Palliative Care Nurse Jobs
Palliative Care Nurse jobs are open across hospitals, hospice organizations, home health agencies, and long-term care facilities, from new-grad to senior and lead levels, with specializations in pain management, end-of-life care, and symptom management. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Description
We are currently seeking a highly motivated Lead Social Worker, Palliative Care & Population Health. This role will report to the Regional Chief Medical Officer and enable us to continue to scale in the healthcare industry.
The Lead Social Worker will provide both direct patient care and program leadership for Astrana Health's Population Health, Care at Home, and Palliative Care programs. This individual will support patients and families with complex psychosocial needs while leading social work program development, staff mentorship, advance care planning initiatives, quality improvement efforts, and interdisciplinary care coordination.
What You'll Do
Clinical Responsibilities
- Completes introductory home visit to Care at Home patients in need of Palliative Care services, advance directives completion and transition to higher level of care as appropriate.
- Assesses the psychosocial status of members and families/caregivers related to the member's mental conditions and environment and communicates findings to the other members of the interdisciplinary group.
- Provides an in-home assessment of member's psychosocial and living status and assistance when it is not safe for the member and another plan is required.
- Customarily and regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment in the performance of duties.
- Carries out social evaluations and plans intervention based on evaluation findings.
- Counsel patients and families/caregivers as needed regarding stress, anxiety, illness adjustment, grief, and other identified coping difficulties.
- Provides information and referral services for organization patients and families/caregivers regarding practical and environmental needs.
- Provides information to patients and families/caregivers and community agencies.
- Serves as liaison between patients and families/caregivers and community agencies.
- Maintains collaborative relationships with organization personnel to support patient care.
- Maintains and develops contacts with public and private agencies as resources for patients and personnel.
- Participates in the development of individualized plans of care and attends regularly scheduled interdisciplinary group meetings.
- Educates physicians and other team members regarding significant social and emotional factors related to health problems and end-of-life issues.
- Actively participates in quality assessment and performance improvement activities.
- Manages the assessment and delivery of counseling services to ensure timely and appropriate services for family/caregivers.
- Plans for Palliative Care Program development, expansion and refinement through annual evaluation of services.
- Functions independently while seeking and accepting guidance from members of the interdisciplinary group and community resources.
- Performs other duties as delegated by Population Health leadership.
Leadership & Program Development Responsibilities
- Serve as the lead social work resource for Astrana Health's Population Health, Care at Home, and Palliative Care programs in Texas.
- Develop, implement, and maintain social-work workflows, protocols, standard operating procedures, and best practices.
- Develop and update training materials, tools, and educational resources for social workers.
- Train, mentor, and provide ongoing support to social workers and interdisciplinary team members.
- Provide consultation and guidance on complex psychosocial, behavioral health, palliative care, and social determinant of health cases.
- Lead Advance Care Planning (ACP) initiatives, including education, process development, documentation standards, and auditing activities.
- Facilitate patient and family discussions regarding goals of care, advance directives, and transitions of care.
- Assist with development, implementation, expansion, and evaluation of palliative care services.
- Participate in quality improvement, utilization management, and performance initiatives.
- Support regulatory readiness, accreditation activities, and compliance requirements.
- Monitor program outcomes and social work quality metrics.
- Travel within service areas to support program implementation, training, and operational needs.
Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Social Work.
- Meets personnel qualifications stated in
- Active social work licensure as required by applicable state regulations.
- Minimum 7+ years of clinical social work experience, preferably in palliative care, hospice, home-based care, population health, managed care, or complex case management.
- Minimum 2 years of leadership, mentoring, training, supervisory, or program development experience.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise and direct professional and administrative personnel.
- Ability to deal tactfully with patients, families and the community.
- Knowledge of corporate business management, governmental regulations, CMS requirements, and Joint Commission standards.
- Demonstrates good communication and public relations skills.
- Demonstrates autonomy, organization, assertiveness, flexibility, and cooperation.
- Must have clinical experience relevant to the psychosocial needs of patients and families.
- Ability to drive to patient homes.
- Valid driver's license.
Preferred:
- LCSW.
- Hospice, palliative care, supportive care, or serious illness management experience.
- Experience developing workflows, training programs, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Experience auditing documentation and coaching clinical staff.
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions
- This is a full-time position.
- This position requires traveling to patient homes throughout Houston.
- The national target compensation for this position is $65,000 - $81,000 per year. Actual compensation will be determined based on geographic location (current or future), qualifications, and other job-related factors.
About Astrana Health, Inc.
Description
We are currently seeking a highly motivated Lead Social Worker, Palliative Care & Population Health. This role will report to the Regional Chief Medical Officer and enable us to continue to scale in the healthcare industry.
The Lead Social Worker will provide both direct patient care and program leadership for Astrana Health's Population Health, Care at Home, and Palliative Care programs. This individual will support patients and families with complex psychosocial needs while leading social work program development, staff mentorship, advance care planning initiatives, quality improvement efforts, and interdisciplinary care coordination.
What You'll Do
Clinical Responsibilities
- Completes introductory home visit to Care at Home patients in need of Palliative Care services, advance directives completion and transition to higher level of care as appropriate.
- Assesses the psychosocial status of members and families/caregivers related to the member's mental conditions and environment and communicates findings to the other members of the interdisciplinary group.
- Provides an in-home assessment of member's psychosocial and living status and assistance when it is not safe for the member and another plan is required.
- Customarily and regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment in the performance of duties.
- Carries out social evaluations and plans intervention based on evaluation findings.
- Counsel patients and families/caregivers as needed regarding stress, anxiety, illness adjustment, grief, and other identified coping difficulties.
- Provides information and referral services for organization patients and families/caregivers regarding practical and environmental needs.
- Provides information to patients and families/caregivers and community agencies.
- Serves as liaison between patients and families/caregivers and community agencies.
- Maintains collaborative relationships with organization personnel to support patient care.
- Maintains and develops contacts with public and private agencies as resources for patients and personnel.
- Participates in the development of individualized plans of care and attends regularly scheduled interdisciplinary group meetings.
- Educates physicians and other team members regarding significant social and emotional factors related to health problems and end-of-life issues.
- Actively participates in quality assessment and performance improvement activities.
- Manages the assessment and delivery of counseling services to ensure timely and appropriate services for family/caregivers.
- Plans for Palliative Care Program development, expansion and refinement through annual evaluation of services.
- Functions independently while seeking and accepting guidance from members of the interdisciplinary group and community resources.
- Performs other duties as delegated by Population Health leadership.
Leadership & Program Development Responsibilities
- Serve as the lead social work resource for Astrana Health's Population Health, Care at Home, and Palliative Care programs in Texas.
- Develop, implement, and maintain social-work workflows, protocols, standard operating procedures, and best practices.
- Develop and update training materials, tools, and educational resources for social workers.
- Train, mentor, and provide ongoing support to social workers and interdisciplinary team members.
- Provide consultation and guidance on complex psychosocial, behavioral health, palliative care, and social determinant of health cases.
- Lead Advance Care Planning (ACP) initiatives, including education, process development, documentation standards, and auditing activities.
- Facilitate patient and family discussions regarding goals of care, advance directives, and transitions of care.
- Assist with development, implementation, expansion, and evaluation of palliative care services.
- Participate in quality improvement, utilization management, and performance initiatives.
- Support regulatory readiness, accreditation activities, and compliance requirements.
- Monitor program outcomes and social work quality metrics.
- Travel within service areas to support program implementation, training, and operational needs.
Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Social Work.
- Meets personnel qualifications stated in
- Active social work licensure as required by applicable state regulations.
- Minimum 7+ years of clinical social work experience, preferably in palliative care, hospice, home-based care, population health, managed care, or complex case management.
- Minimum 2 years of leadership, mentoring, training, supervisory, or program development experience.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise and direct professional and administrative personnel.
- Ability to deal tactfully with patients, families and the community.
- Knowledge of corporate business management, governmental regulations, CMS requirements, and Joint Commission standards.
- Demonstrates good communication and public relations skills.
- Demonstrates autonomy, organization, assertiveness, flexibility, and cooperation.
- Must have clinical experience relevant to the psychosocial needs of patients and families.
- Ability to drive to patient homes.
- Valid driver's license.
Preferred:
- LCSW.
- Hospice, palliative care, supportive care, or serious illness management experience.
- Experience developing workflows, training programs, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Experience auditing documentation and coaching clinical staff.
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions
- This is a full-time position.
- This position requires traveling to patient homes throughout Houston.
- The national target compensation for this position is $65,000 - $81,000 per year. Actual compensation will be determined based on geographic location (current or future), qualifications, and other job-related factors.
About Astrana Health, Inc.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in palliative care nurse jobs.
- Active RN license in the state of practice
- Minimum two years of clinical nursing experience in a relevant care setting
- Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) credential or willingness to obtain
- Experience with electronic health record systems and clinical documentation
- Strong skills in pain assessment, symptom management, and comfort-focused care
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate goals-of-care conversations with patients and families
Tips for Your Palliative Care Nurse Job Search
Tailor your resume to palliative care
Highlight direct experience with symptom management, goals-of-care conversations, and interdisciplinary team collaboration. Hiring managers for these roles scan for comfort with end-of-life documentation and family communication, so lead with those specifics rather than general nursing duties.
Earn your CHPN before applying
The Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse credential signals clinical readiness to employers. If you're preparing to test, note your exam date on your resume. Many job listings list CHPN as preferred, and having it moves your application ahead of otherwise comparable candidates.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists palliative care nurse openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by care setting carefully
Inpatient palliative units, hospice home care, and outpatient palliative clinics each require different day-to-day skills. Filter openings by setting and match your experience to the specific environment. Applying to the right setting avoids mismatches that slow down offers.
Prepare for scenario-based interview questions
Interviewers in palliative care commonly ask how you've handled a family disagreeing with a patient's care goals or managed a patient in refractory pain. Prepare two or three detailed examples that show both clinical judgment and your approach to communication under pressure.
Negotiate for continuing education support
Palliative care certifications and interdisciplinary conference attendance are valuable for career growth. During offer conversations, ask specifically about reimbursement for CHPN renewal, palliative care symposia, and bereavement training, since these benefits vary widely between hospice and health system employers.
Palliative Care Nurse Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most palliative care nurses?
Gentiva, VITAS Healthcare, and Optum are hiring the most palliative care nurses right now, with openings concentrated in California, Texas, and Pennsylvania, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hospice networks and large health systems tend to post the highest volume of openings consistently.
How many palliative care nurse jobs are remote?
About 25% of palliative care nurse openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though fully remote positions are most common in telepalliative care consultation, care coordination, and case management roles rather than direct bedside or home visit positions, which require in-person presence.
How do you become a palliative care nurse?
Start by earning your RN license through an accredited nursing program and gaining clinical experience in a setting such as oncology, intensive care, or home health where serious illness is common. After at least a year or two of relevant experience, pursue the Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse credential to formalize your specialization and strengthen your application for dedicated palliative care roles.
Can you get a palliative care nurse job with little experience?
Some entry points exist even without direct palliative care experience. Employers often consider candidates with strong backgrounds in oncology, critical care, or geriatrics, since those settings build familiarity with serious illness and difficult family conversations. Volunteering with a hospice organization and completing palliative care continuing education courses can also demonstrate commitment and close experience gaps for new applicants.
What does the palliative care nurse interview process look like?
Most palliative care nurse interviews include an initial screening call with a recruiter or nurse manager, followed by a clinical interview focused on your approach to symptom management and goals-of-care conversations. Expect scenario-based questions about handling family conflict, managing refractory pain, or supporting a patient through a care transition. Some employers add a brief panel interview with interdisciplinary team members before extending an offer.
Where can I find and apply to palliative care nurse jobs?
You can find and apply to palliative care nurse jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience, care setting preference, and location, then apply directly to each opening that fits.
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