INTERNSHIP
Posted Sep 28, 2026
130K–185K a year
Job Description
Annual Salary: $130k $185k (varies depending on years of experience)
We re looking for a compassionate and experienced Palliative Care Physician to join a forward-thinking healthcare organization dedicated to transforming the experience of serious illness. This role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on patients lives by providing high-quality, person-centered care in the comfort of their own homes.
You ll work closely with a multidisciplinary team to help patients manage complex symptoms, navigate care transitions, and make informed decisions about their goals and preferences. This is an ideal position for a physician who values autonomy, innovation, and the deep human connection that comes with home-based medicine.
What You ll Do
• Deliver comprehensive palliative and supportive care to patients living with advanced or life-limiting illnesses.
• Conduct detailed medical assessments and create individualized treatment and care plans tailored to each patient s physical, emotional, and social needs.
• Collaborate closely with nurses, social workers, and other clinicians to ensure continuity and coordination of care.
• Facilitate open, compassionate conversations around goals of care, prognosis, and end-of-life planning.
• Prescribe and adjust medications for pain and symptom management while monitoring for effectiveness and side effects.
• Support family members and caregivers through education, communication, and ongoing emotional guidance.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for patient needs, emergencies, and coordination of services.
• Use technology-based tools and documentation systems to manage patient information efficiently and ensure high-quality, compliant recordkeeping.
• Collaborate with leadership to improve clinical protocols, optimize workflows, and support performance initiatives related to patient outcomes and quality metrics.
Qualifications
• MD or DO with Board Certification or Board Eligibility in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Geriatrics.
• Active or eligible New Jersey medical license.
• Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience in palliative care, hospice medicine, or complex chronic disease management.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver home-based care and manage complex medical and psychosocial cases.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage patients and families in sensitive, values-based discussions.
• Comfort working with technology, including electronic medical records and mobile devices for documentation.
• Commitment to compassionate, evidence-based, and culturally competent care.
Atlas Search is a tri-state area recruitment agency, connecting new graduates, Advanced Practice Providers, Physicians and Nurse Leaders to hospitals, clinics, multi-specialty groups, nursing homes, managed care companies, private practices, and healthcare start-ups.
If you would like to learn more about the opportunities we offer, please submit your CV for consideration here.
We re looking for a compassionate and experienced Palliative Care Physician to join a forward-thinking healthcare organization dedicated to transforming the experience of serious illness. This role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on patients lives by providing high-quality, person-centered care in the comfort of their own homes.
You ll work closely with a multidisciplinary team to help patients manage complex symptoms, navigate care transitions, and make informed decisions about their goals and preferences. This is an ideal position for a physician who values autonomy, innovation, and the deep human connection that comes with home-based medicine.
What You ll Do
• Deliver comprehensive palliative and supportive care to patients living with advanced or life-limiting illnesses.
• Conduct detailed medical assessments and create individualized treatment and care plans tailored to each patient s physical, emotional, and social needs.
• Collaborate closely with nurses, social workers, and other clinicians to ensure continuity and coordination of care.
• Facilitate open, compassionate conversations around goals of care, prognosis, and end-of-life planning.
• Prescribe and adjust medications for pain and symptom management while monitoring for effectiveness and side effects.
• Support family members and caregivers through education, communication, and ongoing emotional guidance.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for patient needs, emergencies, and coordination of services.
• Use technology-based tools and documentation systems to manage patient information efficiently and ensure high-quality, compliant recordkeeping.
• Collaborate with leadership to improve clinical protocols, optimize workflows, and support performance initiatives related to patient outcomes and quality metrics.
Qualifications
• MD or DO with Board Certification or Board Eligibility in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Geriatrics.
• Active or eligible New Jersey medical license.
• Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience in palliative care, hospice medicine, or complex chronic disease management.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver home-based care and manage complex medical and psychosocial cases.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage patients and families in sensitive, values-based discussions.
• Comfort working with technology, including electronic medical records and mobile devices for documentation.
• Commitment to compassionate, evidence-based, and culturally competent care.
Atlas Search is a tri-state area recruitment agency, connecting new graduates, Advanced Practice Providers, Physicians and Nurse Leaders to hospitals, clinics, multi-specialty groups, nursing homes, managed care companies, private practices, and healthcare start-ups.
If you would like to learn more about the opportunities we offer, please submit your CV for consideration here.
Additional Details
- City
- Edison
- State
- New Jersey
- Country
- US
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