two-year work commitment

• Comprehensive medical/retirement benefits starting the first day of employment

• 6 paid holidays

• 23 day of Paid Time Off

• Paid relocation

• Continuing Medical Education – 10 working days, based on 8 hours, and $3,000 annually

• Paid malpractice insurance

• Teaching opportunities – are available via advanced practice preceptorship

• Better quality of life - Enjoy fresh air, short commutes, a lower cost of living and tight-knit communities in our respective regions across Pennsylvania.

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:

Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Medicine, Primary Care, Bilingual Spanish English, Community Health, Loan Repayment Program, Advanced Practice Provider, Healthcare Benefits, Patient Care

Job Tags

Full time, Part time,

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