Palliative Care Physician
Palliative Care
Full-Time | Monday-Friday | No Call
About the Role
Saint Peter’s Healthcare System is seeking a board-certified Palliative Care Physician to join our inpatient palliative care service. In this full-time, weekday role, you will provide expert symptom management, guide complex goals-of-care conversations, and support patients and families facing serious illness. This position offers a predictable Monday-Friday schedule with no night, weekend, or call responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Provide inpatient palliative care consultation for adult patients with serious or life-limiting illness
- Manage pain and non-pain symptoms, including complex symptom burden at end of life
- Lead goals-of-care, advance care planning, and code status discussions with patients and families
- Collaborate with hospitalists, intensivists, oncologists, and other specialists to align care plans with patient values
- Work within an interdisciplinary team of nurses, social workers, chaplains, and care coordinators
- Support transitions to hospice, home-based care, and post-acute settings
- Participate in quality improvement, education, and program development initiatives
What We Offer
- Inpatient Full-time opportunity, Monday-Friday schedule with no call
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package
- Collaborative, mission-driven environment within a Catholic, community-based academic healthcare system
- Opportunity to help grow and shape the palliative care program
- CME allowance, malpractice coverage, over 44 days off, great perks
About Saint Peter’s Healthcare System
Saint Peter’s Healthcare System is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit healthcare system in Central New Jersey, known for compassionate, high-quality care and a commitment to serving diverse communities.
Requirements:
- MD or DO from an accredited institution
- Board certified or board eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Completion of residency in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or another ABMS-recognized primary specialty
- Eligible for New Jersey medical licensure and DEA registration
- Strong communication skills and a compassionate, patient-centered approach
- Commitment to culturally sensitive, whole-person care
Full-time compensation at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System ranges from 125,000.00 - 750,000.00 USD, which is impacted by various factors, including but not limited to physician specialty, years of experience, academic and administrative appointment, and pre-established metrics on productivity/patient engagement/quality. The compensation range listed is a good faith determination of potential compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. .