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Southcoast Health System
Fairhaven, Massachusetts

NP-PA-Supportive Care Hospice

Nurse Practitioner 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$59.41-$71.45/hr

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Full-Time
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
No weekends
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Job Description

Overview

Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, charitable, health system with multiple hospitals, clinics and facilities throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Nestled in local communities, Southcoast Health provides inclusive, ethical workplaces where our highly skilled caregivers offer world-class, comprehensive healthcare close to home.

Find out for yourself why Southcoast Health has been voted ‘Best Place to Work’ for 7 years in a row!

We are searching for a talented Advanced Practice Practitioner to join our Health at Home – Supportive Care Hospice – Palliative Consulting Team.

Hours: Full-time - 40 hours 8A – 4:30P Monday - FridayShift: Day – no weekend, holiday or on-call

A career at Southcoast Health offers you

A culture of well-being that embraces, respects, and celebrates the rich diversity of one another and the communities we serve

  • Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package
  • Generous Earned Time Off Package

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  • Employee Wellbeing Program
  • 403B Retirement Plan with company match
  • Tuition assistance / Federal Loan Forgiveness programs
  • Professional growth opportunities and customized leadership training

Available to regular status employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 24 hours.

Southcoast Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Responsibilities

Under direction of the Director of Supportive Care Services or designee, work in collaboration with a Physician, and other palliative care team members, in an active practice to deliver hospice care and related health care services to patients and families.

Perform a wide variety of duties including but not limited to bedside patient/family evaluation, assisting with diagnosis, treatment and management of acute and chronic health conditions, educating/counseling patients, families, and/or caregivers as to preventative care, medical problems, etc, and serving as a nursing resource for education and consultation to members of the interdisciplinary team.

Qualifications

  • Requires a Masters of Science Degree in Nursing.
  • Certification from a national accrediting body to practice as a Nurse Practitioner is required.
  • Current RN license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts & Rhode Island is required.

Minimum of 5 years nursing experience with clinical nursing care in oncology, hospice, geriatrics and/or intensive care preferred.

  • A minimum of one-year Nurse Practitioner experience.
  • Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care required. Must possess current CPR certification
  • Certification from a national accrediting body to practice as a Nurse Practitioner is required.
  • Current RN license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is required.
  • Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care required.
  • Must possess current CPR certification.

Pay Range

USD $59.41 - USD $71.45 /Hr.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningChronic health managementAcute health managementPatient educationInterdisciplinary team collaborationNursing consultation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates NP-PA-Supportive Care Hospice at Southcoast Health System a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Hospice And Palliative Medicine (NP) — ranked against 124 active Hospice And Palliative Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Hospice and Palliative Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 68% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$136k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $129k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

8.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 5% in Hospice And Palliative Medicine (NP)

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About Southcoast Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
New Bedford, Massachusetts
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package
Generous Earned Time Off Package
Employee Wellbeing Program
403B Retirement Plan with company match
Tuition assistance / Federal Loan Forgiveness programs
Professional growth opportunities and customized leadership training