Home Health Nurse (RN)
Newport Beach, California
- Unit and setting
- Home Health
- License
- RN license Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
Do you qualify?
- License
- Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
- License
- Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California. Check your license
- Certification
- Current BLS certification prior to clinical rotation.
Preferred
- Experience
- Home Health: One (1) year of home health care experience preferred.
- Experience
- Hospice: Minimum of two (2) years’ experience, at least one of which is in the area of public health, home care, or hospice nursing is preferred.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for California staff rolesCalifornia staff postings that state pay run $34/hr to $95/hr, the middle half $46/hr to $73/hr, across 4,561 postings.
The workplace
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Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through 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?
On your path
Home Health is a specialty you move into. Agencies want acute time first, then train the home-specific work.
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Primary Duties and Responsibilities
The Home Health/Hospice Nurse I (RN) role provides direct patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act to assigned patients. The nurse collaborates with other disciplines of the health care team to ensure the delivery of safe, timely and appropriate quality patient care. This includes providing physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administrations, specimen collection, meeting nutritional needs, and teaching and discharge needs of the patients assigned.
Utilizes the nursing process based on evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs. Evaluates and adjusts the nursing care process as necessary with consultation as needed, and confers with the appropriate resource personnel when making ethical/legal/medical dilemma decisions. Performs other duties as assigned.
Float: Provides care in both the home health and hospice settings. Assignments will be throughout Orange County, patient care territories and assignments may change daily. Service may cover a large geographic area.
Behavioral Health Nurse (RN): Utilizes medical/ psychosocial model to individualize care plans based on Physician orders for patients with depression, anxiety, or dementia, with the goal of keeping patients in their homes and out of the hospital. Performs comprehensive behavioral health evaluations of mental status, mood, and behavior. Education and Experience Home Health: One (1) year of home health care experience preferred.
Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order. Hospice: Minimum of two (2) years’ experience, at least one of which is in the area of public health, home care, or hospice nursing is preferred. Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
License Required Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California. Current Driver's License License Preferred N/A Certifications Required Current BLS certification prior to clinical rotation. Certifications Preferred N/A
What's around it?
Newport Beach, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 11% above the US average
- Median rent
- $3,316/mo
- Household income
- $156,867/yr, all local households, not nurse pay