Family Medicine Residency Core Faculty

Geisinger Primary Care South Wilkes-Barre is seeking an experienced board-certified Family Medicine, for a family medicine physician and Family Medicine Residency Core Faculty position, in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Geisinger Primary Care South Wilkes-Barre is the home of the Kistler Family Medicine Residency program, a three-year dedicated family medicine residency clinic. Provides preventive care for newborns to elderly patients. Our physicians also provide chronic disease management care for patients with diabetes, heart disease and lung disease, just to mention a few. At the clinic you will experience: Nurse call center to assist with on-call workload, Nurse coordinators support high needs patients, Centralized prescription refill team, Interdisciplinary team and quick access to specialty services, Epic EMR – universal throughout Geisinger. In addition to treating all patient ages, the physician Core faculty member will: Teach, evaluate, and provide formative feedback to residents. Support the program leadership in developing, implementing, and assessing curriculum, mentoring residents, and assessing residents’ progress. Participate in non-clinical activities related to resident education and program administration. Examples of these nonclinical activities include, but are not limited to, interviewing and selecting resident applicants, providing didactic instruction, mentoring residents, simulation exercises, completing the annual ACGME Faculty Survey, and participating on the program’s Clinical Competency Committee, Program Evaluation Committee, and other GME committees. 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. We take pride in the support we provide our physicians: Compensation base begins at $330k, Up to $250k recruitment incentives, Continuing medical education – 15 working days and $4,500 CME funds, Fully paid relocation, 401k – Geisinger annually contributes over $15k.