Home Health RN
Phoenix, Arizona
Posted Aug 29
- Unit
- Wound-Care
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Per Diem
- Setting
- Home Health
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Arizona is $38/hr, across 276 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Home Health Registered Nurse (RN)
- Flexible
Schedule
PRN / Per Diem
Read the full posting
- $60 per visit for routine visit
- $130 per visit for start of care
- Service area: Easy Valley
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Conduct comprehensive initial and ongoing patient assessments, including physical, psychosocial, and environmental evaluations.
- Develop, implement, and update individualized plans of care based on physician orders, patient needs, and evidence-based nursing practice.
- Perform skilled nursing services including medication administration, wound care, catheter care, IV therapy, infusion therapy, ostomy care, disease management, and other physician-ordered treatments.
- Monitor patient condition, identify changes in clinical status, and promptly communicate significant findings to the physician and interdisciplinary care team.
- Complete medication reconciliation and educate patients and caregivers regarding medications, disease processes, treatment plans, infection prevention, and self-management techniques.
- Coordinate care with physicians, therapists, medical social workers, home health aides, and other healthcare professionals to ensure continuity of care.
- Complete all required documentation, including OASIS assessments, care plans, visit notes, recertifications, transfer summaries, and discharge documentation in accordance with agency, state, and federal requirements.
- Supervise Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Home Health Aides (HHAs), and other assigned personnel to ensure services are provided safely and in accordance with the patient's plan of care.
- Participate in discharge planning and ensure appropriate transition of care when skilled nursing services are no longer required.
- Respond appropriately to emergency situations and implement interventions within the scope of nursing practice.
- Maintain compliance with all applicable federal, state, accreditation, and agency policies regarding patient care, documentation, infection control, and confidentiality.
- Maintain professional competency through continuing education, annual in-service training, and participation in agency quality improvement initiatives.
Education & Licensing
- Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Arizona.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Certifications
- Valid BLS certification (e.g., American Heart Association or American Red Cross).
Experience
- 1–2 years of home health nursing experience
Pay: $40.00 - $50.00 per hour Work Location: In person
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Requirements
- RN
- Nursing policy compliance
- Care plan evaluation
- Nursing
- Patient progress tracking
- Completing CE credits
- Caregiving documentation requirements
- Injectable medication administration
- Psychosocial assessment
Place
- City
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Median rent
- $1,582/mo
- Local household income
- $81,332/yr
- Metro price level
- 3% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Phoenix area index 103.3, where 100 is the national average.
Phoenix delivers year-round sunshine, sweeping desert mountain views, and a booming healthcare sector with major hospital systems constantly hiring RNs. The metro offers everything from bustling urban cores to quiet suburban sprawl, plus easy weekend escapes to Sedona or Flagstaff when the Valley heat calls for a cooler break.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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