- Company: Geisinger
- Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Salary: $26,000/yr
Geisinger at a glance
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Registered healthcare provider organization (Physician Assistant) — via CMS NPPES
Geisinger Health System is a regional provider serving central, south-central, and northeastern Pennsylvania from Danville. It serves over 3 million patients across 45 counties and runs ten hospitals, a medical school, and Life Flight air ambulance. Local growth includes NICU work at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton and a large Wyoming Valley expansion.
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Join Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton as a Registered Nurse (RN) and make a direct impact on patient care. This full-time inpatient nursing position offers competitive compensation, signing incentives, and shift differentials for dedicated healthcare professionals at all experience levels.
Position Summary
Geisinger is recruiting Registered Nurses for inpatient hospital roles in Scranton, Pennsylvania. This full-time position welcomes both experienced RNs and recent graduate nurses, offering hiring incentives up to $26,000 for experienced candidates and up to $21,000 for graduate nurses. With a minimum base rate of $40.55 per hour plus shift differentials up to $7 per hour for evening, night, and weekend shifts, this is a competitive healthcare opportunity. Eligible candidates may also receive relocation assistance to support your transition to the Scranton area.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care to assigned inpatients throughout your shift
- Assess patient conditions, monitor vital signs, and communicate changes with the clinical team
- Administer medications, treatments, and interventions per physician orders
- Coordinate care with physicians, specialists, and interdisciplinary team members
- Document nursing observations, patient responses, and clinical data in the medical record
- Support patient safety, comfort, and dignity during their hospital stay
What We're Looking For
- Current RN licensure in Pennsylvania
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
- Willingness to work rotating shifts including evenings, nights, and weekends
- Strong clinical assessment and critical thinking abilities
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Commitment to patient-centered care and professional growth
About Geisinger
Geisinger is a health system serving central and northeastern Pennsylvania communities. Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton is a cornerstone facility within this organization, delivering quality patient care while providing nurses and clinicians the resources and support to practice their profession at the highest level.
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- relocation assistance
- The employer may help cover some or all costs of moving to take the job, such as moving expenses or temporary housing.
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What people say about Geisinger
Public discussion in the provided sources is industry-level, not Geisinger staff reviews: Hacker News threads on healthcare middlemen, insurer reactions after a CEO killing, and a large hospital patient-record breach. Treat those as sector context, not site ratings.
- 'Profit-Enhancing Middlemen' Fuel $200B Health-Care Chaos
- Health insurers remove executive bios, images from websites after CEO killing
- Why conventional wisdom on health care is wrong (a primer)
- Microsoft blamed for million-plus patient record theft at US hospital giant
Recent news
- Work underway on neonatal intensive care unit at GCMC - Scranton Times-Tribune
- Geisinger Pharmacy now open in Buckhorn - Geisinger Health
- Geisinger CMO works to cut friction and lift care - American Medical Association | AMA
- Turner Begins Vertical Construction on $900 Million Geisinger Wyoming Valley Expansion - Turner Construction Company
- Murder trial begins for Maine man charged in 2022 Portland shooting - WMTW
Aggregated from public discussions and news; opinions are the authors’ own.
Working in Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Scranton is the seat of Lackawanna County and the largest city in Northeastern Pennsylvania (about 76,000 people per the 2020 census). It sits in the Wyoming Valley metro area—on-site nursing at GCMC, not remote.
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, forming the Mason-Dixon Line, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie, New York to its north,
🇺🇸 Relocation safety for US: Exercise Normal Caution — via Warnely, CC BY 4.0
National unemployment rate in US: 4.2% — via World Bank
National job openings rate: 4.6% — via BLS JOLTS
Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.3% — via FRED
National quits rate: 1.9% — via FRED (BLS JOLTS)
Weekly initial unemployment claims: 208,000 — via FRED
GDP per capita in US: $90,027 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in US: 2.9% (annual) — via World Bank
Real GDP growth in US: 2.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Average hours worked per year in US: 1,800 — via OECD
Unemployment rate in Pennsylvania: 4.2% — via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cost of living in Pennsylvania: 2.4% below the national average — via BEA
Minimum wage in Pennsylvania: $7.25/hr — via FRED
Real GDP per capita in Pennsylvania: $62,697 — via FRED
Home prices in Pennsylvania (year over year): +5.3% — via FRED
Median household income in Lackawanna County: $64,691 — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Average commute time in Lackawanna County: 21 min — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Most common commute in Lackawanna County: Drove Alone (76%) — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Households with home internet in Lackawanna County: 88% — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Nearby green space: 5 parks within 1.5km — closest is Renaissance Park. via OpenStreetMap
Nearest public transit: Electric City Trolley Station (station, 743m). via OpenStreetMap
Nearby history: Scranton Electric Building, listed 2023 (49m away) — via National Register of Historic Places
Typical climate: average high 59°F / low 40°F year-round (summers around 80°F, winters around 21°F) — via NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Walkability: Above average walkable — via EPA National Walkability Index
Typical rent nearby: $1,028/mo · $1,252/mo — via HUD Fair Market Rents
- Elevation 237m (778 ft)
Source: Wikipedia (state)
Be ready to walk through clinical judgment, safety, and teamwork with concrete examples (decompensating patient, prioritization, handoff). Ask how GCMC orients grads vs. experienced RNs and which units are hiring.
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Strong fit if you want bedside RN work in a large PA health system at Scranton’s GCMC and can work on-site. Weak fit if you need remote work or a published pay band before applying—neither is in this listing’s data.
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Listing facts
- Role RN – Registered Nurse, Experienced and Graduate Nurses
- Employer Geisinger
- Location Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Type Full Time
- Pay (from listing) $26,000/yr
- Posted July 8, 2026
- Apply by August 9, 2026
- Country United States
- Overview Full job description on this page (308 words)
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- Hacker News — 'Profit-Enhancing Middlemen' Fuel $200B Health-Care Chaos
- Hacker News — Health insurers remove executive bios, images from websites after CEO killing
- Hacker News — Why conventional wisdom on health care is wrong (a primer)
- Hacker News — Microsoft blamed for million-plus patient record theft at US hospital giant
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