Inpatient Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Complete Care; Somerville (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary

Annual bonus

Paid time off

Malpractice coverage

License/DEA support

CME allowance

Tuition reimbursement

Medical insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

NJ Palliative Care Solutions in New Jersey seeks a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide hospital-based palliative care at RWJ Somerset Hospital in Somerville. Inpatient palliative experience and NJ license required.

You will join an interdisciplinary team with mentorship, lead goals-of-care conversations, and coordinate with SNFs/hospices. Schedule is mostly Monday–Friday with strong support and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Active New Jersey NP or PA 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 preferred (e.g., ACHPN/CHPN).
• Strong communication, clinical judgment, and comfort working on interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide hospital-based palliative care consultations and follow-up visits across the inpatient continuum.
• Lead goals-of-care and advance care planning conversations with patients and families.
• Manage complex symptoms for patients with advanced illness and chronic disease.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and hospital staff to integrate palliative medicine into workflows.
• Complete timely documentation aligned with clinical, billing, and quality standards.
• Assist with discharge planning and transitions to next setting.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical judgment

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Empathy

Education

National board certification

Job description

• License: Inpatient – RWJ Somerset Hospital, Somerville NJ

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 – RWJ Somerset Hospital, Somerville NJ
• New Jersey NP or PA license required

About us & the role:

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 RWJ Somerset Hospital for patients living with serious illness. Palliative care experience is required for this inpatient role.

Why you’ll want this role:

• A strong palliative program behind you: experienced specialists, clinical backup, and data-guided coaching.
• A real interdisciplinary team: physicians, APPs, social work, care coordination, and operational support.
• Clear workflows and quality expectations — not a sink-or-swim field role.
• Primarily a Monday–Friday schedule with flexibility to swap workdays.
• 28 PTO days in year one and a $0/month employee-only medical option.
• Academic pathways, CME up to $1,000/year, and tuition reimbursement up to $2,000.

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.