Palliative Care APRN

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Inpatient Palliative Care

We are seeking a compassionate, skilled, and dedicated Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) to join our inpatient palliative care team. In this specialized role, you will provide comprehensive, consultation-based palliative care services to patients and families facing serious, life-limiting illnesses within the hospital setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical Consultations: Conduct comprehensive palliative care assessments, including detailed symptom management, physical exams, and psychosocial evaluations for hospitalized patients.
• Complex Communication: Lead and facilitate challenging family meetings, goals-of-care conversations, and difficult end-of-life and medical decision-making discussions with clarity and empathy.
• Care Coordination: Serve as a vital bridge between the primary hospital care teams, specialists, patients, and families.
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Work seamlessly alongside hospitalists, specialists, social workers, and chaplains to deliver holistic, patient-centered care.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Required:
• Licensure: Must hold an active, unencumbered license as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the State of Texas.
• Certification: Current national certification as a Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist (e.g., AGACNP, FNP, ACGNP or CNS).
• Authority: Active Texas prescriptive authority and DEA registration (or eligibility to obtain prior to start date).
• Future Certification: Must achieve a recognized Palliative Care / Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (ACHPN) certification within two (2) years of joining the practice.
• Exceptional communication skills, emotional intelligence, and a proven ability to navigate high-stress clinical situations.
• Participation in our on-call pool providing after hours support and weekend in person rounding on GIP patients.
• Preferred:
• Minimum of 12 years of dedicated experience in Hospice or Palliative Care nursing or advanced practice.
• Strong background in acute care, geriatrics, or intensive care environments.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary with structured bonus opportunity.
• PTO, Paid holidays and CME
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company matching.
• Comprehensive Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, and Vision options).
• Additional Benefits: Continuing Medical Education (CME) allowance, paid professional liability insurance, and professional license reimbursement.

Compensation Range: $108,466.00 to $162,698.00

The anticipated base salary range represents the Company's good-faith estimate of the compensation it reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, geographic location, internal equity, and business needs.