Nurse Practitioner - In-patient Palliative Care Team - Full time

We are looking for a compassionate & team-oriented Nurse Practitioner to work in our In-Patient Palliative Care Consult program. In this role, our APRN would work in collaboration with physicians, and other palliative care team members, in an in-patient consult service to deliver palliative care and related health care services to patients and families. In this role, our APRN would see new palliative care consults and follow up on existing palliative care admitted patients throughout the Stamford Hospital setting. Our APRN would also have the opportunity to provide routine palliative care teaching to patients, family members, and newly hired RNs for Stamford Health. 

Work Schedule: Fulltime, 37.5 hours per week; Monday through Friday 8a-4p; no weekends/on call required.

Stamford Hospital, residing on the Bennett Medical Center campus, a 305-bed, not-for-profit community teaching hospital provides area residents with access to the latest technology using a compassionate, patient-centered approach. Stamford Health System is Planetree designated and is a major teaching affiliate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Together with our physicians, we provide a broad range of high-quality health and wellness services focused on the needs of our communities.

Stamford is the second-largest city in Connecticut with a population of over 135,000 and is also the fastest-growing city in the state with a rapidly growing millennial population.  New comers are drawn to our region for an imptoved quality of living, while still having access to NYC via commuter rail or car.  Downtown Stamford continues to expand with the opening of new high-rise apartments, restaurants and boutiques, and is a great walk-able city with a downtown Target, shopping mall, a UCONN campus branch and Mill River Park with a carousel. 

Nearby is the Chelsea Piers Sports Complex and upscale SoNo Collection shopping mall with Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom as well as other fine retailers.  Our area boasts some of the top public and private schools in the country.  

The New Stamford Hospital  opened in September 2016 is the region’s only state-of-the-art, patient-centered, healthcare facility and one of the city's largest employers. 

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