Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
Lafayette, LAJob$91–136K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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The Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner provides direct patient and family care through palliative care consultations for people with serious illness and a prognosis of one year or less who are not ready or eligible for hospice care. The role uses evidence-based palliative medicine practices, develops and evaluates plans of care, and conducts comprehensive clinical assessments. ACHPN certification is encouraged after two years of employment or when experience requirements are met.
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Requisition number: 2398911
Job category: Healthcare Delivery, Advanced Practice Clinicians
Explore opportunities with Acadian Palliative Care, a part of LHC Group. As part of the Optum family of businesses, we provide home health, hospice and community-based services that help people receive quality care where they feel most comfortable: at home. Rooted in personalized care, we support patients and provide comfort through each stage of their health journey, while building trusted relationships along the way. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
As the Palliative Care Nurse, you 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.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Demonstrates effective and ethical use of approved evidence-based palliative medicine practices in the delivery of all patient care based on physical, emotional, spiritual, psycho/social, ethical, educational, safety and related criteria, appropriate to the ages of patients served
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Demonstrates knowledgeable clinical expertise by incorporating palliative care body of knowledge to formulate an effective plan of care
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Gathers pertinent information systematically from all sources, including medical records, family history, and caregivers, and thorough specialty physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual clinical patient assessment
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Completes a comprehensive assessment utilizing the palliative care domains of assessment, interprets findings, conducts medication reconciliation, and formulates problem-related diagnoses, initiates plan of care utilizing therapeutic interventions, and evaluates the results of these actions for adequate outcome responses
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ACHPN certification encouraged after 2 years of employment or when experience requirements are met
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
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RN/APRN licensure in state of practice
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Nurse Practitioner/CNS with prescriptive authority
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BCLS licensure
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5+ years of clinical nursing experience
Preferred Qualifications:
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Advanced practice palliative care certification (ACHPN)
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1+ years as APRN in Hospice, Palliative Care, or Oncology
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $90,650 to $135,976 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. Together, we are shaping the future of healthcare by harnessing technology and innovation to make care simpler to navigate, more affordable and more connected for the people we serve. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued, heard and respected, empowering people to bring their authentic selves to work and strengthening our collective impact through diverse talents, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
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UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,019 open Nurse Practitioner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$91–136K/yr
- US median$110–164K/yr3,749 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $113K, is 17% below the US median midpoint ($137K) — in the lowest quarter of Nurse Practitioner salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 108 open Nurse Practitioner jobs in Louisiana and 10,019 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Louisiana
- Ochsner Health79 open
- Curana Health5 open
- UnitedHealth Group (this employer)5 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four Nurse Practitioner postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 2,953 postings).
- Education
- 3,621 of the 10,019 open Nurse Practitioner jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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