Nurse Practitioner or Physician Associate - Palliative Care
About the role
Pen Bay Medical Center is seeking a compassionate and collaborative Nurse Practitioner or Physician Associate to join our growing Palliative Care team. This position offers the unique opportunity to provide palliative care across both inpatient and outpatient settings, supporting patients and families living with serious illness throughout the continuum of care. Most of this position will be based at Pen Bay Medical Center, with responsibilities that include inpatient consultation services and outpatient palliative care clinic visits. As our program continues to grow, this role will play an important part in expanding access to specialty palliative care services for the coastal Maine community.
What you'll do
- Provide palliative care across both inpatient and outpatient settings
- Perform inpatient consultation services
- Conduct outpatient palliative care clinic visits
- Support patients and families living with serious illness throughout the continuum of care
- Participate in expanding access to specialty palliative care services for the coastal Maine community
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team including palliative care physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and other clinical partners
- Work closely with primary care, oncology, hospital medicine, and specialty services
- Provide patient-centered care focused on quality of life, symptom management, goals-of-care discussions, and caregiver support
What you'll bring
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university
- Graduate of an accredited certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner's program or graduate of an accredited Certified Physician Assistant/Associate program
- Maine NP or PA License and DEA
- 2 years' experience as an NP/PA is preferred
Pay & benefits
The annual base salary for this position is within a range from $117,024 to $151,442. In addition to base pay, MaineHealth offers comprehensive benefits, recognition programs and career growth opportunities. Benefits include paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, along with well-being resources for you and your family. The position also offers CME reimbursement and dedicated professional development time, and may include recruitment payments, relocation assistance, productivity incentives, and quality incentives based on eligibility.
About the community
On Maine's picturesque coast, our community offers an abundance of lakes and rivers, award-winning golf courses, a ski resort and abundant hiking trails. Pen Bay Medical Center serves a vibrant community known for its natural beauty, outdoor recreation, excellent schools, and strong sense of community.
About MaineHealth
MaineHealth is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, "Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America." MaineHealth includes a Level 1 trauma medical center, eight additional licensed hospitals, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health, hospice and senior care services, and more than 2,000 employed providers working together through the MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 24,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.