Full Job Description
Since 1980, Tidewell Hospice has proudly served families across southwest Florida with compassionate, dignified care. As a member of Empath Health, we help patients with advanced illness live meaningfully while supporting their families with warmth, expertise, and respect.
The APRN:
- Perform comprehensive health assessments by obtaining medical histories and performing physical examinations.
- Diagnoses, treats, and monitors acute and chronic diseases in collaboration with a physician.
- Orders, performs and interprets diagnostic studies in collaboration with a physician.
- Identifies implements and evaluates appropriate plans of care, including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions within the guidelines of the Florida APRN Practice Act.
- Promotes positive health behaviors and self-care skills through education and counseling.
- Recognizes, reinforces, and participates as an IDT member for hospice patients by assessing and modifying the plan of care in collaboration with the IDT as necessary to achieve physical, spiritual, social, and psychosocial goals centered on the patient/family goals.
- Provides comprehensive functional assessments that include activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, economic factors, environmental issues, mental status and social assessments.
- Provides care in multiple sites that include but are not limited to home, hospice residence, hospice inpatient unit, acute care facility, hospital-based practice, skilled nursing facility and clinics.
- Improves clinical outcomes by conducting research or applying the research findings of others.
- Provides accurate and appropriate documentation of patient/family services as specified in policies and submits in a timely manner.
- Performs other duties as requested.
Why Join Empath Health?
- Earn Competitive Pay: Your skills and contributions are recognized and rewarded.
- Benefits & Wellness: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement with company match, plus wellness programs to support your mind and body.
- Industry-Leading PTO: 5+ weeks to rest, recharge, and live your Full Life.
- Grow Your Career: CEU support, tuition reimbursement, and advancement opportunities.
- Make a Difference: Join a mission-driven team dedicated to kindness, compassion, and Full Life Care for All.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Education: Master’s degree in nursing or a related field.
- Licensure: Current Florida license as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner, certified in a practice are (if applicable to departmental requirements). Current DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) license.
- Certifications: Valid CPR certification from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
- NPI provider and ability to bill CMS services or ability to obtain same (if applicable to departmental requirements).
- Minimum of two (2) years of nursing experience is required.
- Minimum of two (2) year experience as an APRN with experience in adult, gerontology, or oncology practice preferred.
- Experience with symptom management and pain management is highly preferred.
- Strong communication and assessment skills.
- Valid Florida driver’s license and automobile insurance as per agency policies
- Ability to make home/residence visits
- Basic keyboarding and computer skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word or comparable programs
What You’ll Find at Empath Health
Unified in empathy, we serve our communities through extraordinary Full Life Care for All.
Empath Health is a not-for-profit healthcare organization providing Full Life Care through a connected network of services across Florida, including hospice, home health, grief care, geriatric primary care, elder care (PACE), HIV and sexual health (EPIC), and dementia support.
Full Life Care means caring for the whole person, body, mind, and spirit, with empathy and dignity. Our care goes beyond medicine to help people feel seen, supported, and valued at every stage of life.
At Empath Health, you’ll find purpose, partnership, and possibility in a culture where compassion drives excellence and every team member helps make life’s journey more meaningful.