Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Palliative Care Medicine - Jefferson Einstein Hospital

Job Details
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Join a Growing, Academic Palliative Care Program
The Palliative Medicine Program at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital is seeking a motivated and compassionate Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant to join our interdisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to practice high-impact palliative care in a dynamic academic medical center, caring for patients with complex, serious illnesses across a variety of inpatient settings, with opportunities for ambulatory practice, teaching, and academic involvement.
About the Role
This position is primarily focused on inpatient palliative care consultation, including care of medically complex patients throughout the hospital. The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant will work closely with palliative medicine attending physicians and an experienced interdisciplinary team to provide expert symptom management, support patients, and families through challenging medical decisions, and enhance quality of care for individuals with serious illness. The role also includes participation in ambulatory palliative care clinics, offering continuity and longitudinal care when appropriate. This role will see adults of ALL ages (not just the geriatric population)
Key Responsibilities
• Provide inpatient palliative care consultation for patients with a broad range of serious and chronic illnesses
• Care for patients across multiple hospital settings, including ICUs, medical and surgical units, and step-down units
• Conduct comprehensive assessments addressing symptom burden, goals of care, psychosocial needs, and treatment preferences
• Partner closely with the palliative medicine attending physician in shared clinical decision-making
• Participate in complex symptom management, including pain and non-pain symptoms
• Facilitate goals-of-care discussions and advance care planning with patients and families
• Participate in ambulatory palliative care clinics, providing outpatient consultation and follow-up
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team including physicians, social workers, chaplains, nurses, and trainees
• Communicate effectively with primary teams and consultants to ensure coordinated care
• Document clinical care clearly and efficiently in the electronic medical record

Job Description

Academic & Teaching Opportunities

• Work in a program that closely collaborates with medical trainees , including residents and fellows
• Opportunities to participate in teaching, mentorship, and academic activities , based on interest and experience
• Engage in the academic mission of an established palliative care program within a teaching hospital

Qualifications

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program or PA School
• Active Pennsylvania Acute Care Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant license or eligibility
• Comfort working with patients with serious illness in inpatient hospital settings
• Strong communication skills and ability to support patients and families during complex decision-making

Preferred:

• Prior experience in palliative care/emergency medicine/critical care is preferred
• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification or NCCPA Certification
• Experience working in ICU and high-acuity inpatient environments

Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type
Regular

Employee Entity
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Primary Location Address
5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.


Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.


Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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