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Everent Health & Affiliates
Louisville, Kentucky

Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callNo weekendsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Pallitus Health Partners 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.

Pallitus Health Partners 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.

Schedule: Monday- Friday 8:00am-5:00pm with occasional on-call coverage

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 Nurse Practitioner or VP/Chief Medical Officer.

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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other state and federal laws, Hosparus Health will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Employees should immediately notify Human Resources if, at some time in the future, they need an accommodation or are no longer able to perform any of the job duties, with or without accommodation. This job description is not considered an employment agreement or contract.

The specific statements shown in each section of this job description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria necessary to successfully perform the position.

Management has the exclusive right to alter job responsibilities at any time without notice to meet business and agency needs, except as required by law.

Pallitus Health Partners 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.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner provides direct palliative care and hospice face-to-face recertification visits to patients in their homes. They also coordinate care with the Interdisciplinary Group and participate in community outreach and leadership activities.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MSN or higher-level Adult Nurse Practitioner degree and possess licensure for advanced nursing practice in Kentucky and Indiana. At least one year of experience in full-time advanced nursing practice, specifically in palliative or hospice care, is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Patient assessmentCare coordinationInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical documentationPatient educationControlled substance management

Palliative Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 16% are remote, 62% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner at Everent Health & Affiliates a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Palliative Care (NP) — ranked against 251 active Palliative Care (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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Salary Distribution25 jobs

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
90%
Sign-on bonus
48%
CME allowance
43%
Loan repayment
19%
Relocation assistance
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Palliative Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 251 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • Includes call

Living in Louisville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$277k
Typical market rent
$1,353/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.1
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Hospitals and Health Care
Louisville, Kentucky
201-500 employees