Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant, Palliative Care, Family Medicine, College of Medicine

Job Overview

The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is recruiting an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to join the Palliative Medicine program. The provider will have clinical responsibilities at UCMC working three 10‑hour days Saturday-Monday.

• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary palliative care team to provide evidence-based palliative care services for patients within UC Health.
• Collaborate with the attending palliative care physician on clinical cases or seek supervision/joint visits when necessary.
• Attend weekly palliative care team meetings.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives within the clinical sites.
• Participate in UC Health palliative care expansion initiatives.
• Serve on hospital committees as needed.

• Contribute to a positive learning environment for learners.
• Give lectures as part of the palliative care education series.
• Provide education and serve as a resource for nursing staff and healthcare providers in areas of clinical expertise.

• Master’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing program.

• Active Ohio APRN license with prescriptive authority.
• Active Board Certification in appropriate nursing specialty.

• Three (3) years nursing experience.
• Additional related work experience may be required depending on specialty/sub‑specialty.

• Master’s Degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program.

• Active Ohio Physician Assistant license with prescriptive authority.
• Certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

• Additional related work experience may be required depending on specialty/sub‑specialty.

• Skills to provide palliative care for a population of all ages in the inpatient setting, including communication skills to lead family meetings, goals‑of‑care discussions, and end‑of‑life discussions with humility.
• Complete psychosocial and spiritual assessments in collaboration with the transdisciplinary team.
• Manage pain and non‑pain symptoms that accompany serious illness.
• Provide end‑of‑life care.
• Ability to work within an interdisciplinary team and provide consultative care in collaboration with primary medical teams through a supportive team environment with enthusiasm, approachability, and respect for all members of the healthcare team.
• Encourage participation of all team members in the development of treatment plans.
• Respect for differing opinions and openness to feedback from all colleagues.
• Minimum of 3 years clinical experience (APP or RN) or completion of an APP palliative care fellowship.
• Willingness to participate in additional training in the field of hospice and palliative medicine.
• Prior APP experience or experience in hospice or palliative medicine.
• In the absence of hospice or palliative medicine experience, experience caring for patients in the inpatient, intensive care unit, oncology, or geriatrics settings.

• Sitting – Often
• Repetitive hand motion (such as typing) – Often
• Hearing, listening – Often
• Talking – Often
• Standing – Often
• Walking – Often
• Bending – Seldom
• Stooping – Seldom
• Kneeling, squatting – Seldom
• Reaching overhead – Seldom
• Pulling, pushing – Seldom

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription).
• Flexible spending accounts and wellness programs.
• Professional development and mentorship opportunities.
• Tuition remission for the provider and eligible dependents.
• Retirement plans: state pension plans (OPERS, STRS) or an Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP) with UC contributing 14–18% of salary.
• Generous time‑off policy including vacation, sick time, 11 paid holidays and additional end‑of‑year paid time off, 6 weeks of paid parental leave.

UC is an E‑Verify employer. If hired, the employee must provide satisfactory proof of employment eligibility by providing acceptable, original forms of identification for employment verification via the Federal I‑9 employment verification process.

Building a workplace where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, including Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans.