Home Health RN
Austin, Texas
- Eligibility
- Geriatrics
- Unit
- Home Health
Posted Jun 28
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Home Health
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Similar roles post
- Similar TX PRN roles post $36/hr to $52/hr
TX PRN postings that state pay run $29/hr to $62/hr, the middle half $36/hr to $52/hr, across 202 postings.
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About this role
Registered Nurses (RN). Unicare Health Services is looking to hire RN's to work for home health patients in the DFW area. Essential functions include providing medical needs and treatment of adult and elderly patients primarily in their home according to the active plan of care, completing initial and ongoing assessment of home health patients, completing home health assessments, furnishing services requiring substantial and specialized nursing skill, preparing clinical and progress notes, and completing appropriate documentation in a timely manner.
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Requirements
- RN
- Active RN License in the state of Texas
- Current CPR
- Reliable Transportation
- Flexible schedule
- Ability to Commute: Dallas & Fort Worth, TX 75224 (Required)
Place
- City
- Austin, Texas
- Median rent
- $1,729/mo
- Local household income
- $93,658/yr
- Metro price level
- 2% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Austin area index 98.1, where 100 is the national average.
Austin blends Barton Springs' year-round cold water with East Sixth taco trucks and South Congress honky-tonks. For an RN, Texas brings no state income tax, and the cost of living sits about 2% below the national average — meaning your nursing paycheck stretches further in a city that lives outdoors and loud.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
The work, as far as public material shows, ties to home health nursing—visits in patients’ homes rather than a single bedside unit with a posted ratio. Texas has no state income tax and is a compact-license state. Austin’s cost of…
On your path
Home Health is a specialty you move into. Agencies want acute time first, then train the home-specific work.
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
