Inpatient NP/PA Palliative Care

US Career Partners • New Brunswick, NJ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

US Career Partners is recruiting a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide hospital-based palliative care at Jersey City Medical Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The role serves patients living with serious illness and is supported by an established palliative care program, experienced specialists, physician and APP backup, structured mentorship, data-guided coaching, and an interdisciplinary team that includes physicians, APPs, social work, care coordination, and operational support.

The clinician provides holistic, patient-centered, evidence-based palliative medicine across the hospital continuum, including high-acuity emergency department and ICU encounters and ongoing care on medical, surgical, and specialty units. The position involves complex symptom management, goals-of-care and advance-care-planning conversations, coordination with partner skilled nursing facilities and hospices when appropriate, and discharge planning and transitions to the next care setting. The clinician collaborates with hospital teams, integrates into hospital workflows, helps shape the palliative medicine practice, and completes timely documentation that meets clinical, billing, and quality standards.

The position is full-time, with the employer open to discussing part-time or per-diem schedules for the right candidate. The schedule is primarily Monday through Friday, with flexibility to swap workdays. Compensation is a base salary of $130,000–$160,000 per year, plus an annual performance bonus of up to 12.5% of base salary tied to productivity and quality of care.

Requirements

• Active New Jersey Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license and national board certification.
• DEA and CDS registration, or ability to obtain them by the start date.
• At least 2 years of palliative care experience.
• Strong communication skills, clinical judgment, compassion, and comfort working on interdisciplinary teams.

Nice To Haves

• Palliative care certification, such as ACHPN or CHPN.

Responsibilities

• Provide best-practice, holistic, patient-centered, evidence-based interdisciplinary palliative medicine.
• Provide palliative care consultations and follow-up visits across the hospital continuum, including the emergency department, ICU, and 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.
• Coordinate with partner skilled nursing facilities and/or hospices when appropriate.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and hospital teams, integrate into hospital workflows, and help shape the palliative medicine practice.
• Complete timely documentation aligned with clinical, billing, and quality standards.
• Manage discharge planning and transitions from the inpatient setting to the patient's next setting, considering the patient's longitudinal preferences and best interests.

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus up to 12.5% of base salary.
• 28 paid time off days in the first year, increasing to 33 days at 2 years, in a flexible bank.
• Medical insurance through Cigna PPO, including a $0/month employee-only option.
• Dental and vision insurance.
• Health savings account (HSA).
• Malpractice and professional liability coverage ($1 million/$3 million).
• License and DEA renewal support.
• CME support up to $1,000 per year.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $2,000.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Voluntary life and AD&D coverage.
• Accident, critical-illness, and hospital coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Pre-tax flexible spending account (FSA) and dependent-care FSA.
• Commuter benefits.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.
• Identity-theft protection.
• Legal plan.
• Pet benefits.
• Member discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed