Registered Nurse - Per Diem

Explore opportunities with Nursing Care Home Health, a part of LHC Group, a leading post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians and families nationwide. As members of the Optum family of businesses, we are dedicated to helping people feel their best, including our team members who create meaningful connections with patients, their families, each other and the communities we serve. Find a home for your career here.

Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As the Registered Nurse you will provide and direct provisions of nursing care to patients in their homes as prescribed by the physician and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and agency policies. You will also coordinate total plan of care with other health care professionals involved in care and help achieve and maintain continuity of patient care by planning and exchanging information with physician, agency personnel, patient, family, and community resources.

• Provide high-quality clinical services within scope of practice and infection control standards
• Coordinate care with other members of the patient/client's care team from admission to discharge
• Complete clinical nursing assessments per federal/state program requirements and payer needs
• Ensure patient/client eligibility and medical necessity for services as defined by payer and agency policy
• Develop and revise individualized plans of care/service plans with other community providers
• Ensure plan of care frequency and duration meets patient needs and initiate revisions with physician approval

• Current and unrestricted RN licensure in the state of practice
• Current CPR certification
• Proven ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client
• Current driver's license, vehicle insurance and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation

• Proven ability to work independently
• Proven good communication, writing, and organizational skills

• LA:
  • At a minimum, one year of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse
  • One year of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse
  • One year of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse may be waived for a Registered Nurse with recent clinical experience as an LPN
  • RN licensure must have no restrictions

$64,100 - $141,500 annual total cash target pay
$36.98 - $81.63 per visit point
$30.82 - $68.03 hourly rate

At United Health Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes.

We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

United Health Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

United Health Group is a drug‑free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.