Palliative Care APP

Supportive Care and Palliative Medicine Nurse Practitioner        

UPMC Pinnacle — a growing, 7 hospital, multisite health care system — is seeking a certified registered nurse practitioner to join the Supportive Care and Palliative Medicine program to provide inpatient and outpatient palliative medicine to patients with serious, chronic illness at Harrisburg Hospital, Community Osteopathic Hospital and West Shore Hospital, and soon to be expanding to our other regional hospitals. 

Opportunity:

• Join a successful program including 4 physicians and 4 certified nurse practitioners who provide pain and non-pain symptom management and advanced palliative care for patients as they receive care from their primary or specialist team
• Actively identify opportunities to improve the patient and family care experience
• Improve the effectiveness of resources as used in management of symptoms, complex chronic medical and social issues
• Flexible schedule, full-time position
• Teaching opportunities with IM residents, as well as nursing and CRNP students
• Shared call 1:7

Professional Skills:

• Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Nurse
• Masters of Science in Nursing and ANA certification desirable
• Board certification as a Nurse Practitioner
• Current CPR/BLS certification.
• Commitment to providing high-quality, compassionate care to patients
• Team oriented with ability to provide personalized patient care and demonstrate clinical outcomes

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Health, life and disability insurance
• Medical malpractice insurance
• Defined contribution plan; 403(b) plan with employer match
• Professional dues
• CME time
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays

About South Central Pennsylvania:

• Features both rural and suburban living and boasts an abundance of sports, arts, cultural events, and entertainment. Close to historically significant areas such as Gettysburg and world-famous Hershey Park and Hershey’s Chocolate World.
• Offers top-rated public schools, blue-ribbon private schools, and some of Pennsylvania’s top colleges and universities. Area school districts are consistently ranked in the top 20 percent of Pennsylvania. With affordable homes — a composite cost of living index of 99.7, compared to 126.5 in Philadelphia — it’s a great place to grow a career and family
• Listed among Forbes.com “America’s Most Livable Cities,” and ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Cities to Live.” We are a two to three hour drive away from New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.

About UPMC in Central Pa:

UPMC Central Pa is a nationally recognized leader in providing high-quality, patient-centered health care services in central Pennsylvania and surrounding rural communities. The not-for-profit system cares for more than 1.2 million area residents yearly, providing life-saving emergency care, essential primary care and leading-edge diagnostic services. The UPMC Pinnacle health system includes seven acute care hospitals with 1,161 licensed beds, over 160 outpatient clinics and ancillary facilities, more than 2,900 physicians and allied health professionals, and approximately 11,000 employees. It is a health care hub serving Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry, York, Lancaster, Lebanon, Juniata, Franklin, Adams and parts of Snyder counties.