APRN, Palliative Care
Listed compensation
$130k-$145k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Palliative Care Advanced Practice Provider
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), a member hospital of Dartmouth Health (DH), is seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Provider to join our Palliative Care team. The ideal candidate will have at least 1-3 years of experience in a palliative care or pain management setting.
Responsibilities
- Provide palliative care consultations and follow up care
- Conduct comprehensive patient assessments and develop treatment plans
- Assist with symptom management and pain management strategies
- Facilitate goals-of-care and advance care planning discussions
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes
- Support patients and families through complex medical decision-making
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation within the electronic medical record
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center is an integrated non-profit health system and has a proud 100-year history as an innovator in health care delivery. It includes a 99-bed hospital and 25 primary care and specialty practices at locations in the greater Bennington area and nearby New York and Massachusetts. SVMC is located in Bennington, Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience.
- Salary range $130,000 - $145,000
- The position includes a comprehensive benefits package through Dartmouth Health.
Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited APRN or PA academic program
- National specialty certification as FNP, PNP, Acute or Primary Care A-GNP, WHNP or certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- Required Licensure/Certifications
- Eligible for RN licensure in the State of VT (APRN only)
- Eligible for APRN or PA licensure in the State of VT
- Eligible for Federal DEA Registration
- BLS certification
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Palliative Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Vermont is 98.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$138k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $140k in an average-cost state. 62.3% of Vermont clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 40 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 57% are remote, 83% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $130k–$145k | Nurse Practitioner median $133k (middle half $125k–$192k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$140k in purchasing power | Vermont index 98.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Nurse Practitioner listings in Vermont | 48 active | 13,699 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 57% remote · 83% no call · 68% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US Nurse Practitioner listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Palliative Care hiring demand | #11 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 days · 5% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 149 postings, 168 closed |
| New Palliative Care listings | 144 in the last 30 days | 78 the 30 days before (+85%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Nurse Practitioner pay trend | +1.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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