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Registered Nurse (RN) Home Health

Duke Health

Durham, NC

Shift
8-hour days
Hours a week
40 hrs a week
Unit
Home Health

Posted Jul 15

What the listing says

Role

Schedule
8-hour days · 5 a week · 40 hours
Weekends
No weekends
Term
Agency
Setting
Hospital
Accepts
RN

Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.

Pay

Relocation
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About this role

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

About Duke HomeCare & Hospice

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke HomeCare & Hospice, which offers hospice, home health, and infusion services across the region, as well as serves as the home forthe Duke Caregiver Support Program. Team members work closely with a patient's physician to provide comprehensive, individualized care in the comfort of their home or at our inpatient hospice facility in Durham, NC.

What you can expect

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Location

Territories varied through 9 counties in central NC

At Duke Home Health, you are able to meet patients where they are. By working as a home health nurse, you help keep patients out of the hospital and in their homes where they are most comfortable. Duke HomeCare and Hospice provides innovative, team-based care focused on achieving the best outcomes for patients, families, and the communities served. In this role, you will connect patients to the right level of care at the right time.

Schedule

Monday-Friday – 8 hour days

Incentives & Total Rewards

Relocation Assistance: Up to $8,000 for eligible applicants. Commitment Bonus: Available for eligible applicants. Total Rewards: A comprehensive set of pay and benefits designed to support your well-being, professional growth, and work-life balance.

Learn more here. How you will make an impact Deliver and document professional nursing care in home settings using the nursing process in accordance with North Carolina regulations and agency standards. Conduct comprehensive assessments, develop individualized care plans, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to deliver effective care.

Educate patients and families on disease processes, medications, and care plans to support outcomes and reduce hospital readmissions. Coordinate care including case management responsibilities, discharge planning, and OASIS assessments tied to reimbursement and quality outcomes. Ensure compliance with regulatory, safety, and quality standards while maintaining accurate and timely documentation.

What you will need Associate Degree or Diploma in Nursing required; BSN encouraged after two years of service. Current RN license in North Carolina or compact state. CPR certification (American Heart Association).

Valid driver’s license and current automobile insurance coverage. 1–2 years of med-surgical, critical care, or home health experience preferred. Knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid regulations, nursing scope of practice, and infection control standards.

Strong assessment, critical thinking, communication, and documentation skills with the ability to work independently in home settings.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

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Requirements

  • RN
  • Compact RN
  • Nursing policy compliance
  • Patient care outcome improvement
  • CPR Certification
  • Nursing
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  • 8 hour shift
  • Home health care assistance
  • Caregiving documentation requirements
  • Medicare

Place

City
Durham, NC
Median rent
$1,508/mo

rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024

Local household income
$81,619/yr

all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024

Metro price level
2% below the national average

Durham area index 97.6, where 100 is the national average.

Durham runs about 2% below the national cost-of-living average, anchored by Duke and Research Triangle Park. Nurses often rent converted tobacco-warehouse lofts in the American Tobacco district—walkable to breweries and restaurants at roughly $1,456 for a one-bedroom—or older bungalows by Ninth Street shops in Old West Durham. Both beaches and mountains sit within weekend-trip range.

Map showing the location of Durham, NC
Approximate location in Durham, NC. · © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap· Open the live map

Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.

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Home Health is a specialty you move into. Agencies want acute time first, then train the home-specific work.

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