Palliative Care Physician, Central Region - Edison, New Jersey

At Hackensack Meridian Health we're ready to help you advance your career! We are actively seeking an exceptional Board Eligible/Board Certified Palliative Care Physician to join our thriving and expanding health network primarily in the inpatient setting, with outpatient services as well. Candidates with clinical expertise, effective communication, academic prowess, and a dedication to exceptional patient care are strongly encouraged to apply. 

POSITION DETAILS: 

• Under the supervision of the Palliative Care leadership, the faculty member will work with a multidisciplinary team—including a nurse practitioner, social worker, and chaplain—to provide excellent clinical care. You will join a system-wide effort to ensure integrated palliative care, including development and implementation of clinical protocols and best practices across various patient populations.
• Join a successful program including physicians and more than twenty certified nurse practitioners who provide pain and non-pain symptom management and advanced palliative care for patients as they receive care from their primary care or specialist team
• Actively identify opportunities to improve the patient and family care experience
• Teaching opportunities with residents, as well as nursing students
• Shared call
• Potential for faculty appointment to Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

WHAT WE CAN OFFER:

• A dynamic network of experienced physicians, specialists, and support staff who foster a culture of collaboration and mentorship with strong clinical support
• Highly competitive compensation package
• Robust benefits package

OPPORTUNITY REQUIREMENTS: 

• M.D./D.O. degree from a recognized Medical or Osteopathic School
• Ability to apply for a New Jersey Medical License
• Strong clinical and collaborative skills, as well as an interest in education. 
• Hospice & Palliative Medicine (HPM) board-eligible/certified, with fellowship training OR 2 years’ experience in HPM field beyond board certification. 
• Ability to balance emotionally challenging situations in the context of serious medical illness
• Ability to assess, evaluate, plan, and implement care in complex and life limiting situations

AT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, WE'RE READY... 
TO HELP YOU ADVANCE YOUR CAREER!

Our collaborative team of physicians and advanced practice professionals help make us a distinguished leader, committed to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

WE KEEP GETTING BETTER: 

Hackensack Meridian Health is the leading not-for-profit health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. We aim to serve as a national model for changing and simplifying health care delivery through partnerships with innovative companies and focusing on quality and safety.

OUR MISSION: 

We will transform health care and be recognized as the leader of positive change.

OUR VISION: 

Because innovation is in our DNA, compelling us to create a world where the highest quality care is human-centered, accessible and affordable; we’re always ready to deliver the outcomes that matter most, and excellence is the standard.

OUR NETWORK: 

Hackensack Meridian Health was created in 2016 as a merger of Hackensack University Medical Center and its affiliated hospitals, with Meridian Health System, and is now a large integrated not-for-profit health care organization spanning the eastern shore of New Jersey. HMH comprises 18 hospitals, including two academic medical centers, two children’s hospitals and ten community hospitals, physician practices, more than 120 ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, hospice services, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, and urgent care and after-hours centers.

DEFINING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE:

At the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, our mission is to develop our students, residents, fellows, faculty, and health care environment to deliver the highest quality care for all. Our approach is unique as we utilize the best components of different evidence-based teaching methods, and structure our foundational curriculum explicitly to give students what they need to thrive in the modern, technically demanding, clinical setting.

RANKED #1 IN NEW JERSEY:

Hackensack Meridian Health has two hospitals ranked on New Jersey’s Top 10 Best Hospitals list according to U.S. News & World Report. Hackensack University Medical Center is the #1 adult and children’s hospitals in New Jersey, with premier cancer care at John Theurer Cancer Center, a nationally ranked Orthopedics program, the state’s best programs in Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery, Geriatrics, Pulmonology and Lung Surgery, and the only nationally ranked programs in the state for Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Urology. Jersey Shore University Medical Center is ranked #6 and has received national recognition for its Orthopedics, and Pulmonary & Lung Surgery programs. And JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute has once again been ranked among the nation’s best rehabilitation hospitals.

ARE YOU READY ...

TO CONTRIBUTE TO A GROUNDBREAKING HEALTH CARE NETWORK?

Founded in 1967, JFK Medical Center is a non-profit, 498-bed community hospital, serving residents of Middlesex, Union and Somerset counties in Central New Jersey. With more than 900 affiliated physicians, JFK offers a complete array of advanced services, including general and specialized surgery, cardiac care, maternity and pediatric care, and emergency medicine.