Palliative Care Physician
Listed compensation
$125k-$750k
The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only
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Job Description
- Palliative Care Physician
- Palliative Care
- Full-Time | Monday-Friday | No Call
About the Role
Saint Peter’s Healthcare System is seeking a board-certified Palliative Care Physician to join our inpatient palliative care service. In this full-time, weekday role, you will provide expert symptom management, guide complex goals-of-care conversations, and support patients and families facing serious illness. This position offers a predictable Monday-Friday schedule with no night, weekend, or call responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Provide inpatient palliative care consultation for adult patients with serious or life-limiting illness
- Manage pain and non-pain symptoms, including complex symptom burden at end of life
- Lead goals-of-care, advance care planning, and code status discussions with patients and families
- Collaborate with hospitalists, intensivists, oncologists, and other specialists to align care plans with patient values
- Work within an interdisciplinary team of nurses, social workers, chaplains, and care coordinators
- Support transitions to hospice, home-based care, and post-acute settings
- Participate in quality improvement, education, and program development initiatives
What We Offer
Inpatient Full-time opportunity, Monday-Friday schedule with no call
Competitive Compensation and Comprehensive Benefits Package
- Collaborative, mission-driven environment within a Catholic, community-based academic healthcare system
- Opportunity to help grow and shape the palliative care program
- CME allowance, malpractice coverage, over 44 days off, great perks
About Saint Peter’s Healthcare System
Saint Peter’s Healthcare System is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit healthcare system in Central New Jersey, known for compassionate, high-quality care and a commitment to serving diverse communities.
Requirements
- MD or DO from an accredited institution
- Board certified or board eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Completion of residency in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or another ABMS-recognized primary specialty
- Eligible for New Jersey medical licensure and DEA registration
- Strong communication skills and a compassionate, patient-centered approach
- Commitment to culturally sensitive, whole-person care
Full-time compensation at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System ranges from 125,000.00 - 750,000.00 USD, which is impacted by various factors, including but not limited to physician specialty, years of experience, academic and administrative appointment, and pre-established metrics on productivity/patient engagement/quality. The compensation range listed is a good faith determination of potential compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future..
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Palliative Care Physician at Saint Peters Healthcare System a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Palliative Care — ranked against 88 active Palliative Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Palliative Care — Physician Career Context
The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$438k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $402k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 8.0 / 10 · top 5% in palliative care | ranked against 88 Palliative Care listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $125k–$750k | Palliative Care median $273k (middle half $220k–$280k)17 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$402k in purchasing power | New Jersey index 108.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Palliative Care listings in New Jersey | 5 active | 89 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | New Jersey Physician listings: 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 12% offer loan repayment532 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Palliative Care hiring demand | not ranked this month | postings stay open a median 54 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 18 postings, 41 closed |
| New Palliative Care listings | 143 in the last 30 days | 76 the 30 days before (+88%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
Work-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 88 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No call
- No weekends
- No nights
About Saint Peters Healthcare System
Benefits & Perks
Living in New Brunswick
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $442k≈ 3.5× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $2,820/mo≈ 27% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 23 min
- State income tax
- Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.