Registered Nurse Home Health
You'll work in patients' homes, seeing a diverse patient population across the surrounding communities.
Posted Oct 19 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Monday through Friday, daylight shifts · 8-hour shifts
- Unit and setting
- Home Health provide direct, one-on-one patient careone-on-one patient care in the home
- License
- RN license
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed Zero to one year of experience.
- License
- Current RN licensure in the facility's state or a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the facility's state; posting also lists an unexplained alternative 'OR TPP' Check your license
- Certification
- AHA CPR with skills demonstrationAfter hire · within 30 days of hire CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
- Education
- graduate of an accredited nursing program Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Experience
- zero to one year of experience
- Also asks
- driver's license Driver's License
- Also asks
- automotive insurance Automotive Insurance
- Also asks
- critical thinking and clinical judgment
- Also asks
- physical stamina for walking, standing, lifting and positioning patients
Preferred
- Education
- BSN BSN preferred.
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates. See program calendars.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
What it pays
- Weekend differential
- Make your career work for you with flexible shift options, including a dedicated weekend program with premium rates and benefits. Make your career work for you with flexible shift options, including a dedicated weekend program with premium rates and benefits.
- Pay differential
- Earn a premium shift incentive and experience various settings as a resource nurse that floats to various locations. Earn a premium shift incentive and experience various settings as a resource nurse that floats to various locations.
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
- Bonus
- sign-on bonus for new graduates and experienced staff Sign-on bonus available for new graduates and experienced staff
- Extra pay
- premium shift incentiveas a resource nurse that floats to various locations
- Extra pay
- premium rates for the dedicated weekend programin the dedicated weekend program
- Pay reviews
- title and pay set by education, experience and certifications Final title and pay will be determined by education, experience, and certifications.
Benefits
- Benefitstuition reimbursementCare for your total well-being with UPMC’s robust benefits package - physically, financially, and emotionally - including tuition reimbursement and discounted RN-to-BSN programs.
- Benefitsdiscounted RN-to-BSN programs
- Benefitsmileage reimbursement at the federal rateReceive mileage reimbursement (at the federal rate).
- Sign-on bonus available for new graduates and experienced staff
- Career ladder for professional advancement
- Dedicated weekend program with premium rates and benefits
- UPMC benefits package
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- establishing plans of care with physicians and UM staff
- Day to day
- patient and family health teaching Initiate, deliver, and evaluate patient- and family-centered health teaching.
- Day to day
- coordinating case management across the home health team RN will coordinate case management activities across a multi-disciplinary health care team to ensure appropriate, quality patient care.
- Day to day
- OASIS and 485 paperwork completed in the patient's home
- Floating
- resource nurse floating to various locations
- Weekends
- weekend rotation Monday - Friday daylight shifts with rotations for on-call and weekends.
- On call
- on-call rotation
- Travel
- offices in Altoona, Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Somerset, Huntingdon, Mifflin and Centre GROWING OUR UPMC HOME HEALTH TEAM FOR RN OPENINGS IN ALTOONA AND OTHER OFFICES INCLUDING BLAIR, BEDFORD, CAMBRIA, SOMERSET, HUNTINGDON, MIFFLIN, AND CENTRE.
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, holiday, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and floating handled day to day?
On your path
Home Health has an opening for new graduates. This employer welcomes new graduates for this role. See the posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
Original listing
Posted on UPMC’s careers page.
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20 Sheraton Drive (20SHERATON) 20 Sheraton Drive , 16603 GROWING OUR UPMC HOME HEALTH TEAM FOR RN OPENINGS IN ALTOONA AND OTHER OFFICES INCLUDING BLAIR, BEDFORD, CAMBRIA, SOMERSET, HUNTINGDON, MIFFLIN, AND CENTRE. Are you a nurse looking for a rewarding career where you can provide direct, one-on-one patient care? UPMC Home Healthcare is hiring caring, skilled, and compassionate registered nurses to join our home health nursing team!
You’ll work in a home setting with a diverse patient population throughout these surrounding communities. Working outside of a medical facility, you’ll have an opportunity to get to know patients as you guide their care in the comfort of their homes. Monday - Friday daylight shifts with rotations for on-call and weekends.
We have various offices we will work with you to find the best location and fit for your career at UPMC Home Health. As an RN with UPMC Home Healthcare, you’ll collaborate with our team of specialized nurses, rehabilitation therapists, social workers, dieticians, aides, and trained administrative staff to provide personalized patient care in a home setting. Why choose UPMC Home Healthcare Establish rapport with patients and their families as you guide their treatment plan in-home.
Sign-on bonus available for new graduates and experienced staff Grow your career with a career ladder designed for your professional advancement. Make your career work for you with flexible shift options, including a dedicated weekend program with premium rates and benefits. Work 8-hour shifts Earn a premium shift incentive and experience various settings as a resource nurse that floats to various locations.
Care for your total well-being with UPMC’s robust benefits package – physically, financially, and emotionally – including tuition reimbursement and discounted RN-to-BSN programs. Receive mileage reimbursement (at the federal rate). Final title and pay will be determined by education, experience, and certifications.
Responsibilities
Your role as the nurse will establish patients’ plans of care in collaboration with physicians, patients, and utilization management (UM) professionals to meet physicians’ orders and patients’ needs. RN will coordinate case management activities across a multi-disciplinary health care team to ensure appropriate, quality patient care. Initiate, deliver, and evaluate patient- and family-centered health teaching.
Strive to help patients achieve optimal health outcomes, delivering compassionate care with an emphasis on the patient's experience. Complete all required documentation including visit assessments, OASIS, 485 and verbal orders accurately and promptly on a laptop or in written documentation while in the patient's home and according to all applicable regulatory standards. Attend compliance training and adhere to the organization’s standards of conduct, policies, and procedures in addition to all local, state, and federal regulatory guidelines.
Graduate of an accredited nursing program. Zero to one year of experience. BSN preferred.
Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families. Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment. Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities are required as related to various aspects of patient care.
Good clinical judgment. Critical thinking skills are necessary to exercise and to lead others in the application of the nursing process. Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances
Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located OR TPP CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire Automotive Insurance Driver's License Act 33 Act 34
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UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
What's around it?
Altoona, PAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 11% below the US average
- Median rent
- $819/mo
- Household income
- $51,250/yr, all local households, not nurse pay