NP Provider Hospice & Palliative Care (Per Diem)
Company: MJHS
Location: New York City
Posted on: March 6, 2026
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Job Description:
Per Diem rates: In-person initial visit $180 In-person follow-up
visit $100 Telehealth follow-up visit $70 MJHS is a large
not-for-profit health system in the Greater New York area. Our
range of health services include home care, hospice and palliative
care for adults and children, rehabilitation and nursing care at
Menorah, and the research based MJHS Institute for Innovation and
Palliative Care. We also offer Elderplan/HomeFirst: health plans
for Medicare and dual-eligible individuals. As a not-for-profit
organization, many of our programs and services are made possible
through the generosity of grateful families, corporate donors and
grants, as well as our own employees. Our groundbreaking hospice
and palliative care programs offer a significant difference when
dealing with a life-limiting condition. We offer a broad range of
services in the community or facility-based to help patients and
their families ease the burden of managing a life-limiting illness
or end of life care. The Nurse Practitioner (NP) provider is one of
a group of MDs and NPs who staff palliative care consultation
services that function as programs of MJHS Hospice and Palliative
Care. The NP Provider may work in a nursing home, hospital or
community environment. Specialist skills in symptom management,
communication including goal setting discussions, and hospice
eligibility review, and may work independently or as part of a
treatment team. Initial patient encounters are in response to
consultation requests, and the initial consultation may be followed
by one or more visits, as appropriate to the referral questions and
status of the patient and family. The care plan advanced by the NP
Provider aims to prevent or mitigate illness burden for the patient
and family. Each encounter comports with best practices of
specialist palliative care, including history-taking, appropriate
examination, formulation and care planning, treatment
recommendation or implementation, communication, and documentation.
Other responsibilities include developing quality initiatives,
educating staff, and supporting hospice operations through
participation in the provider on call rotation and performance of
face to face encounters as needed. - Implements specialist
palliative care consultation services as a provider. - Maintains
effective communication with referral sources. - Performs timely,
accurate and compliant documentation. - Identifies self- learning
needs and outlines a plan for continuing education. - Demonstrates
a professional, courteous, and respectful attitude in dealing with
referral sources, healthcare professionals, patients and family
members. - Performs other clinical or administrative tasks
consistent with professional scope of practice. - Performs other
clinical or administrative tasks consistent with scope of practice
from time to time, as requested by management. • Master's degree in
Nursing and Graduate of an approved Nurse Practitioner Program
required. • Minimum of 1-year clinical experience as a NP provider
preferred. Hospice, Palliative Care and/or Geriatric nursing or NP
experience preferred. • New York State RN licensure, Certified
Adult, Family, Gerontology, or Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
required. • CPR-BLS and valid NYS Driver's license preferred. •
Hospice & Palliative Care certification strongly encouraged by year
2 of hire. • Microsoft Word and Excel. • Ability to work flexible
hours to meet the needs of the position. • Ability to coordinate
the resources and personnel involved in a comprehensive
interdisciplinary team environment. • Ability to travel within the
assigned geographic area to provide patient care. • Possess
teaching, communication, and listening skills. • Ability to work
non-judgmentally with patient / family members of any culture,
religion, socio-economic background or lifestyle. • A high degree
of accountability. • Excellent communication, listening, and
organizational skills. • Ability to work within an integrated
health care team. • Ability to demonstrate effective critical
thinking skills. • Ability to problem solve independently.
Keywords: MJHS, West Hartford , NP Provider Hospice & Palliative Care (Per Diem), Healthcare , New York City, Connecticut
