Nurse Practitioner - PRN - Palliative Care

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Huntingdon, Tennesseefrom $109,500Per Diem / PRNPalliative Care
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends
Practice Authority in Tennessee
Supervision Required

Requires collaborative agreement with a physician.

Job Description

About the Role

Join UnitedHealth Group as a Nurse Practitioner – PRN Palliative Care in United States.

Key Responsibilities

  • will provide direct patient and family care through palliative care consultations, ensuring specialty services for patients with serious illness and a prognosis of one year or less who are not ready or eligible for hospice care.
  • provide direct patient and family care through palliative care consultations, ensuring specialty services fo.
  • provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Salary: $109.5K - $164K
  • 401(k) with employer match.

Work Schedule

  • Per Diem position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join UnitedHealth Group as a Nurse Practitioner – PRN Palliative Care.

Key Skills

Palliative careClinical assessmentMedication reconciliationPatient careEvidence-based practiceNursingPrescriptive authorityBCLSCare planningOncologyHospice care

Requirements

Candidates must hold an RN/APRN license with prescriptive authority and BCLS certification. A minimum of 5 years of clinical nursing experience is required, along with a valid driver's license.
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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner - PRN - Palliative Care at UnitedHealth Group a 4.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as below average. This places the position in the average range of all Palliative Care nurse practitioner listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Candidates should carefully assess workload expectations and scheduling demands before applying.

Palliative Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

This Palliative Care position at UnitedHealth Group is open to nurse practitioner candidates.

Nurse Practitioners are among the fastest-growing healthcare professions, with expanding scope of practice in many states and strong demand for telehealth and primary care roles.

Compensation Analysis

UnitedHealth Group lists compensation for this nurse practitioner position at $110k to $164k annually.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in Huntingdon, Tennessee.

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. For a nurse practitioner earning $300k, the absence of state income tax can represent $15k–$30k or more in annual savings.

Why This Position Stands Out

  • No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
  • No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time
  • Transparent compensation ($110k–$164k)

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Palliative care, Clinical assessment, Medication reconciliation, Patient care, Evidence-based practice, Nursing, Prescriptive authority, BCLS. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Palliative Care role.

Core responsibilities: The Nurse Practitioner will provide direct palliative care consultations for patients with serious illnesses and limited prognoses. They are responsible for conducting comprehensive assessments, formulating care plans, and performing medication reconciliation.

Benefits package: Comprehensive Benefits Package, Incentive Programs, Equity Stock Purchase, 401k Contribution. A comprehensive benefits package is an important factor in evaluating total compensation beyond base salary.

About WeekdayDoc

WeekdayDoc is the only healthcare job board that scores every position for burnout risk and work-life balance. Every listing includes a proprietary burnout score, transparent salary data when available, and lifestyle filters for no-call, no-weekends, and remote positions. Browse more Palliative Care nurse practitioner jobs on WeekdayDoc to compare work-life balance scores and compensation across employers.

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About UnitedHealth Group

Hospitals and Health Care
5-10

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive Benefits Package
Incentive Programs
Equity Stock Purchase
401k Contribution
4.0

Work-Life Balance Score

Below Average

Protective Factors (2)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

Interpretation: Position shows moderate burnout protection with 2 validated protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Per Diem

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