Palliative NP

Horizon Home Care & Hospice, Inc.; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizon Home Care & Hospice, Inc. is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to serve as a Hospice Case Manager in Milwaukee, WI. You will build relationships with patients and families, coordinate care with an interdisciplinary team, and help patients remain comfortable at home.

The role emphasizes compassionate, patient- and family-centered end-of-life care with strong clinical resources, teamwork, and support for staff in a nonprofit community setting.

Qualifications

• Current, valid Nurse Practitioner (NP) license in good standing in Wisconsin.
• Strong documentation skills with ability to learn electronic medical records systems.
• Commitment to hospice philosophy and patient- and family-centered end-of-life care.

Responsibilities

• Conduct face-to-face encounters and document findings for certifying physician.
• Provide medical services including assessment, treatments, and health teaching during home visits.
• Consult with attending physicians regarding palliative and terminal illness management.
• Document and communicate encounter findings to supervising physicians in a timely manner.
• Support staff by identifying patient issues and coordinating care with the interdisciplinary team.
• Prescribe and review appropriate medications under Medical Director supervision.
• Collect and analyze patient data to inform care plans.

Skills

Strong communication

Documentation skills

Interdisciplinary coordination

Compassionate patient care

Education

Nurse Practitioner license (NP)

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

At Horizon Home Care & Hospice, hospice nursing is more than a job. It's an opportunity to walk alongside patients and families during one of life's most meaningful times, providing comfort, guidance, and compassionate care when it matters most. As a Hospice Case Manager, also known as a Patient Care Coordinator, you'll build trusted relationships, coordinate care across an interdisciplinary team, and help patients remain comfortable in the place they call home.

We support our hospice nurses with a collaborative team, strong clinical resources, flexibility, and a culture rooted in kindness, respect, and service. If you're looking for a role where your nursing judgment, compassion, and ability to connect with people truly make a difference, we'd love to have you join our team.

What You'll Do

• Conducts face to face encounters and submits findings from visit to certifying physician. Provides education to clinical staff, physicians, and others on identified clinical topics of interest and pain management and symptom control. Is a resource to and collaborates with clinical staff in pain management and symptom control at the end of life. Makes nursing visits, as required.
• Provides medical services, including, but not limited to assessment, treatments, recertification and health teaching in the form of patient home visits
• Consults with the patient's attending physicians, as needed, regarding palliative and management of terminal illnesses; in addition, meets the general medical needs of the patient to the extent that these needs are not met by the attending physician.
• Conducts face to face encounters for assigned patients entering their third or subsequent benefit period, documents findings of encounter, and provides finding to the certifying physician timely.
• Is a resource to staff who identify patient issues relating to specific clinical areas by recommending a plan of care and implementing when appropriate with the case manager and/or interdisciplinary team.
• Prescribe and review appropriate medication for therapeutics effectiveness of the patients. Including both drug and non-drug-based treatment methods into the plan of care under the direction of the Medical Director.
• Collects, records and analyzes data that is comprehensive, and accurate; specific to clinical areas identified annually (QABO).
• Assists physicians with covering medical needs of hospice patients 24/7 (i.e. may be assigned on call duties)

Qualifications

Required

• Current, valid Nurse Practitioner (NP) license in good standing in the state of Wisconsin
• Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and adequate auto insurance coverage
• Strong documentation skills with ability to learn electronic medical records systems
• Commitment to hospice philosophy and compassionate, patient- and family-centered end-of-life care

Preferred

• Minimum one year of professional experience; home health or hospice experience highly desirable
• Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) credential or willingness to obtain within 24-36 months
• Experience with interdisciplinary team collaboration and community resource coordination

About Horizon

To some people, home is a place. To others, it's a feeling.

To us, it's whatever our patients need it to be, wherever they are. Horizon has been a trusted presence in the Milwaukee community since 1990. We're a nonprofit organization with 400 employees and 150+ volunteers, proudly serving more than 2,500 patients and families across southeastern Wisconsin. We're the second-largest full-service home care and hospice agency in the state. Our services span the full continuum of care - hospice, home care, palliative care, elder care, Meals on Wheels, and grief support - so our teams get to do meaningful, wide-ranging work every single day. We've been recognized as a Top Workplace nine times, not because we nominated ourselves, but because our people said so. That's something we're genuinely proud of. Our culture is built on five values: Accountability, Integrity, Service Excellence, Innovation, and Collaboration. They're not just words on a wall - they show up in the way we treat patients, support our staff, and show up for the communities we serve. If you value kindness, real teamwork, and work that leaves you feeling like it mattered, you'll fit right in here.

Choose your schedule - Part Time - Flexible