Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

Imagine building a better healthcare journey for patients with cancer, where individuals and their loved ones feel seen, supported, and heard by their care team – both in and out of the clinic. Where fast access to high-quality care is the norm, not the exception. Where patients have access to a care navigator to guide them through their diagnosis and trusted support all along the way. At Thyme Care, we share a passion for transforming the cancer care experience – not just for patients but also for their caregivers and loved ones, as well as those delivering and paying for their care. Today, Thyme Care is known predominantly as a cancer care navigation company enabling value-based cancer care; in the next few years, we will become a nationally recognized technology-driven and provider-centric care delivery model, reshaping the landscape of cancer care access, delivery, and experience. Our commitment runs deep—we're not satisfied with the status quo but determined to redefine it. To make this happen, we’re building a diverse team of problem solvers and critical thinkers to drive innovation and shape the future of healthcare. If you share our vision and want to be part of something truly meaningful, we want to hear from you. Together, we can revolutionize cancer care and make a difference that lasts a lifetime.

As a Thyme Care Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, you will be a critical member of the clinical team caring for our members with serious illness. You will have three primary responsibilities: First, you will see members for specialty palliative care outpatient appointments via video visits as part of an interdisciplinary team consisting of our Community Health Workers, Oncology Nurses, Social Worker, and Palliative Medicine Physician. As one of the first Nurse Practitioners to join the palliative care team, you will be an important part of bringing our model to scale. Second, you will be responsible for the oversight and direction of interdisciplinary case conferences for our members with advanced serious illness, in which individualized care plans for our members are created and monitored by our team of Community Health Workers and Oncology Nurses. You will provide clinical oversight to the case management team and direct clinical care, as needed. Third, you will provide education about palliative care to our team of Community Health Workers and Oncology Nurses. In particular, you will focus your teaching efforts on the outpatient management of cancer-related symptoms, serious illness communication skills, and advance care planning. In addition, you will be integral to the development and implementation of our advance care planning program. This role reports into our Senior Medical Director and can be remote or hybrid based in our New York City or Nashville offices. All patient interactions will be virtual via telephone, video, text, or our proprietary virtual care platform.

Complete training and are up to speed on Thyme Care’s systems, tools, technology, partners, and clinical expectations. Complete virtual palliative care outpatient visits for our members with the highest degree of clinical rigor. You will work fluidly with our in-house care team and providers to ensure any identified needs are met in follow-up to patient visits. Be adept at leading interdisciplinary case conferences for members with advanced serious illness, guiding our team of community health workers and oncology nurse navigators in the creation of evidence-based, member-centered care plans that focus on interventions that improve member outcomes. Become the go-to person for our oncology nurse navigators and community health workers when they are working with a member who has advanced serious illness. Be comfortable with and correctly follow policies and procedures, escalation pathways, communications best practices, and documentation standards. Your ability to effectively engage and support our members is reflected in our metrics and quality standards.