Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care

About the role

Curana Health is a national leader in value-based care, offering senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities solutions—including on-site primary care services, Accountable Care Organizations, and Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans—proven to enhance health outcomes, streamline operations, and create new financial opportunities. Founded in 2021, we serve 200,000+ seniors in 1,500+ communities across 32 states with a team of over 1,000 clinicians and professionals. As a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, you will provide comprehensive specialized care to senior living residents in long-term care, assisted living, and independent living settings, focusing on serious illness conversations, advanced care planning, and expert symptom management to improve quality of life for residents and their families.

This role is based within multiple senior living facilities, requiring travel between facilities within driving distance.

Responsibilities

• Function independently to complete history and physical data on patients; perform complete physical exams; interpret and integrate data to determine appropriate diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Facilitate serious illness conversations with patients and their families to establish goals of care and document their preferences to ensure their choices are honored.
• Guide residents and families in completing advance directives, POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) forms, or other legal documentation.
• Work closely with the Curana primary team and senior living facility staff to ensure no gaps in care and serve as a resource for education on palliative care principles and practices.
• Collaborate with the Curana primary team in managing acute and long-term medical needs of patients, acting as a specialist for symptoms of advancing serious illness.
• Provide expert symptom management for pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea, anxiety, and other distressing symptoms; prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Order and interpret diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient needs.
• Maintain and review patient records, charts, and other pertinent information accurately and efficiently.
• Instruct and educate patients and families regarding medications and treatment instructions.
• Exercise autonomy in medical decision-making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services.

Qualifications

• Current state RN and NP licensure.
• Current Board Certification in a Nursing Specialty/Field.
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Nursing from accredited Colleges or Universities.
• Minimum of 2 years of Nurse Practitioner experience strongly preferred; palliative care or hospice background preferred.
• ACHPN certification is preferred but not required; willingness to complete within a year of employment (Curana will reimburse for certification costs).
• Knowledge of Nursing and clinical Nurse Practitioner critical thinking skills application to the aged, chronically ill, and convalescent residents.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Punctuality, organizational skills, and ability to function within a team.