Home Health Registered Nurse

Azza HealthCare Agency; Simsbury (CT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Azza HealthCare Agency is seeking a Weekend On-Call Visiting Nurse to deliver high-quality home health services in Connecticut. The role requires after-hours and weekend nursing visits, triage by phone, patient assessments, and ongoing care planning.

You will manage medications, IV therapies, wound care, and coordinate with physicians while documenting care in the EHR and educating patients and caregivers to support safe transitions of care.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency in medication management, wound care, and IV therapy.
• Excellent communication skills for triage, education, and care coordination.
• Ability to accurately document in an electronic health record.

Responsibilities

• Provide after-hours and weekend nursing visits
• Conduct phone triage and respond to urgent patient needs
• Perform patient assessments and ongoing care planning
• Manage medications and administer IV therapies as needed
• Provide wound care and other skilled nursing interventions
• Coordinate with physicians and the interdisciplinary care team
• Document all care in the EHR
• Educate patients and caregivers and support safe transitions of care

Skills

Registered nurse

Clinical assessment

Critical thinking

Wound care

IV therapy

Medication management

Communication skills

Documentation

Job description

Weekend On-Call Visiting Nurse

delivers high-quality home health services across a Connecticut network.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide after-hours and weekend nursing visits
• Conduct phone triage and respond to urgent patient needs
• Perform patient assessments and ongoing care planning
• Manage medications and administer IV therapies as needed
• Provide wound care and other skilled nursing interventions
• Coordinate with physicians and the interdisciplinary care team
• Document all care in the EHR
• Educate patients and caregivers and support safe transitions of care

Qualifications & Skills

• Registered nurse with strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills
• Proficiency in medication management, wound care, and IV therapy
• Excellent communication skills for triage, education, and care coordination
• Ability to accurately document in an electronic health record
• Compassionate, collaborative approach to patient-centered care