Family Nurse Practitioner Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Active New Jersey Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license.
• National board certification.
• DEA and CDS registration, or 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, and compassion.
• 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 while practicing at the top of the clinician’s license.
• Provide palliative care consultations and follow-up visits in skilled nursing settings, including short-stay subacute and rehabilitation patients and long-term care residents.
• Conduct palliative assessments and follow-up visits in SNFs and community settings.
• 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 providers, and hospice.
• Support transition planning throughout the SNF stay, including discharge home, return to long-term care, rehospitalization decisions, hospice transition, and other next-site-of-care planning.
• Complete timely documentation in accordance with clinical, billing, and quality standards.
• Travel locally within Middlesex and Monmouth counties.

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.
• Medical coverage through Cigna PPO, including a $0/month employee-only option.
• Dental and vision coverage.
• Health savings account (HSA).
• Malpractice and professional liability coverage ($1M / $3M).
• 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), dependent-care FSA, and HSA.
• Commuter benefits.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.
• Identity-theft protection.
• Legal plan.
• Pet benefits.
• Member discounts.
• Mileage reimbursement.