Home Care RN
Listed on 2026-08-22
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Nursing
RN Nurse, Healthcare Nursing, Private Duty Nurse, Travel Nurse
Description
Job Title:Registered Nurse - Home Care
Location: Danbury to Thornton and the towns in between
Job Type: Full-Time
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Join our award-winning team today!
Recognized as the Best of the Lakes Region for Visiting Nurses in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 with a 5-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, LRVNA is an employer you can be proud to work for.
Why is LRVNA an amazing place to work:- Flexible Scheduling: Enjoy the ability to create your own schedule.
- Supportive Environment: Work in a friendly setting where you get to know your patients and their families.
- Community focused: For over 100 years LRVNA has provided exceptional care to our neighbors throughout the NH lakes region.
- Competitive wages & comprehensive benefits: Including over 3 weeks PTO for full-time employees, 401K with 4% match, and affordable health insurance!
A Home Health Nurse, or Home Health RN, is responsible for traveling to a patient’s home to administer their services and helping patients maintain their independence. Their duties include administering at-home IVs, changing dressings, cleaning wounds, and updating Doctors about their patient’s health.
We offer Full-Time, Part-Time, Baylor, and Per Diem hours with excellent salary and benefit packages. While home care experience is beneficial, we provide training for the right individuals. Strong clinical support and educational resources are also available.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities Patient Care:- Perform initial and ongoing patient assessments to determine home care needs.
- Develop and revise individualized care plans based on patient assessments.
- Administer medications and treatments as prescribed.
- Provide health care instructions to patients and caregivers.
- Facilitate discharge planning to ensure continuity of care.
- Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.
- Prepare clinical notes and update the primary physician regularly.
- Communicate effectively with physicians and community health resources to coordinate care plans.
- Supervise and evaluate home health aide care every fourteen days.
- Ensure that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
- Promote health and independence across the lifespan through our skilled services and education of patients, families, and caregivers.
Competencies:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- 1-2 years of recent patient centered care/nursing experience.
- Current state licensure, CPR certification, and a valid driver’s license.
- Bachelor's degree in nursing with one year of home health care experience preferred.
- Strong observation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Physical capability to lift patients and equipment, with considerable walking, standing, reaching, bending, and kneeling.
- 401(k) and 401(k) match.
- Flexible schedule
- Health, dental, disability, life, and vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Travel reimbursement
- Tuition reimbursement
- Prolonged or considerable walking or standing.
- Ability to lift, position, or transfer patients (up to 50 lbs.).
- Frequently reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, or crouching.
- Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.
- Supervise and coordinate care with LPNs and LNAs.
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