Inpatient Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
NJ Palliative Care Solutions is on a mission to deliver palliative care without walls across New Jersey, partnering with leading health systems including RWJBarnabas Health. We are hiring a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide hospital-based palliative care at Community Medical Center for patients living with serious illness.
About the role
Provide high-touch palliative care for people facing serious illness — with structured mentorship, physician/APP backup, and a team that does not leave you to figure it out alone. This inpatient role requires palliative care experience and an active New Jersey NP or PA license.
Responsibilities
- Perform at the top of your license, delivering best practice, holistic, patient-centered, evidence-based interdisciplinary palliative medicine.
- Provide palliative care consultations and follow-up visits across the hospital continuum — from high-acuity ED and ICU encounters to ongoing management on medical, surgical, and specialty units.
- Manage complex symptoms for patients with advanced illness and chronic disease.
- Lead goals-of-care and advance care planning conversations with patients and families, coordinating with partner SNFs and/or hospices if and when appropriate.
- Partner with the interdisciplinary team and hospital teams, fully integrating into hospital workflows and shaping the palliative medicine practice.
- Complete timely documentation aligned with clinical, billing, and quality standards.
- Spend as much time on discharge planning as on intake, managing transitions from inpatient to the patient’s next setting, considering each patient’s longitudinal preference and best interests.
Requirements
- Active New Jersey Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license and national board certification.
- DEA + CDS registration, or ability to obtain by start date.
- 2+ years of palliative care experience required.
- Palliative care certification (e.g., ACHPN / CHPN) preferred.
- Strong communication, clinical judgment, compassion, and comfort working on interdisciplinary teams.
Benefits
- 28 days of paid time off your first year, growing to 33 days at 2 years, in one flexible bank.
- Medical via Cigna PPO, including a $0/month employee-only option, plus dental, vision, and an HSA.
- Malpractice & professional liability ($1M / $3M) coverage.
- License & DEA renewals, up to $1,000/year CME, and up to $2,000 tuition reimbursement.
- Short- and long-term disability, voluntary life & AD&D, and accident / critical-illness / hospital coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, plus pre-tax FSA, dependent-care FSA, HSA, and commuter benefits.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, identity-theft protection, legal plan, pet benefits, and member discounts.
Pay
Competitive base salary: $130,000–$160,000/year. Annual performance bonus up to 12.5% of base salary, rewarding both productivity (RVUs) and quality of care.
Schedule
Primarily a Monday–Friday schedule with flexibility to swap workdays. Full-time preferred, but open to discussing part-time or per-diem arrangements for the right candidate.