The Hospice Face-to-Face Nurse Practitioner performs face-to-face encounters for hospice patients, ensuring compliance with Medicare regulations and supporting high-quality end-of-life care. This role involves direct patient interaction, clinical assessments, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary hospice team.
Provides clinical care for hospice patients across all levels of care (General Inpatient, Continuous, Routine and Respite) in all settings of care, including inpatient hospitals, senior living communities and private homes.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offeringup to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
Work/Life Balance: offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave, CME days and CME Allowance
Hospice Nurse Practitioner Job Responsibilities:
Conducts face-to-face visits with hospice patients to assess and document continued eligibility for hospice care.
Performs comprehensive physical assessments and evaluates patient status.
Collaborates with the hospice interdisciplinary team to develop and update individualized care plans.
Provides palliative care and symptom management, including prescribing medications as appropriate.
Educates patients and families about disease progression, hospice philosophy, and available support services.
Maintains accurate and timely documentation in compliance with regulatory standards.
Communicates effectively with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other team members.
Ensures compliance with Medicare guidelines for face-to-face encounters.
Participates in undergraduate, graduate medical education, and with other learners as determined by the medical leadership.
Participates in daytime on-call activities.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program; Board Certified Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Certification/Licensure: Current joint registration with the Virginia Board of Nursing and the Board of Medicine as a Licensed Nurse Practitioner (LNP), specializing in Adult, Family or Geriatrics; Inpatient position can include Acute Care certification.
National and State Certification as required for the relevant position (DEA, CDS)
Completion of “healthcare provider” CPR course
Payer Credentialing: Ability to successfully complete the credentialing process by third-party payors and Ability to enrolled as a CMS Medicare/Medicaid payor
Medical Staff Credentialing: Successful completion of credentialing for Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges sufficient to perform all required services
Hospice Nurse Practitioner Preferred Qualifications
Current Nurse Practitioner license and certification in the state of practice.
Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience, preferably in hospice or palliative care.
Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care through Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center (HPCC), Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (ACHPN), or equivalent, preferred.
Center for Advancing to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) Designation, preferred.
Strong understanding of end-of-life care principles and Medicare hospice regulations.
Strong understanding of end-of-life care principles and Medicare hospice regulations.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently and manage time effectively.
Compassionate approach to patient care and family support.
Able to demonstrate direct involvement in a multidisciplinary team caring for the at-risk patient with advanced age, serious illness, or end of life circumstances.
Skills:
Knowledge of the programs and services in their geographic area
Strong collaboration skills
Demonstrated collaboration/partnerships with other healthcare or community service entities
Skill in using computers and a variety of personal productivity applications
Skill in oral and written communication
Skill in data analysis and interpretation
Ability to problem solve effectively
Ability to develop goals, objectives, critical paths, systems, new programs and policies and procedures
We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
We are Inova, Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. With expertise and compassion, we partner with our patients to help them stay healthy. We treat illness, heal injury and look at a patient’s whole health to help them flourish. Through our expansive network of hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, emergency and urgent care centers, and outpatient services, Inova provides care for more than 1 million unique patients every year. Total patient visits exceed 4 million annually, demonstrating our ability to deliver the best clinical care and ensuring a seamless experience for all who rely on us for their healthcare needs.
Consistently ranked and recognized as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience, Inova’s world-class care is made possible by the strength and breadth of our network, our 26,000 team members, our technology and our innovation. In 2025, Inova was named the Health System of the Year by Press Ganey, a national leader in healthcare experience, recognizing our excellence in patient care, team member engagement, and commitment to continuous improvement.
Inova is home to Northern Virginia’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and provides high-quality healthcare to each person in every community we are privileged to serve – regardless of ability to pay – every day of their life. More information about Inova can be found at www.inova.org.
