Primary Care Physician - FQHC Model Outpatient Clinic
Overview
- Location
- Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Schedule
- Days; variable work week; 40 scheduled weekly hours · Nurse call center assists with on-call workload
- Employer-listed pay
- $320,000
- Practice
- Outpatient only · FQHC Look-Alike (Federally Qualified Health Center)
Listed on official posting
Role summary
CommunityCare Mount Pleasant, an FQHC Look-Alike affiliated with Geisinger, is seeking a family medicine physician for a full-time outpatient-only primary care role in Scranton, PA, with access to NHSC and Pennsylvania Loan Repayment Programs. The position features a physician/APP panel-sharing model, interdisciplinary team support, and academic involvement with medical students and residents.
What the posting highlights
- Physician/APP panel sharing model; nurse call center for on-call; nurse coordinators for high-needs patients; centralized prescription refill team
- Care setting: Outpatient only
- Teaching or an academic practice setting is noted
- APP collaboration or supervision is noted
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Posted base pay vs physician-reported total comp
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $320,000
- Pay context
- Listed on official posting
- Evidence
- isinger We take pride in the support we provide our physicians: ‘Experience b ased salary starting at $320k Residency/Fellow stipend - up to $45k available Up to $250k recruitment incentives Contin
- Observed
- 3 mo ago
- Signing bonus
- $250,000
- PTO
- 3 weeks
Pay in context
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Employer
Geisinger
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Outpatient only
- Facility type
- FQHC Look-Alike (Federally Qualified Health Center)
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $320,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- Is the $250,000 signing bonus subject to repayment or clawback, and over what commitment period?
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Work Design
- Schedule
- Days; variable work week; 40 scheduled weekly hours
- Call burden
- Nurse call center assists with on-call workload
- Shift type
- Days
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Outpatient only
- Coverage model
- Physician/APP panel sharing model; nurse call center for on-call; nurse coordinators for high-needs patients; centralized prescription refill team
- Admin burden
- Centralized prescription refill team; nurse coordinators support high-needs patients; Epic EMR (universal throughout Geisinger)
- FTE
- 1
- Teaching
- Yes
- Research
- No
- Supervises APPs
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
- J-1 waiver
- Yes
Source & Verification
- Source
- Official employer source
- Salary label
- Listed on official posting
- First seen
- 3 mo ago
- Last verified
- 2 days ago
- Extraction confidence
- 72%
Full description
Location:
Community Care Mount PleasantShift:
Days (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Worker Type:
RegularExemption Status:
YesJob Summary:
CommunityCare Mount Pleasant Clinic, affiliated with Geisinger, is seeking a family medicine trained physician for an outpatient primary care opportunity in Scranton, PA.Job Duties:
CommunityCare, a Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike affiliated with Geisinger qualifies for the National Health Service Corp Loan Repayment Program and the Pennsylvania Loan Repayment Program. CommunityCare Mount Pleasant is located in Scranton, approximately 2 hours northwest of Philadelphia.
Living and working here, you’ll join one of our tight-knit communities, and experience a quality of life you can’t get elsewhere. You’ll have opportunities to better your life and make a difference.
Why join CommunityCare?- Outpatient only clinic schedule - variable work week
- Physician/APP panel sharing model
- Nurse call center to assist with on-call work load
- Nurse coordinators support high needs patients
- Centralized prescription refill team
- Interdisciplinary team and quick access to specialty services
- Epic EMR – Universal throughout Geisinger
We take pride in the support we provide our physicians:
- ‘Experience based salary starting at $320k
- Residency/Fellow stipend – up to $45k available
- Up to $250k recruitment incentives
- Continuing medical education – 15 working days and $4,500 CME funds
- Fully paid relocation
- 401k – Geisinger annually contributes over $21k
- Paid time off, holidays, parental and military leave
- Academic involvement with medical students and residents
Position Details:
Education:
Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine- (Required)Experience:
Certification(s) and License(s):
Licensed Medical Doctor - State of PennsylvaniaSkills:
Patient Care And Procedural Skills, Professional Etiquette, Systems-Based PracticeOUR 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, 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.