Registered Nurse Home Health
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
RN
Posted Aug 21
- Unit
- Wound-Care
What the listing says
Role
- Weekends
- Every weekend
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Home Health
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Alabama is $32/hr, across 85 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Registered Nurse
Registered nurses are responsible for case management of assigned patients in accordance with Right at Home's policies and procedures and all other applicable procedure manuals, laws and relevant professional standards. Right at Home has flexible scheduling and part-time opportunities for nurses. Are you retired? Come talk to us! It's like volunteering and getting a paycheck!
Essential Functions
- Performs Wound Care, IV Infusion, Re-Certifications, Evaluations, Start of Care and Oasis (if possible).
Read the full posting
- Performs comprehensive subjective and objective admission and ongoing assessment of client status that includes physical, psychosocial and environmental parameters.
- Formulates an individualized plan of care that incorporates analysis of assessment data.
- Provides skilled interventions aimed at achieving realistic outcomes within a specified time period.
- Modifies and updates the plan of care to reflect progress toward outcomes.
- Consistently demonstrates competency with technical nursing skills according to legal scope of practice.
- Practices nursing with respect for individual, cultural and spiritual differences.
- Coordinates delivery of care along the healthcare continuum using the resources of Right at Home and the community.
- Communicates effectively regarding patient's condition.
- Uses professional nursing judgment to delegate selected nursing tasks when determined safe and appropriate.
Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with one year of clinical experience within the past five years or completion of an accredited refresher course within the past two years.
- Current State RN license.
- Knowledge and ability to provide skilled nursing care as defined in the State Nurse Practice Act.
- Current CPR certification.
- Available for work on weekends and holidays as required.
- Meets current health requirements to provide patient care.
- Ability to read, write, speak and understand English as needed for the job.
- Possess a valid driver's license and have use of an insured automobile or access to adequate transportation for the job.
- IV Infusion experience a plus.
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Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with one year of clinical experience within the past five years or completion of an accredited refresher course within the past two years.
- Current State RN license.
- Knowledge and ability to provide skilled nursing care as defined in the State Nurse Practice Act.
- Current CPR certification.
- Available for work on weekends and holidays as required.
- Meets current health requirements to provide patient care.
- Ability to read, write, speak and understand English as needed for the job.
- Possess a valid driver's license and have use of an insured automobile or access to adequate transportation for the job.
- IV Infusion experience a plus.
Place
- City
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Median rent
- $1,055/mo
- Local household income
- $51,464/yr
- Metro price level
- 12% below the national average
- Address
- 320 Hargrove E Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Tuscaloosa area index 87.7, where 100 is the national average.
Tuscaloosa blends Southern college-town energy with riverside charm along the Black Warrior River. Home to the University of Alabama, it offers a vibrant game-day culture, a revitalized downtown, and easy access to outdoor recreation. Nurses enjoy a close-knit community feel with regional amenities within easy reach.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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About the employer
You are weighing Right at Home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama—home-care work in a city where the cost of living runs about 12% below the national level and the average commute is roughly 15 minutes. Alabama is a compact-license state, and state…
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Home Health is a specialty you move into. Agencies want acute time first, then train the home-specific work.
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