Home Health/Hospice Registered Nurse; RN - San Mateo
Job in
San Mateo, San Mateo County, California, 94409, USA
Listing for:
American Home Health Care
Full Time, Part Time
position
Listed on 2026-03-02
Job specializations:
-
Healthcare
Healthcare Nursing
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 50 - 65 USD Hourly
USD
50.00
65.00
HOUR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Home Health/Hospice Registered Nurse (RN) - San Mateo County
Job Pay
$50 - $65 an hour
$100 - $200 Per Visit
* Negotiable to salary, hourly, and per visit pay rates depending on experience.
Job description
American Hospice and Home Health Services is currently seeking a Full Time or Part Time RN to service either one or combination of these counties:
- San Mateo County
- Palo Alto
- Foster City
The Registered Nurse is a professional nurse who coordinates and directs the home care patient’s care based on individual patient needs. The RN is responsible for independent management of the Home Health/Hospice patient population requiring the use of advanced assessment, teaching and decision‑making skills. The nurse is responsible for ensuring that appropriate referrals to other services are made, interdisciplinary conferencing takes place regularly, and appropriate documentation is completed.
Relevant knowledge and experience is consistently applied to new patient populations.
Our hospice care mission
to provide compassionate and quality end of life care and grief support to patients and their families. We provide emotional comfort to patients, families and caregivers during the last phase of one’s life.
Our home health care mission
to provide professional and paraprofessional services to patients in their homes, assisting them to achieve the highest level of potential in their day‑to‑day activities.
Essential Job Functions / Responsibilities
Provides comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation for a caseload of home care clients as the primary nurse.
A. Assessment
Assesses physical, functional, psychosocial, and cognitive status of the home care patient utilizing interview observations and physical exam techniques.Assesses the home environment for safety, infection control, and community resource needs.Collects information for assessment with the patient, family, physician and other health care team members.Incorporates multidisciplinary data into the nursing assessment of the home care patient.Provides ongoing nursing assessment with the patient, family and home environment to determine physiologic or psychosocial risk. Applies previous nursing experience and base of knowledge and adapts with the patient and family in a home setting.Assesses for the presence of advanced directives and facilitates further action in obtaining information about or implementing advanced directives if indicated.B. Planning
Plans with the patient, family and physician for care which is feasible within the physical, financial and emotional resources of the family.Establishes individualized, measurable goals in consultation with the patient, family and other health care providers.Anticipates home care needs and seeks a wide range of community resources to facilitate problem solving.Develops standards of care for patients in the home setting.Utilizes home care standards and regulatory guidelines in developing an individualized care plan with each patient and family.Maintains a working knowledge of community resources and refers patients and families appropriately.C. Implementation
Provides skilled nursing care, preventative rehabilitative procedures, and prescribed treatments with a variety of patient populations within various potentially complex home situations.Maintains technical skills according to agency standards, as measured by competency assessments during orientation and annually.Implements safe, competent care with home care patients and families within the Home Health Agency’s.The Home Health Primary Nurse must possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Documentation
Maintains a complete record for the care that is given with the patient. Documents in the clinical record per home health agency policy and procedure.Maintains an updated clinical record on each patient at all times, meeting required deadlines for documentation of certification, re‑certification, aide supervision reports, aide care plan updates, routine recording of case coordination, care plan updates, addressing progress toward goals, and verbal orders.Accurately completes admission and revisit documentation, documentation of completed communications, billing and employee statistical…
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