RN Home Health Field Nurse/ Orleans Parish

Covenant Home Health

New Orleans, Louisiana

Unit: Home Health

Posted Jul 17

Unit and setting: Home Health
License: RN licenseLouisiana RN license
Term: Permanent

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What it pays

Against similar roles: Louisiana PRN median is $40/hrLouisiana PRN postings that state pay run $28/hr to $50/hr, the middle half $33/hr to $46/hr, across 33 postings. This posting's $43/hr to $85/hr is wider than that, so where you land depends on the offer.

Benefits

Health savings account
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Flexible schedule
Travel reimbursement

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401(k)
Vision insurance
Flexible spending account
Life insurance
Retirement plan

The role and schedule

Charting: Kinnser/Wellsky

The workplace

Covenant Home Health

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Covenant Home Health is a home health agency based in New Orleans, Louisiana, serving patients in Orleans Parish and surrounding areas. The organization provides home-based nursing services including patient admissions, follow-up visits, recertifications, and discharges delivered directly in patients' homes.…

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Covenant Home Health is seeking experienced RN's for part-time/full time field nurse positions in Orleans Parish. RN is responsible to perform home-based admissions, follow up visits, recertifications and discharges at patients' homes. One year of nursing experience is required.

Knowledge of Kinnser/Wellsky software preferred and previous home health experience is required. Applicants must have a current Louisiana RN license in good standing and a reliable vehicle with current liability insurance. Covenant Home Health is experiencing rapid growth and is seeking compassionate team members to provide home-based field visits to our patients.

Pay is per visit at competitive rates plus travel reimbursement. You make your own schedule! Full-time and part-time positions available.

We use Artificial Intelligence for documentation which saves you time!! Send your resume today if you want to be a part of our caring team of professionals! Covenant Home Health is an equal opportunity employer.

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In New Orleans, LA

New Orleans, LAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 7% below the US average

Median rent: $1,251/mo
Household income: $56,631/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in New Orleans, LA

NeighborhoodsYoung professionals and medical trainees (apartment guides explicitly mention PGYs) cluster in the walkable Central Business District—bordered by the French Quarter and the Mississippi—and Uptown near Audubon Park, the Garden District, and Magazine Street for historic streets with less Quarter chaos. Reddit locals with flexible budgets also recommend Fairgrounds/Bayou St. John. Safer residential in-city options are Lakeview and West End (safer than 93% and 94% of neighborhoods) plus budget-minded Gentilly Terrace and Old Aurora. Facebook and Niche add Jefferson and Northshore suburbs: Metairie, Harahan (2026 #1 metro suburb, population 8,904), Mandeville, Covington, and Hammond.

Young professionals and medical trainees (apartment guides explicitly mention PGYs) cluster in the walkable Central Business District—bordered by the French Quarter and the Mississippi—and Uptown near Audubon Park, the Garden District, and Magazine Street for historic streets with less Quarter chaos. Reddit locals with flexible budgets also recommend Fairgrounds/Bayou St. John.

Safer residential in-city options are Lakeview and West End (safer than 93% and 94% of neighborhoods) plus budget-minded Gentilly Terrace and Old Aurora. Facebook and Niche add Jefferson and Northshore suburbs: Metairie, Harahan (2026 #1 metro suburb, population 8,904), Mandeville, Covington, and Hammond.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: bgpmnola.com Source 5: niche.com

Getting aroundCitywide average commute is about 24 minutes. The CBD is repeatedly described as walkable and job-rich, with Rampart-St. Claude and Riverfront streetcar lines and easy walking toward the French Quarter; a travel guide recommends the CBD over the Quarter as a calmer base for getting around the city. Metairie sits in the middle of the metro, but residents say transit is tricky without a car if you live far from a bus stop. Sources do not name hospital campuses, shift-parking rules, or specific medical-center drives, so nurses still need to map their facility against car vs. streetcar.

Citywide average commute is about 24 minutes. The CBD is repeatedly described as walkable and job-rich, with Rampart-St. Claude and Riverfront streetcar lines and easy walking toward the French Quarter; a travel guide recommends the CBD over the Quarter as a calmer base for getting around the city.

Metairie sits in the middle of the metro, but residents say transit is tricky without a car if you live far from a bus stop. Sources do not name hospital campuses, shift-parking rules, or specific medical-center drives, so nurses still need to map their facility against car vs. streetcar.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: bgpmnola.com Source 4: niche.com Source 5: youtube.com

OutdoorsCity Park is the everyday backyard: centuries-old live oaks, sculpture and botanical gardens, Storyland, Carousel Gardens, Big Lake rentals (bike, kayak, gondola, pedal-boat), City Putt, disc golf, tennis, trails, and beignets. Uptown, Audubon Park has shaded jogging and biking loops under moss-draped oaks; Audubon Zoo adds Cool Zoo in summer. Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and the Madere Marsh Boardwalk sit minutes from downtown, and Jean Lafitte airboat swamp tours put wildlife on the weekend map. Harahan's levee is a walking spot; Lafreniere Park is Metairie's go-to.

City Park is the everyday backyard: centuries-old live oaks, sculpture and botanical gardens, Storyland, Carousel Gardens, Big Lake rentals (bike, kayak, gondola, pedal-boat), City Putt, disc golf, tennis, trails, and beignets. Uptown, Audubon Park has shaded jogging and biking loops under moss-draped oaks; Audubon Zoo adds Cool Zoo in summer.

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and the Madere Marsh Boardwalk sit minutes from downtown, and Jean Lafitte airboat swamp tours put wildlife on the weekend map. Harahan's levee is a walking spot; Lafreniere Park is Metairie's go-to.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: neworleans.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: niche.com Source 4: thehonestlocal.com Source 5: facebook.com

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New Orleans is a low-rise, porch-hello city whose identity is food, brass-band jazz, and festivals—not skyline or ease. Average commute is about 24 minutes, but Metairie is hard without a car and safety is block-by-block. The draw is City Park oaks, Frenchmen Street and the Spotted Cat, Commander's Palace, legal go-cups, and Mardi Gras as civic religion. The tradeoffs are August humidity, hurricanes and flooding, pests, tourist noise, weak city schools, and insurance that is not vacation-cheap. Locals who stay are obsessed; do not come if you only know Bourbon Street in February.

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As of 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: bgpmnola.com Source 3: niche.com Source 4: gardenandgun.com Source 5: neworleans.com Source 6: thehonestlocal.com Source 7: beneworleans.com Source 8: extraspace.com Source 9: reddit.com Source 10: facebook.com

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