Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health
San Diego, California
- Eligibility
- Case Management
- Unit
- Home Health
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Posted Jun 24
The work and the unit
- Specialty
- Home Health · Case Management
- Setting
- Home Health
- Not in this role
- Charge shifts
Staffing and support
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
Pay and benefits
- Against the board
- In range for California PRN rolesCalifornia PRN postings that state pay run $35/hr to $91/hr, the middle half $43/hr to $73/hr, across 529 postings.
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
What's around it?
Living costs about 12% above the US average
- Median rent
- $2,313/mo
- Household income
- $108,077/yr, all local households, not nurse pay
From Census ACS 2024.
About this role
Absolute Care Health Systems, Inc., D. B. A Shield Home Health, seeking to find dedicated, high-quality, independent Home Health RN Case Manager candidates to perform visits at clients homes.
Case Management responsibilities include independently managing delivery of care to clients by interdisciplinary team (LVNs, Home Health Aides, Social Worker, Chaplain) on each case load. While role does not directly manage other staff the candidate is supervising other professionals to ensure client needs are being met.
Duties Include
- Completing initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments of patient and family to determine needs.
- Provide professional nursing care.
- Initiate the plan of care and make necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
- Counsel the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
Sourced from a public job board.
How this role fits you
About the employer
Shield Home Health & Hospice, operating under the legal entity Absolute Care Health Systems, Inc. (D.B.A. Shield Home Health), is a home health agency based in San Diego, California (ZIP 92126). The organization provides home health and hospice services to…
On your path
Home Health is a specialty you move into. Agencies want acute time first, then train the home-specific work.
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?