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BJC HealthCare
Saint Louis, Missouri

Nurse Practitioner - Palliative care

Nurse PractitionerNo weekendsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$101k-$167k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Additional Information About the Role

Are you looking for a career as a Nurse Practitioner in Palliative Care? Look no further than BJC! At Christian Hospital you will be a part of an extraoridnary team - where compassionate care meets cutting-edge innovation in the heart of St. Louis!

Position Details

Schedule: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm

No Weekends! No holidays!

  • Responsibilities: Provide palliative care and hospice services within inpatient setting
  • Preferred: Palliative care experience
  • Great opportunity for Work Life Balance!
  • For questions about the position, please contact Michael.Moscketti@bjc.org

Overview

BJC Home Care offers patients and their families a complete range of home care services, including skilled nursing services, adult and pediatric hospice and supportive care, rehabilitation therapy, home infusion therapy, infusion treatment rooms, home medical equipment and high-tech respiratory care. Specialty home care programs also are available, including adult and pediatric asthma, cardiac, diabetes, orthopedic and wound care programs.

BJC Home Care provides care to thousands of patients in both Missouri and Illinois. Serving more than 25 counties, it has become the largest home care network in the region and one of the largest in the country.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Utilizes a high degree of knowledge, skill and competence in a specialized patient care area. Assesses, diagnose, prescribes, initiates plan of care and evaluates outcomes within the scope of a formal collaborative practice agreement with physician(s).

Responsibilities

Participates in Professional Development

Manages the health care of patient populations with compassion through advanced health assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation in a collaborative practice agreement with a physician. Prescriptive responsibilities are reviewed by collaborative physician.

Coordinates the care of patient populations, in a collaborative practice agreement with a physician, to ensure promotion of health and wellness through education of patients and families, coordination of services and placing referrals.

Assesses development needs of staff and develops and delivers appropriate educational programs to meet staff needs.

Develops treatment plans, treats patients with acute problems including illnesses and minor injuries following a predetermined protocol in a collaborative practice agreement with a physician.

Minimum Requirements

Education

Master's Degree

  • Nursing(Accredited NP Program)

Experience

<2 years

  • Supervisor Experience
  • No Experience
  • Licenses & Certifications
  • Valid Driver's License
  • Nurse Practitioner
  • RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

Doctorate

  • Nursing

Experience

2-5 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

  • Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
  • Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
  • 401(k) plan with BJC match
  • Tuition Assistance available on first day
  • BJC Institute for Learning and Development
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
  • Adoption assistance
  • To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Nursing from an accredited NP program and possess a valid Nurse Practitioner license. While not required, 2-5 years of experience and previous palliative care experience are preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient assessmentTreatment planningPatient educationStaff developmentClinical interventionHealth evaluationInpatient care

Palliative Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$134k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $148k in an average-cost state. 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

BJC HealthCare ranks #15 of 17 employers hiring Nurse Practitioner on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 60% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner - Palliative care at BJC HealthCare a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Palliative Care (NP) — ranked against 259 active Palliative Care (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

28 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution28 jobs · 23 employers

9
<$150k
11
$150k-170k
4
$170k-190k
2
$190k-210k
2
$210k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs · 23 employers

401k / retirement match
84% this job
Sign-on bonus
56%
CME allowance
44%
Loan repayment
20%
Relocation assistance
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Palliative Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 259 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • On-site

Living in St. Louis

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$258k≈ 2.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,334/mo≈ 16% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About BJC HealthCare

Hospitals and Health Care
St Louis, Missouri
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Legal Services
Disability Insurance
401(k) with match
4% Automatic Retirement Contribution