Our home health care agency is expanding and searching for dedicated Home Health RNs for FT and PRN positions.
Posted Sep 27 · 1 year of experience
Unit and setting
Home Health
License
RN license Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of FloridaRegistered Nurse license
Term
Permanent Our home health care agency is expanding and searching for dedicated Home Health RNs for FT and PRN positions.Full-time
Do you qualify?
License
Registered Nurse licenseCurrent Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of FloridaCheck your license
Experience
at least 1 year experience as a home health nurseMust have at least 1 year experience as a home health nurse
Experience
home health nursing
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knowledge of nursing care methods and proceduresExcellent knowledge of nursing care methods and procedures
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knowledge of health and safety guidelines and proceduresIn-depth knowledge of health and safety guidelines and procedures
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communication and interpersonal skillsA team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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organizational and multi-tasking skillsOutstanding organizational and multi-tasking skills
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problem-solving skillsPatient with excellent problem-solving skills
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familiar with EHR such as KinnserFamiliar with EHR such as Kinnser.
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ability to work independently, manage daily schedule, and travel between patient homesAbility to work independently, manage a daily schedule, and travel between patient homes
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Level 2 background screening in compliance with Florida AHCA regulations prior to employmentThis role requires a Level 2 background screening in compliance with Florida AHCA regulations prior to employment.
perform comprehensive assessments and develop individualized care plansPerform comprehensive patient assessments and develop individualized care plans in collaboration with the care team.
Day to day
complete evaluation tasks including medication review and vital signsComplete evaluation tasks, including reviewing medication and vital signs.
Day to day
coordinate care by making referrals or documenting rationaleCoordinate care by making appropriate referrals or documenting clinical rationale when referrals are not indicated.
Day to day
communicate with clinical manager and interdisciplinary team regarding patient statusCommunicate effectively with the clinical manager and interdisciplinary team regarding patient status and care updates.
Day to day
educate patients and caregivers in self-care techniques to improve outcomesEducate patients and caregivers to promote independence and improve health outcomes, including training in self-care techniques.
Day to day
coordinate with physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other care team membersCoordinate with Physicians, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and other individuals in the patient’s care plan.
Day to day
supervise and support LPNsSupervise and support LPNs to ensure high standards of care.
Day to day
perform additional duties to support patients and team operationsPerform additional duties as needed to support patients and team operations.
Employment
PRNOur home health care agency is expanding and searching for dedicated Home Health RNs for FT and PRN positions.
Our home health care agency is expanding and searching for dedicated Home Health RNs for FT and PRN positions. We hire the most compassionate and thoughtful talent in the field. Come join an amazing agency that values their employees.
Responsibilities
Perform comprehensive patient assessments and develop individualized care plans in collaboration with the care team.
Complete evaluation tasks, including reviewing medication and vital signs.
Coordinate care by making appropriate referrals or documenting clinical rationale when referrals are not indicated.
Communicate effectively with the clinical manager and interdisciplinary team regarding patient status and care updates.
Educate patients and caregivers to promote independence and improve health outcomes, including training in self-care techniques.
Coordinate with Physicians, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and other individuals in the patient’s care plan.
Supervise and support LPNs to ensure high standards of care.
Perform additional duties as needed to support patients and team operations.
Qualifications
Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Florida
Must have at least 1 year experience as a home health nurse
Excellent knowledge of nursing care methods and procedures
In-depth knowledge of health and safety guidelines and procedures
A team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Outstanding organizational and multi-tasking skills
Patient with excellent problem-solving skills
Familiar with EHR such as Kinnser.
Ability to work independently, manage a daily schedule, and travel between patient homes
Benefits for Fulltime Staff: • Dental insurance • Health insurance • Vision insurance • Paid Time Off • Paid Holidays • Auto allowance
This role requires a Level 2 background screening in compliance with Florida AHCA regulations prior to employment. https://info.flclearinghouse.com
Neighborhoods+Nurses and young professionals who want in-city life tend to look at central-south Lakeland, especially Beacon Hill and the streets south of Edgewood and Cleveland Heights. Downtown is the walkable historic core around Lake Mirror and Munn Park, dominated by apartments and converted lofts rather than houses. East Lake Morton keeps you walking distance to downtown with early-1900s bungalows and lake views; Lake Hollingsworth is the lakeside premium with a college campus and larger houses on big lots; Crystal Lake is suburban single-family with easy errands; Combee Settlement is the lower-price modest-house tier. For land and still-workable drives into Lakeland, locals point to Mulberry, Bartow, and Auburndale.
Nurses and young professionals who want in-city life tend to look at central-south Lakeland, especially Beacon Hill and the streets south of Edgewood and Cleveland Heights. Downtown is the walkable historic core around Lake Mirror and Munn Park, dominated by apartments and converted lofts rather than houses.
East Lake Morton keeps you walking distance to downtown with early-1900s bungalows and lake views; Lake Hollingsworth is the lakeside premium with a college campus and larger houses on big lots; Crystal Lake is suburban single-family with easy errands; Combee Settlement is the lower-price modest-house tier. For land and still-workable drives into Lakeland, locals point to Mulberry, Bartow, and Auburndale.
Getting around+Plan on driving: only downtown and the older lake districts are walkable, and Polk County’s Citrus Connection bus covers the rest thinly. U.S. News puts the average commute at about 19.9 minutes. Interstate 4 runs through the city, with Tampa about 31.6 miles (roughly 40 minutes) and Orlando about 48.9 miles (roughly 55 minutes); reaching those job centers is about an hour, easier off-peak. Downtown parking is mostly metered street spaces plus a few public garages, and the Polk Parkway is the other named route families use for work and weekend trips. These sources do not name specific hospital campuses or their parking.
Plan on driving: only downtown and the older lake districts are walkable, and Polk County’s Citrus Connection bus covers the rest thinly. U.S. News puts the average commute at about 19.9 minutes.
Interstate 4 runs through the city, with Tampa about 31.6 miles (roughly 40 minutes) and Orlando about 48.9 miles (roughly 55 minutes); reaching those job centers is about an hour, easier off-peak. Downtown parking is mostly metered street spaces plus a few public garages, and the Polk Parkway is the other named route families use for work and weekend trips.
These sources do not name specific hospital campuses or their parking.
Outdoors+The city is shaped by water: 38 named lakes inside the limits, with downtown wrapping Lake Mirror’s 1920s colonnade promenade and Hollis Garden on the shore. Circle B Bar Reserve, run by Polk County Parks, is the big nature fix for hiking, wildlife viewing, and programs. Lakeland Highlands Scrub offers maintained trails and birdwatching in scrub habitat, and Bonnet Springs Park is a large urban mix of nature and recreation. Safari Wilderness and U-pick blueberries at Shady Oak Farm sit in the wider Lakeland orbit.
The city is shaped by water: 38 named lakes inside the limits, with downtown wrapping Lake Mirror’s 1920s colonnade promenade and Hollis Garden on the shore. Circle B Bar Reserve, run by Polk County Parks, is the big nature fix for hiking, wildlife viewing, and programs.
Lakeland Highlands Scrub offers maintained trails and birdwatching in scrub habitat, and Bonnet Springs Park is a large urban mix of nature and recreation. Safari Wilderness and U-pick blueberries at Shady Oak Farm sit in the wider Lakeland orbit.
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 Lakeland
Lakeland is Polk County’s lake city on Interstate 4, about 40 minutes from Tampa and 55 from Orlando, with some 122,000 residents and 38 named lakes. The distinct offer for a relocating nurse is a cheaper, slower home base that still reaches two large job markets in under an hour. Housing runs from downtown lofts and East Lake Morton bungalows to lakeside lots at Lake Hollingsworth, suburban Crystal Lake, lower-priced Combee Settlement, and land in Mulberry, Bartow, or Auburndale; recent medians sit in the high $200s to low $300s. You will need a car. Only the Lake Mirror, Munn Park, and Hollis Garden core is walkable; Citrus Connection buses are thin, downtown parking is metered, and the average commute is about 20 minutes. Off-shift life is lakes, Circle B Bar Reserve, Bonnet Springs Park, Poor Porker beignets, The Joinery, Wright buildings at Florida Southern, and Sun n Fun. Honest tradeoffs: traffic and HOA fees are frequent complaints, walkability dies outside the old lake grid, and resident threads split between family-friendly praise and warnings about crime and noise. It is a practical, car-first mid-size city, not a coastal scene or a dense 24-hour hospital neighborhood.
