Nurse Practitioner (FNP / AGNP / GNP) – Palliative Care- Union, NJ

NJ Palliative Care Solutions • Union County, NJ

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About The Position

NJ Palliative Care Solutions is hiring an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide outpatient and skilled-nursing-facility palliative care for people living with serious illness. The role serves Union County, New Jersey, with local travel across the county and care delivered in SNFs and community settings. The posting describes an experienced-provider track requiring at least two years of palliative, hospice, or other serious-illness care experience. The position offers a structured ramp into palliative care, mentorship, clinical backup, data-guided coaching, clear workflows, and support from an interdisciplinary team.

The clinician will provide holistic, patient-centered, evidence-based palliative medicine, including consultations, assessments, and follow-up visits. Patients include short-stay subacute and rehabilitation patients with recent hospitalizations, high symptom burden, or complex goals-of-care needs, as well as long-term-care residents and community patients. The clinician will manage complex symptoms, conduct goals-of-care and advance-care-planning conversations, coordinate with relevant care partners, and support transitions through and beyond the SNF stay.

The position is primarily Monday through Friday, with flexibility to swap workdays. It is full-time, although part-time or per-diem arrangements may be discussed for the right candidate. Compensation is $130,000–$160,000 annually, with an annual performance bonus of up to 12.5% of base salary. Benefits include paid time off, medical, dental and vision coverage, malpractice coverage, professional-license and DEA support, CME and tuition support, retirement savings, and additional insurance and employee programs.

Requirements

• Active New Jersey Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license.
• National board certification.
• DEA and CDS registration, or the ability to obtain them by the start date.
• At least 2 years of palliative care or closely related serious-illness experience, such as hospice, palliative care, SNF/LTC, oncology, or geriatrics.
• 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, assessments, and follow-up visits in skilled nursing facilities and community settings.
• Care for short-stay subacute and rehabilitation patients with recent hospitalizations, high symptom burden, or complex goals-of-care needs, as well as long-term-care residents.
• 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 home health and hospice agencies when appropriate.
• Partner with the interdisciplinary team, facility staff, primary care, and hospice.
• Support transition planning from SNF admission through discharge home, return to long-term care, rehospitalization decisions, hospice transition, or other next-site-of-care planning.
• Complete timely documentation aligned with clinical, billing, and quality standards.
• Travel locally within Union County.

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus up to 12.5% of base salary.
• 28 days of paid time off in the first year, increasing to 33 days at 2 years.
• A $0/month employee-only medical option through Cigna PPO.
• Dental and vision coverage.
• Health savings account (HSA).
• Malpractice and professional liability coverage ($1M / $3M).
• License and DEA renewals.
• 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 and member discounts.
• Mileage reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level