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New Kensington, Pennsylvania

Hospice Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

Job Title

Hospice Nurse Practitioner

Location: New Kensington, PA, USA

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  • Employee Type
  • Employee
  • Working Hours Per Week
  • 40

Job Description

Care Where You Are: Where Your Work Truly Matters

AHN Healthcare@Home is a nationally recognized leader in home health and hospice, and a consistent Top Workplace. If you are a clinician seeking autonomy, meaningful patient relationships, and real career growth; this is where you belong.

We are hiring a Nurse Practitioner for a Hospice position providing end-of-life care to patients in their homes in the New Kensington, PA area. This position is eligible for a $ 10,000 first year success bonus to reward the accomplishment of key milestones during your first year!

What You’ll Do

Provide compassionate, patient-centered hospice care, collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to enhance comfort, dignity, and quality of life for patients and families

Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments, manage complex symptoms and medications, and develop individualized plans of care that align with patient goals and end-of-life preferences

Educate and support patients, families, and caregivers through clinical decision-making and care planning while ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant EMR documentation through strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills

  • Work independently, but never alone
  • Travel to patient homes within assigned territory
  • Designed for Success
  • Dedicated field education team supporting you from Day 1
  • Leadership that listens, mentors, and champions your growth
  • A collaborative culture where your impact is recognized and your feedback shapes improvement
  • Benefits That Support Your Whole Life
  • Generous PTO
  • 401(K) with company match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Up to 90% off degrees and certifications through our Purdue University partnership
  • Nurse Practitioner Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Science (BSN) degree from an accredited School of Nursing
  • Master of Science (MSN) degree from an accredited School of Nursing
  • A minimum of five (5) years of clinical experience
  • Hold, in good standing, a license as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner issued by the state in which you work
  • Experience in a community based Home Health or Hospice/Palliative Care practice is strongly preferred
  • Due to the field-based nature of this home hospice position, a valid driver’s license and the ability to spend approximately 20% of your workday driving to and from patient locations are required.
  • We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

Notice

Successful completion of a drug screen prior to employment is part of our background process, which includes medical and recreational marijuana.

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  • AHN Healthcare@Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Key Responsibilities

Provide compassionate, patient-centered hospice care by conducting clinical assessments and managing complex symptoms in patient homes. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop individualized care plans while ensuring accurate and compliant EMR documentation.

Requirements

Requires a BSN and MSN degree from an accredited school of nursing, along with a valid Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner license. Candidates must have at least five years of clinical experience, preferably in home health or hospice settings.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentSymptom managementMedication managementPatient educationInterdisciplinary collaboration

Hospice & Palliative Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 64% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Nurse Practitioner by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $137k (middle half $137k–$137k)14 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nurse Practitioner listings in Pennsylvania647 active13,827 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 12% remote · 64% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$10k sign-onPennsylvania Nurse Practitioner listings: 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 7% offer loan repayment647 active listings, Nov 2026
Hospice & Palliative Medicine hiring demand#12 of 19 specialties5% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 61 postings
New Hospice & Palliative Medicine listings60 in the last 30 days30 the 30 days before (+100%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Nurse Practitioner pay trend+2.5% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Below most Hospice & Palliative Medicine (NP) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 93 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Allegheny Health Network

Home Health Care Services
Warrendale, PA
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

$10,000 first year success bonus
Generous PTO
401(K) with company match
Paid parental leave
Up to 90% off degrees and certifications through Purdue University partnership

Living in New Kensington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$220k
Typical market rent
$997/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
94.7
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Pittsburgh, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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