Inpatient Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Community Medical Center, Toms River, NJ

Complete Care at Summit Ridge

• $130K — $160K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active New Jersey Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license
  • National board certification
  • DEA + CDS registration or ability to obtain by start date
  • 2+ years of palliative care experience
  • Palliative care certification preferred
  • Strong communication and clinical judgment skills
  • Experience collaborating on interdisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

  • Provide holistic, patient-centered, interdisciplinary palliative medicine
  • Conduct consultations and follow-up visits across hospital settings
  • Manage complex symptoms for patients with advanced illness
  • Lead goals-of-care and advance care planning discussions
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary and hospital teams
  • Ensure timely documentation in support of clinical and quality standards
  • Assist with discharge planning and transition to next care settings

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary with annual performance bonus
  • 28 PTO days in year one, increasing to 33 days after two years
  • $0/month employee-only medical option plus dental and vision
  • CME allowance up to $1,000/year
  • Tuition reimbursement up to $2,000
  • Malpractice coverage and professional liability
  • Comprehensive retirement plan with 401(k) options
Full Job Description
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. Base salary $130,000-$160,000/year plus annual performance bonus up to 12.5%. Primarily a Monday-Friday schedule, 28 paid time off days in year one, a $0/month employee-only medical option, malpractice coverage, license/DEA support, CME, and tuition support. Setting • License: Inpatient - Community Medical Center, Toms River NJ • New Jersey NP or PA license required 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. Palliative care experience is required for this inpatient role. What you'll do: • Perform at the top of your license, performing 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. What you bring: • 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. Compensation & total rewards: • 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. • 28 days of paid time off your first year, growing to 33 days at 2 years, in one flexible bank. • Malpractice & professional liability ($1M / $3M), license & DEA renewals, up to $1,000/year CME, up to $2,000 tuition reimbursement. • Medical via Cigna PPO, including a $0/month employee-only option, plus dental, vision, and an HSA. • 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. This position is full-time, and full-time is our strong preference. That said, we know exceptional clinicians sometimes need a different arrangement - for the right candidate, we're open to discussing part-time or per-diem schedules. If that's you, please apply and tell us what schedule you have in mind.

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