Girling Home Care of NY is looking for Mandarin OR Cantonese speaking Registered Nurses to conduct home visits in Manhattan.
Posted Sep 25
Shift and hours
Days
Unit and setting
Home Health The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.
License
RN license Must have current NYS license and registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York StateRegistered Professional Nurse license and registration
Term
PermanentFull Time or Fee For Service
Do you qualify?
License
Registered Professional Nurse license and registrationMust have current NYS license and registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York StateCheck your license
Education
ADN or BSNGraduate of an accredited school of nursing; ADN or BSN
Also asks
Mandarin or Cantonese language proficiencyMandarin or Cantonese language proficiency is required to effectively communicate with the patient population served.
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Vehicle to travel to patientsMust have a vehicle to travel to patients
Preferred
Experience
Home care experienceHomecare experience is strongly preferred
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BilingualBi-Lingual preferred (but, not a requirement)
In range for New York staff RN rolesNew York staff RN postings that state pay run $64k/yr to $141k/yr, the middle half $94k/yr to $123k/yr, across 35 postings.
Pay reviews
Visit rates vary depending on location, type of visit, and populationPlease note visit rates may vary depending on location, type of visit, and population.
The role and schedule
Patients
The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.
Day to day
Initial assessment of patient and family for home care needsCompletes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs.
Day to day
Physical assessment and history of current and previous illnessesProvides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
Initiate and revise plan of careInitiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
Day to day
Determine nursing diagnosis from assessment dataUses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
Day to day
Develop care plan with goals and therapeutic actionsDevelops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions.
Day to day
Include patient and family in planning processIncludes the patient and the family in the planning process.
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Initiate preventive and rehabilitative nursing proceduresInitiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
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Administer prescribed medications and treatmentsAdministers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
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Counsel patient and family on nursing needsCounsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
Day to day
Provide health care instructions per assessment and care planProvides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
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Identify and implement discharge planning needsIdentifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.
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Act as Case Manager for assigned caseload when designatedActs as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
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Prepare clinical notes and update physicianPrepares clinical notes and updates the primary physician when necessary and at least every sixty days.
Girling Home Care of NY is looking for Mandarin OR Cantonese speaking Registered Nurses to conduct home visits in Manhattan. The registered nurse plans, organizes and directs home care services and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.
Essential job functions/responsibilities
Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.
Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.
Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
Prepares clinical notes and updates the primary physician when necessary and at least every sixty days.
Nurse
Requirements
Mandarin or Cantonese language proficiency is required to effectively communicate with the patient population served.
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; ADN or BSN
Homecare experience is strongly preferred
Must have current NYS license and registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State
Must have a vehicle to travel to patients
Bi-Lingual preferred (but, not a requirement)
Equal employment opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. Reasonable accommodation is available per ADA and applicable state laws.
FT Salary Range: $110K - $125K Fee for Service: $80 - $85
Please note visit rates may vary depending on location, type of visit, and population.
Neighborhoods+Nurses and other young professionals commonly rent in Upper Manhattan—Washington Heights, Inwood, and Hamilton Heights—plus Astoria in Queens and Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, Flatbush, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Bed-Stuy, where listed average rents run about $2,150–$3,000 versus a much higher Manhattan core. Washington Heights and Inwood sit on the Hudson with Dominican heritage, Art Deco stock, and roughly 30-minute trains to Midtown; Hamilton Heights’ A/D express from 125th Street reaches Columbus Circle in about 20 minutes. Astoria offers a livelier, still-cheaper street scene with East River access; Bay Ridge and Bayside feel more suburban; Sunset Park mixes 8th Avenue Chinatown and 5th Avenue Latin American life. If city rents still bite, Jersey City (PATH), Newark, Yonkers, Great Neck, Stamford, Bronxville, and Rye are the named 28–60 minute backups, with Hudson Valley Putnam/Dutchess towns under about 90 minutes to Grand Central.
Nurses and other young professionals commonly rent in Upper Manhattan—Washington Heights, Inwood, and Hamilton Heights—plus Astoria in Queens and Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, Flatbush, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Bed-Stuy, where listed average rents run about $2,150–$3,000 versus a much higher Manhattan core. Washington Heights and Inwood sit on the Hudson with Dominican heritage, Art Deco stock, and roughly 30-minute trains to Midtown; Hamilton Heights’ A/D express from 125th Street reaches Columbus Circle in about 20 minutes.
Astoria offers a livelier, still-cheaper street scene with East River access; Bay Ridge and Bayside feel more suburban; Sunset Park mixes 8th Avenue Chinatown and 5th Avenue Latin American life. If city rents still bite, Jersey City (PATH), Newark, Yonkers, Great Neck, Stamford, Bronxville, and Rye are the named 28–60 minute backups, with Hudson Valley Putnam/Dutchess towns under about 90 minutes to Grand Central.
Getting around+Hospital-bound trips inside the city mostly run on the subway: the A/D express from 125th Street to Columbus Circle is about 20 minutes, Harlem’s 116th Street station is 20–25 minutes to Midtown West and about 35 minutes to Union Square, and Inwood is roughly 30 minutes to Rockefeller Center and Times Square. PATH and NJ Transit from Jersey City take 20–60 minutes depending on neighborhood and whether you feed Hoboken or Secaucus; Newark Penn, Broad Street, and Liberty stations average 20–30 minutes by rail (driving 40–45 minutes off-peak, 1–1.5+ hours in rush). Metro-North from Bronxville is about 28 minutes to Grand Central; Rye, Harrison, Larchmont, and Mamaroneck 30–40 minutes; Stamford and Norwalk about an hour; LIRR from Bayside under 30 minutes. Driving is slower and, as of January 5, 2025, congestion-priced; the Seastreak Ferry from Atlantic Highlands/Highlands reaches lower Manhattan in about 30 minutes ($720 for a 40-trip book). Locals treat the subway as the default and a car as optional inside the five boroughs.
Hospital-bound trips inside the city mostly run on the subway: the A/D express from 125th Street to Columbus Circle is about 20 minutes, Harlem’s 116th Street station is 20–25 minutes to Midtown West and about 35 minutes to Union Square, and Inwood is roughly 30 minutes to Rockefeller Center and Times Square. PATH and NJ Transit from Jersey City take 20–60 minutes depending on neighborhood and whether you feed Hoboken or Secaucus; Newark Penn, Broad Street, and Liberty stations average 20–30 minutes by rail (driving 40–45 minutes off-peak, 1–1.5+ hours in rush).
Metro-North from Bronxville is about 28 minutes to Grand Central; Rye, Harrison, Larchmont, and Mamaroneck 30–40 minutes; Stamford and Norwalk about an hour; LIRR from Bayside under 30 minutes. Driving is slower and, as of January 5, 2025, congestion-priced; the Seastreak Ferry from Atlantic Highlands/Highlands reaches lower Manhattan in about 30 minutes ($720 for a 40-trip book).
Locals treat the subway as the default and a car as optional inside the five boroughs.
Outdoors+Central Park’s 843 acres—zoo, carousel, Bethesda Fountain, reservoir, Wollman Rink pickleball and ice skating, sledding on Pilgrim Hill and Cedar Hill after six-plus inches of snow—function as the city’s default backyard. Prospect Park (summer concerts and festivals, zoo, rink, carousel) sits just north of Flatbush; Brooklyn Bridge Park, Riverside Park, Washington Square Park, the High Line, Little Island, and Governors Island are named local favorites. Riverbank State Park (28 acres atop a treatment plant) gives Hamilton Heights Hudson views; Inwood holds one of the city’s last natural forests; Sunset Park overlooks the Statue of Liberty and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Further out: Branch Brook Park in Newark, Calf Pasture Beach and the Sheffield Island Ferry in Norwalk, and Sandy Hook National Recreation Area near Red Bank. The Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden are standard day trips; summer thunderstorms make an umbrella standard kit.
Central Park’s 843 acres—zoo, carousel, Bethesda Fountain, reservoir, Wollman Rink pickleball and ice skating, sledding on Pilgrim Hill and Cedar Hill after six-plus inches of snow—function as the city’s default backyard. Prospect Park (summer concerts and festivals, zoo, rink, carousel) sits just north of Flatbush; Brooklyn Bridge Park, Riverside Park, Washington Square Park, the High Line, Little Island, and Governors Island are named local favorites.
Riverbank State Park (28 acres atop a treatment plant) gives Hamilton Heights Hudson views; Inwood holds one of the city’s last natural forests; Sunset Park overlooks the Statue of Liberty and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Further out: Branch Brook Park in Newark, Calf Pasture Beach and the Sheffield Island Ferry in Norwalk, and Sandy Hook National Recreation Area near Red Bank.
The Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden are standard day trips; summer thunderstorms make an umbrella standard kit.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in New York
New York is the rare U.S. city where a nurse can leave a 12-hour shift and still find bagels, Veselka’s 24-hour pierogi, or a Broadway understudy—density is the point. The tradeoff is cost and space: citywide rents run about $3,930 to over $5,000, so newcomers cluster in Washington Heights, Inwood, Hamilton Heights, Astoria, Sunset Park, Flatbush, or Bay Ridge, where $2,150–$3,000 buys pre-war walk-ups, Dominican and Caribbean streets, and 20–30 minute A/D, LIRR, or PATH rides toward Midtown hospitals. Skip the car inside the boroughs (congestion pricing started 2025); Jersey City, Newark, Bronxville, and Rye are 28–60 minute rail or Seastreak ferry backups. Central Park’s 843 acres, Prospect Park, the High Line, and Riverbank State Park are the backyard. Expect four sharp seasons, summer storms, tiny apartments, block-by-block safety, and a first-year neighborhood hop. Food, 24/7 transit, and 1,700 parks keep people; rent and noise push them out.
