Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

Hosparus Health starts with a compassionate team, committed to our mission of creating more moments for our patients facing advanced illness or end of life care. Our premier model of care supports patients and their families with a holistic, team-based approach, wherever the patient chooses to call home. Hosparus Health empowers its people to provide the care our patients want to receive, with a level of service we describe as “above and beyond.” Don’t just find a job. Join our team and help us create more moments for our patients and enrich our communities with compassionate care.

Monday through Friday with on-call rotation
Covers the Bowling Green and Madisonville areas (and surrounding counties)

Nurse Practitioner Position Summary:
The palliative care nurse practitioner (NP) is assigned to the Hosparus Health palliative care community and reports to the Senior Nurse Practitioner. The NP provides direct patient care, including making medically-necessary palliative care visits (billable) and hospice face-to-face recertification (FTF) visits (non-billable). The NP will also rotate to cover general Hosparus Health-wide weekday and weekend call for orders and prescriptions. In addition, the NP supports and coordinates care with the Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) and participates in education, outreach and leadership activities for the community location. The NP may be assigned additional patient care or administrative duties at the discretion of the Senior Director of Clinical Excellence or SVP/Chief Medical Officer.

Nurse Practitioner Position Qualifications:

• MSN or higher-level Adult Nurse Practitioner required.
• Licensure (or eligibility for licensure) for advanced nursing practice in both KY and IN, including DEA and controlled substance permits, required.
• Minimum of one year experience in full time advance nursing practice preferred.
• Primary care, palliative care, hospital-based, or hospice experience preferred.
• Fulfill requirements of on-call duty policies.
• Must have a valid driver’s license in accordance to policy.
• Use of technology-based tools, including electronic medical record, strongly preferred.

Hosparus Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.