NP Provider Hospice & Palliative Care (Pediatric)
Company: MJHS
Location: Bronx
Posted on: February 5, 2026
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Job Description:
$15,000 Sign-On Bonus or Student Loan Assistance! This
field-based position will cover the following locations: Manhattan,
Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. 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 Isabella Centers, 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
Pediatric NP Provider Hospice/Palliative Care has two primary
responsibilities. - He/she will provide NP-appropriate service to
patients enrolled in hospice and may also assist in staffing
pediatric palliative care consultation services that function as a
program of MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care - He/she will work in
the community environment, and may, on occasion, provide
consultation in the long-term care environment or hospital. - In
all settings, he/she will provide in-person visits or telehealth
visits, as appropriate. - Providing comfort care consistent with
best practices, including history-taking, appropriate examination,
formulation and care planning, treatment recommendation or
implementation, communication, and documentation - In the role as
hospice NP, he/she will coordinate with the team physician and
manager and will be responsible for face-to-face evaluations for
hospice eligibility, and the assessment and management of hospice
patients in need of exigent medical care - He/she will also
contribute to the training of the hospice team, providing support
for the interdisciplinary team, as needed - He/she will also help
build a teaching curriculum on pediatric aspects of hospice care
that will be of use to our hospice workers who are engaged in
pediatric care through cross coverage for when young adolescents
are incorporated into adult hospice teams - In providing both
direct care and support to other clinicians, the NP will use an
evidence-based approach to management and to the use of materials
and policies/procedures - Other activities related to quality
improvement projects may also be required, as appropriate •
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. • Prior experience working
as a member of a specialist-level palliative care team or working
in a hospice environment preferred. • Prior pediatric nursing or
pediatric NP experience strongly preferred. • NYS NP License
(Certified Pediatric, Family, or Palliative Care Nurse
Practitioner) • CPR-BLS • NYS Driver's license and car • 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 across the
agency’s geographic territory to provide patient care as needed. •
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, Edison , NP Provider Hospice & Palliative Care (Pediatric), Healthcare , Bronx, New Jersey
