Palliative Care Provider-Advance Practice Nurse

Veterans Health Administration

Salt Lake City (UT)

On-site

USD 116,000 - 170,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Salt Lake City seeks a Palliative Care Advanced Practice Nurse (APN/NP) to provide expert care in the Geriatrics and Extended Care Palliative Service. The APN delivers high-quality, timely care, collaborates with the care team, and advances VA mission.

The role includes leading patient-centered plans, symptom management, and education of patients and families, with prescriptive authority and full scope of practice.

Qualifications

APN must be a licensed NP with national certification.
Prescriptive authority required.
Experience in geriatric/palliative care desired.

Responsibilities

Provide advanced clinical care and consultation for GEC Palliative Service.
Manage a panel of patients with terminal illness focusing on symptom management.
Develop individualized plans to improve quality of life.
Lead and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team.
Order and interpret labs and tests; prescribe treatments.
Coordinate referrals to specialty services as needed.
Educate patients and families about care options.
Respond to palliative care consults within 48 hours.

Skills

Nurse Practitioner (APN)

Prescriptive authority

Palliative care

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Job description

Palliative Care Provider-Advance Practice Nurse

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) in Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) Palliative Service provides advanced clinical care, consultation, and management for GEC Palliative Service. The APN practices to full scope of education and certification, with prescriptive authority, delivers quality, timely care, collaborates with teams, and advances the VA mission.

Key Responsibilities

The NP is a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification, providing evidence-based care for a population of patients, manages a panel of patients with terminal illness with an emphasis on symptom management related to illness and discussion of goals of medical care.

Duties of the position are, but not limited to: Develop and implement an individualized plan to achieve improved quality of life. Demonstrates leadership and work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team. Order and interpret labs, tests, and diagnostic studies. Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions. Initiate referrals and consultations with specialty services. Provide education to patients and their families.

Assess and adjust the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Exemplify the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence. Respond to all palliative care consults within 48 hours.

Initiate, chair and record outcomes of Veteran/family meetings, communicate' goals; meetings may be in the impatient or the outpatient setting; providers, social workers, and chaplain are encouraged to attend these meetings; issues of discussion may include code status, advanced directives, and identification of resource needs.

Collaborate with veterans and the medical providers (provider may be urgent care/ER, primary care, specialty care, or hospitalist) to be informed of patient history and prognosis. Provider is available to Emergency Medicine as needed, to assist with case-finding and goal setting. Directly interact with Veterans and family in various venues, such as primary care visits at the time of the veteran's appointment, Oncology Clinic, subspecialty clinics and acute care settings.

Review ongoing pain and symptom management with evaluation and adjustments as needed for Veterans under the care of the SLCVHA. Provide care to inpatient palliative and hospice patients. Special interest/skill in malignant acute pain management with availability to other medical providers for consultation. Fill scripts for opioids, palliative care medications and durable medical equipment requests as needed.

Attend palliative care/hospice team meetings and palliative care memorial service, participate as requested. Assist with request evaluation for inpatient palliative care admissions. Contribute to local, VISN, and National Palliative Care workgroups or QI as needed. Participate in conference calls as scheduled.

Advance and enhance Hospice and Palliative Care services across VISN, foster continuous improvement and quality care delivery, which is above and beyond normal duties and contributes to higher evaluations. Other duties as assigned.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: 0800-1630, Monday to Friday Telework: Not available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not available. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not available.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $115928 – $169594/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-23.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.