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UMass Memorial Health
Milford, Massachusetts

Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care, Mi

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$130k-$185k

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Job Description

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Hiring Range

  • $129,819.98 - $185,000.00
  • (based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).

Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve.

We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

  • Location: Milford, MA
  • Facility: UMass Memorial Health – Milford Regional Medical Center
  • Department: Milford Regional Physician Group
  • Specialty: Palliative Care
  • Schedule: Full Time

UMass Memorial Medical Group seeks Nurse Practitioner or Physician to join our growing team. Our competitive compensation and benefits package places us as your top choice in the region.

Key Highlights

A nurse practitioner or physician assistant is needed for the Milford Regional Physician Group located within Milford Regional Medical Center/UMass Memorial Health. This is a full time opportunity which will focus on inpatient palliative care.

Join an established inpatient palliative care program and play a key role in expanding supportive care services for patients with serious illness.

Work closely with an experienced interdisciplinary team, collaborating with hospitalists, specialists, nursing, case management, and behavioral health colleagues to deliver patient-centered care.

Build meaningful relationships with patients and families while helping guide complex goals-of-care conversations and symptom management plans.

Benefit from the resources, stability, and academic affiliation of UMass Memorial Health while practicing in a community-focused medical center.

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor’s degree and Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program.
  • Eligible or current Massachusetts license, with national certification (ANCC, AANP, NCCPA, as applicable)
  • Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration and federal DEA Controlled Substance Registration are required.
  • At least one year experience at the advanced practice level, palliative medicine experience strongly preferred
  • Top Tier Benefits to Reflect Your Value and Needs
  • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
  • Generous paid time off (vacation/CME) with 10 paid holidays
  • Practice/CME allowance
  • Pension plan with additional retirement options available
  • Comprehensive tuition reimbursement benefit
  • Paid family and medical leave; short-term and long-term disability programs
  • PSLF Tuition Forgiveness eligible
  • Concierge services for relocation
  • Organization-wide commitment to formal Clinician Wellness Program

Qualified candidates may contact Britt Kosiba, Provider Recruiter, at Brittany.Kosiba@umassmemorial.org

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner will provide inpatient palliative care by collaborating with an interdisciplinary team of hospitalists, specialists, and case managers. They will focus on delivering patient-centered care, managing symptoms, and facilitating complex goals-of-care discussions with patients and their families.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Inpatient careInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical assessmentAdvanced practice nursingMedical documentationPatient advocacy

Palliative Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$157k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $149k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 42 active Palliative Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 43% are remote, 64% have no call, 71% require no weekends.

What does the Palliative Care market look like in Massachusetts?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$130k–$185kPalliative Care median $133k (middle half $125k–$192k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$149k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Palliative Care listings in Massachusetts15 active271 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 43% remote · 64% no call · 71% no weekends42 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts Nurse Practitioner listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 6% offer loan repayment413 active listings, Nov 2026
Palliative Care hiring demand#11 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 34 days · 5% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 149 postings, 168 closed
New Palliative Care listings142 in the last 30 days82 the 30 days before (+73%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Palliative Care pay trend+9.6% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 1.5
Below most Palliative Care (NP) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 260 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About UMass Memorial Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Worcester, Massachusetts
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
Generous paid time off (vacation/CME) with 10 paid holidays
Practice/CME allowance
Pension plan with additional retirement options
Comprehensive tuition reimbursement benefit
Paid family and medical leave
Short-term and long-term disability programs
PSLF Tuition Forgiveness eligible

Living in Milford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$531k≈ 4.1× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,281/mo≈ 21% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
37 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
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.