A Career with Countless Rewards

A career with Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care is more than another job. It’s an opportunity to make a significant, powerful and lasting difference in the lives of your fellow community members at a very important time in their life. People who choose to work for Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, whether in the field or in the office, are professionals who are passionate and committed to our mission of making life easier for everyone.

We invite you to explore a Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care career to rediscover the one-on-one, patient-centered care that drew you to your profession in the first place. We have a variety of career opportunities in the health care field such as nursing, social work, spiritual and bereavement counseling in the home care, hospital, and nursing home settings. These various employment opportunities are full-time, part-time, or per diem.


The following position is currently available at Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care:


 RN - On-Call, Part-Time, Nights and Weekends

 Minimum Requirements:

  • Current NYS RN licensure with 1-2 years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting
  • BSN preferred with one year of home health care experience

 (The above mentioned position includes excellent benefits and mileage reimbursement.)

Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care offers its employees competitive salaries and generous benefits in a friendly, professional, and family-oriented work environment.

Mail your resume to:
Marion Ott
Human Resources Coordinator
Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care
1 Birchwood Drive
Oneonta, NY 13820

You can also e-mail your resume to: hr@cahpc.org. For more information call (607) 432-6773.

To download an application click here.

Other Rewards - Benefits

Alleviating the physical, emotional and spiritual pain of patients and their families is rewarding, yet challenging. To keep our staff refreshed and recharged to do their best work, Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care offers a variety of additional benefits to include:

  • Competitive salaries
  • Generous paid time off, including vacation, holidays, sick, and family sick time.
  • Health insurance, life insurance, group dental plan
  • Supplemental personal life insurance plans
  • Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
  • Additional Flexible benefit plans through AFLAC, including a Personal Cancer Plan, Accident Indemnity Plan, and Short-Term Disability Income
  • Pension plan with employer contribution after three years and immediate vesting
  • Comprehensive orientation program
  • Extensive In-Service Training
  • Opportunities for State and National Conferences
  • Discounted wellness program at many local gyms and fitness centers
  • Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
  • Mileage Reimbursement
  • Internal Employee Support Groups

Why Working for CAHPC is so rewarding
If you ask a Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care employee what makes CAHPC a great place to work, you’ll get a variety of responses. But their answers have a common theme that reveals a sense of honor in their work and the organization, and pride in their ability to truly make a difference. Following are real comments from real employees describing the rewards of working for Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care:

“You get to really take care of patients and families.”

Kathy Zahar, RN, Otsego County Home Care Team

“Our co-workers and the "hospice way" of caring make it a great place to work. We get back so much more than we give. For me personally, it’s the fit I was searching for.”

Nancy Stoop, LPN, Nursing Home Team

“As I have been employed in a hospital setting previously, coming to Hospice has been the most rewarding part of my career. The whole staff has been more than helpful with any concerns I have had. There is a good feeling in my heart as I visit these patients and families and offer my care and thoughts as I care for both the patient, as well as support the family members. Hospice has taught me the real meaning of Caring for the whole family, including the patient.”

Chuck Sweet, LPN, Otsego County Home Care Team

“It’s always felt like a gift to be a part of something this hard yet special in our patients and their families’ lives. The best part of working at CAHPC is the reward of being a part of someone’s life at the end and doing the best we can to make them as comfortable as possible. We do our best - no matter who it is!”

Paula Morrell, Home Health Aide, Nursing Home Team

“I have only been with CAHPC a short time, and I love it. They make their employees feel very special. In my position as a crisis care aide, I feel like I really belong. I love my job and I am so glad that I can help make a patient’s final journey home a comfortable one. And I can support their family and friends. So thank you so much for letting me be a part of the CAHPC family.”

Cheryl Rous, Home Health Aide, Crisis Care Team

“When I tell people where I work, their comment is - how do you do it? My answer is - I have been blessed. I know that I cannot change the inevitable but I know I can try to make the now better. I can hold the dying in my arms and cuddle their loved ones. If you are a loving, caring person and you want to make a difference this is the job for you.”

Ruth Snyder, LPN, On-Call Team

“People treat me as they want to be treated. It is so nice to be treated well and feel that you are valued!!”

Kay Miller, Receptionist

“I feel it is special place to work because you are really a part of something and making a difference in someone's life. You can always go home and feel proud of the organization you work for and stand by what they do.”

Kellie Lambrecht, Clinical Office Coordinator

“We have a great work environment, great compensation in every way, support from management, and the opportunity to grow. Where else can you work and get the utmost respect from simply everyone due to our wonderful mission and the program we provide?”

Jan Hendrickson, Executive/Marketing Assistant