Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse (Full-Time, Days/Evenings)
Rochester, New York
- Eligibility
- Sign-on bonus
Posted Oct 22
- License
- RN license Valid licensure, physical readiness, and flexibility for extended or on‑call schedules are typically required.
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Valid licensure, physical readiness, and flexibility for extended or on‑call schedules are typically required.
- License
- Registered Nurse licensure in New York State. Check your license
- License
- Valid NYS Driver’s License.
- Certification
- BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association (AHA), RN - Registered Nurse - NYS Office of Professions
- Education
- Diploma or Associate’s Degree in Nursing.
- Experience
- For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.
- Also asks
- AS: Nursing AS: Nursing (Required)
- Also asks
- Drive - Clinical - Roles in this category require frequent driving combined with mobile clinical care across settings such as emergency response, mobile clinics, and home health environments.
- Also asks
- Staff must repeatedly enter and exit vehicles, occasionally lift and carry equipment weighing up to 100 lbs. or more, and perform care within patients’ homes or other confined, unpredictable, or uncontrolled environments.
- Also asks
- Compassionate, independent ,and patient focused
- Also asks
- Comprehensive nursing assessments and documentation, decisive judgment and professional behavior
- Also asks
- These positions demand strong fine and gross motor control, firm grasping, and heightened visual and auditory awareness to ensure safe and effective care delivery.
- Also asks
- Emotional and cognitive demands are substantial due to rapid decision‑making, direct exposure to critical or sensitive situations, and independently managing patient care in the field or home setting.
- Also asks
- Environmental exposures may include traffic hazards, infectious agents, extreme temperatures, variable home conditions, and hazardous materials.
- Also asks
- Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.
Preferred
- Experience
- Two (2) years experience in home care preferred
- Also asks
- Bilingual preferred
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Top of Rochester staff RN payRochester staff RN postings that state pay run $71k/yr to $89k/yr, the middle half $79k/yr to $83k/yr, across 53 postings.
- Sign-on bonus
- $20,000
Benefits
- Mileage reimbursement
- Health insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Loan assistance
- Flexible schedule
The workplace
You would clock in at Rochester Regional Health in Rochester, New York. The one posting we have lists $42.03 an hour. Nearby, Mayo Clinic Health System sits at $41.44, Mayo Clinic at $39.64, and University of Rochester Nursing at $37.12,…
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- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
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- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
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Your fit
Original listing
Posted on Rochester Regional Health’s careers page.
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Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse Department: Homecare Location: Monroe County Rochester Regional Health Home Care - 330 Monroe Avenue Rochester, NY 14607 Hours Per Week: 36
Schedule
Days/Evenings, 10:00am-10:00pm, or noon-10pm depending on preferred schedule
Signing Bonus: Up to $20,000
Why Join Our Team?
Flexible scheduling designed to support your work-life balance
Mileage reimbursement + paid drive time between patient visits
- Shift differentials to reward your flexibility
Overtime opportunities for additional earning potential
Up to $10,000 in tuition assistance for BSN to MSN advancement
Tuition and student loan assistance programs to support your financial goals
Comprehensive full benefits package
Summary
As a Community Health Nurse, you will focus on providing nursing interventions, patient education, and care management to a variety of clients in our community. This promotes good health and one on one patient care in the comfort of their own home.
Responsibilities
Patient Care & Service - Provide comprehensive assessments of the bio-psycho-social needs of acutely ill clients in their home; perform skilled nursing care and prescribed treatments to clients based on MD orders; provide client and family education in accordance with client assessment and plan of care.
Planning - Develop and document individualized care plans customized for each patient’s unique needs, with support from the interdisciplinary health team as needed; maintain effective communication to convey patient health status, treatment plans and progress.
Communication - Maintain effective communication to convey patient health status, treatment plans and progress; communicate with office and supervisory staff regularly; coordinates client services and/or referrals in an efficient and timely manner.
Documentation - Accurately and completely document client care; document and implement physician orders per D. O. H. and program standards.
Compliance - Adhere to required department and system protocols, regulations (local, state, federal) and education requirements.
Required
Qualifications
Diploma or Associate’s Degree in Nursing.
Registered Nurse licensure in New York State.
Valid NYS Driver’s License.
Preferred qualifications
Two (2) years experience in home care preferred
Compassionate, independent ,and patient focused
Comprehensive nursing assessments and documentation, decisive judgment and professional behavior
Bilingual preferred
Education
AS: Nursing (Required)
Licenses /
Certifications
BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association (AHA), RN - Registered Nurse - NYS Office of Professions
Physical
Requirements
Drive - Clinical - Roles in this category require frequent driving combined with mobile clinical care across settings such as emergency response, mobile clinics, and home health environments. Staff must repeatedly enter and exit vehicles, occasionally lift and carry equipment weighing up to 100 lbs. or more, and perform care within patients’ homes or other confined, unpredictable, or uncontrolled environments. These positions demand strong fine and gross motor control, firm grasping, and heightened visual and auditory awareness to ensure safe and effective care delivery.
Emotional and cognitive demands are substantial due to rapid decision‑making, direct exposure to critical or sensitive situations, and independently managing patient care in the field or home setting. Environmental exposures may include traffic hazards, infectious agents, extreme temperatures, variable home conditions, and hazardous materials. Valid licensure, physical readiness, and flexibility for extended or on‑call schedules are typically required.
For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.
Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.
Pay range
$78,005.00 - $104,044.00
City
Rochester
Postal code
14607
The posted pay range is a good faith representation of potential base pay for this position. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates could vary based on position details and FTE. Pay is determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, locations, and contracts.
Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
What's around it?
Rochester, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,081/mo
- Household income
- $47,213/yr, all local households, not nurse pay