Registered Nurse (Part Time)

The Home Health Nurse (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. This position is PART TIME (8 hours), and is not benefit-eligible.

Home Health Nurse (RN) duties and responsibilities 

Home Health Nurses provide a variety of tasks during patient visits depending on the specific plan of care and type of patient: 

• Assess and chart observations of the patient’s condition at each visit.


• Complete evaluation tasks, including reviewing medication and vital signs.


• Administer Physician-prescribed medication.


• Dress or redress wounds and assess the healing progress.


• Provide education to patients and families on proper home health care procedures and strategies.


• Coordinate with Physicians, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and other individuals in the patient’s care plan.


• Keep the patient comfortable through palliative care.


• Recommend tools or devices that may improve the quality of life for the patient.

Requirements: 

Internet-capable Computer, Smart Phone and/or Tablet (iPad/Android) for accessing and working within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR).

All applicants will be required to submit a background check authorization with the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Information Registry (CORI).

All applicants will be checked against the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Exclusion List. "Excluded Individuals/Entities" means:

"Excluded Individual" or “Excluded Entity” is (i) an individual or entity, as applicable, who has been excluded, debarred, suspended or is otherwise ineligible to participate in federal health care programs such as Medicare or Medicaid by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG/HHS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or (ii) is an individual or entity, as applicable, who has been excluded, debarred, suspended or is otherwise ineligible to participate in federal procurement and non-procurement programs, including those produced by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). For more information, click HERE.

A valid, unrestricted MA drivers license and reliable transportation.

Valid, unrestricted licensure as an RN in the State of Massachusetts.

Better Care Home Health, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer., and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.