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Calvary Hospital
Bronx, New York

Attending Nurse Practitioner (Per Diem)

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callPer Diem Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$90/hour

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Job Description

For over 125 years, Calvary Hospital and Calvary @Home located in the Bronx, New York has been dedicated to the palliative care of advanced cancer and other terminally ill patients and their families.

Through a caring, compassionate, philosophy of non-abandonment, the hospice provides a full spectrum of palliative services, including emotional, spiritual, and physical care.

The hospice receives patients from referring institutions throughout New York City and the entire tristate area. When you come to Calvary Hospital, you're not just getting a job, you're joining a family.

Requirements: To assume continuous duties of patient care as assigned by the Calvary Hospital Medical Director.


Location:
Bronx Campus

Status: Per Diem

Salary: $90.00 hourly

Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated proficiency in initiating and completing complicated projects.
  • Advanced degrees related to healthcare administration and/or regulation (e. g.

    CPA, MBA, JD) or substantially relevant experience in these fields preferred.

  • 3600 hours experience in hospital, inpatient hospice, medical-surgical, community-based Hospice, or palliative care setting as a Nurse Practitioner is required.
  • Interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with patients, families, and staff.
  • Competent to care for patients in the advanced stage of disease.
  • Exhibits an ability and attitude relative to the spirit of caring and tradition at Calvary Hospital as required by specific job duties and functions.

Education:

    • Current NYS Registered Nurse license, current NYS Nurse Practitioner license, and current DEA license.

COVID-19 vaccination is strongly encouraged for all new hires prior to beginning employment at Calvary Hospital.

Certifications

DEA License (preferred)

Palliative Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 40 active Palliative Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 35% are remote, 57% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Palliative Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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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 251 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in New York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$876k
Typical market rent
$4,154/mo
Residents’ average commute
40 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.