PA Hospice and Palliative Medicine - Palliative Care
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Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center is hiring a full-time physician assistant for its inpatient palliative care team. The role provides care for patients with serious illness in a collaborative, multidisciplinary academic medical center. The position has no call responsibilities or nights and primarily uses eight-hour workdays, with possible ten-hour shifts after training. Relevant experience is preferred.
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Invest in Your Future and Theirs: Full-time Milton S. Hershey Medical Center employees receive a 75% Penn State tuition discount for themselves and eligible dependents through the Grant-in-Aid program.
Penn State Health - Hershey Medical Center
Location: US:PA: Hershey
Work Type: Full Time
FTE: 1.0
Shift: Day
Hours: 8hr shifts with option to 10 hrs
Recruiter Contact: Please contact Erica L. Moyer at [email protected] (MAILTO://[email protected]) for additional information
Inpatient Palliative Care Opportunity – Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center
Join our growing Inpatient Palliative Care team at Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center . This position offers an excellent work-life balance with no call responsibilities and no nights .
Position Highlights:
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Inpatient Palliative Care service
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No call
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No nights
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Primarily 8-hour workdays (possible 10 hours after training completed)
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Collaborative multidisciplinary team
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Academic medical center environment
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Opportunity to provide compassionate, patient-centered care for patients with serious illness
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION(S):
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Graduate of an AMA approved Physician Assistant Program or baccalaureate or higher degree program that meets licensure requirements in the State of Pennsylvania required.
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National Certification in Pennsylvania or in another State with reciprocity and licensure to practice in Pennsylvania required.
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BLS certification required.
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Relevant experience preferred.
WHY PENN STATE HEALTH?
Penn State Health offers exceptional opportunities to learn and grow, exposure to a wide patient population, and the ability to provide individualized, innovative, and specialized care to patients in the community.
Penn State Health offers an exceptional benefits package including medical, dental and vision with no waiting period as well as a Total Rewards Program that highlights a few of the many additional offerings below:
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Be Well with Employee Wellness Programs, and Fitness Discounts (University Fitness Center, Peloton).
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Be Balanced with Generous Paid Time Off, Personal Time, and Paid Parental Leave.
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Be Secured with Retirement, Extended Illness Bank, Life Insurance, and Identity Theft Protection.
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Be Rewarded with Competitive Pay, Tuition Reimbursement, and PAWS UP employee recognition program.
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Be Supported by the HR Solution Center, Learning and Organizational Development and Virtual Benefits Orientation, Employee Exclusive Concierge Service for scheduling.
WHY PENN STATE HEALTH MILTON HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER?
Penn State Hershey Medical Center is Central Pennsylvania’s only Academic Medical Center, Level 1 Regional Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center, and Tertiary Care Provider. As a four-time Magnet-designated hospital, Hershey Medical Center values the hard work and dedication that our employees exhibit every day. Through our core values of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, and Excellence, our employees are a team committed to compassionate care for our diverse patient population, our community and each other. As a valued team member, we promote continued professional development, specialty certification, continuing education, and career growth.
YOU TAKE CARE OF THEM. WE’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. State-of-the-art equipment, endless learning, and a culture of excellence – that’s Penn State Health. But what makes our healthcare award-winning? That’s all you.
This job posting is a general outline of duties performed and is not to be misconstrued as encompassing all duties performed within the position. Eligibility for shift differential pay based on the terms outlined in company policy or union contract. All individuals (including current employees) selected for a position will undergo a background check appropriate for the position's responsibilities.
Penn State Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected class including disability or veteran status. Penn State Health’s policies and objectives are in direct compliance with all federal and state constitutional provisions, laws, regulations, guidelines, and executive orders that prohibit or outlaw discrimination.
Union: Non Bargained
Position PA Hospice and Palliative Medicine - Palliative Care
Location US:PA: Hershey | Advanced Practice | Full Time
Req ID 104784
How this job compares
Set against the 7,833 open Physician Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Pennsylvania median$110–164K/yr75 salary ranges
- Pennsylvania median$42–90/hr48 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 632 open Physician Assistant jobs in Pennsylvania and 7,833 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- UPMC123 open
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- Experience
- Physician Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (2,085 postings).
- Education
- 2,541 of the 7,833 open Physician Assistant jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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