Palliative Care Physician - Astera Cancer Care
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Job Description
- Palliative Care Physician Opportunity
- Astera Cancer Care
- Edison and East Brunswick, NJ
Job Details
- Occupation: Physician
- Specialty: Palliative Care
- Clinic Location: Edison and East Brunswick, NJ
- Employment: Full-Time
- Opportunity: Private Practice, Outpatient
- Board Certifications: BE/BC
- Degree: MD/DO
Ideal Candidate
- Experienced Physicians preferred
- No inpatient work, no call coverage
- Open to 4- or 5-day work week schedule
Recruitment Package
Top-Tier Compensation: Benefit from highly competitive compensation structures. No cap on earning potential. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Professional Growth: Enjoy CME reimbursement to further your education and skills.
Comprehensive Benefits: Robust benefit package, reviewed annually to stay competitive with the market. This includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death coverage.
- Secure Your Future: We offer comprehensive, flexible, and competitive retirement savings options.
- Peace of Mind: We cover your malpractice insurance.
- Work-Life Balance: Paid time off, to ensure you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
- Community Care: Make a real difference by caring for patients in their local communities.
- Career Advancement: Seize leadership opportunities for career growth within our organization.
Supportive Environment: Join a physician-led and managed organization that values clinical autonomy, work-life balance, and quality patient care while prioritizing your professional development and well-being.
About the Practice and Their Mission
Astera Cancer Care is a physician-owned multi-specialty community oncology practice delivering high-quality, coordinated, patient-centered cancer care.
At Astera Cancer Care, their mission is to transform cancer care and the care and management of blood disorders with patient-focused, research-based treatment guided by compassion.
Their team of multidisciplinary experts works together to improve the patient experience and provide efficient access to care, minimizing the clinical, financial, and emotional barriers that patients face.
The practice offers Hematology/Medical Oncology, Breast Surgery, Palliative Care, Radiation Oncology, and Clinical Trials & Research Programs.
Astera Cancer Care is a proud partner of OneOncology. OneOncology is a national partnership of leading independent community oncology practices working together to improve the lives of everyone living with cancer with a physician-led, data-driven, technology-powered, and patient-centric model.
Through OneOncology, partner practices have shared technology platforms that foster communication, data sharing, and clinical excellence across the network. OneOncology’s non-exclusive clinical trial site management subsidiary, OneR, delivers complex, multi-center clinical trials to affiliated practices.
If you would like to apply or learn more about this opportunity, please email your CV to shanna.carpien@oneoncology.com
I look forward to speaking with you!
Key Responsibilities
Provide high-quality, patient-centered palliative care in an outpatient clinic setting. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to manage patient care and participate in clinical research programs.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree and be Board Eligible or Board Certified. Experienced physicians are preferred for this role.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Palliative Care Physician - Astera Cancer Care at One Oncology a 7.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Palliative Care — ranked against 88 active Palliative Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
Palliative Care — Physician Career Context
The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 7.1 / 10 · top 10% in palliative care | ranked against 88 Palliative Care listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Palliative Care median $237k (middle half $220k–$280k)16 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | New Jersey index 108.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | New Jersey physician listings (all specialties): 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 13% offer loan repayment503 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 | 133 in the last 30 days | 82 the 30 days before (+62%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
Top Palliative Care Jobs
2 matches · ranked by payPalliative Care Physician
Saint Peters Healthcare System · New Brunswick, New Jersey
Outpatient Palliative Care Physician
United Health Services · Binghamton, New York
Work-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 88 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No call
- No weekends
Benefits & Perks
Living in East Brunswick
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $586k
- Typical market rent
- $2,751/mo
- State income tax
- Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.