ANNUAL SALARY PAY...not per visit or hourly

[RN220]

Hi everyone,

I see plenty of postings about pay in Home Health. I am making the switch from hospital to HH and currently I am in negotiations for my job salary and don't know what is good comparison. I know there is salary.com but we all know that is not always the best comparison for salary. I don't want to ask for too much but don't want to be undercut because of my ignorance. I am also looking for the difference between Visiting nurse salary and case manager salary as well. The job is salary, not hourly. Can anyone tell me their location, Visiting RN or case manager salary? And any advise for negotiating would help. Thanks!

[RNFL1991]

RN case manager: About $64,000 salary. Plus extra for on call time (approx 3 nights per month at $30 each night and more for each visit I do on call), mileage, and anything over my required weekly productivity. I have over 22 years experience as an RN, and that's factored into the pay scale where I work.

[paradiseboundRN]

In Michigan, the CM and Visiting Nurse are the same thing. The salary ranges between 60,000-65,000 depending on experience and education. Four years ago when I started at a hospital home care, they could only offer me 60K because I didn't have a BSN, but I had 6 years experience in home care. However, they gave me a $2500 sign on bonus after 1 year and great benefits. I also got paid for mileage at 48 cents per mile. I would get paid extra if I went over productivity, but it was always a mystery on how it was calculated.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

My salary equivalent would be somewhere around $65,000 though I am paid hourly for office time/per visit for field work and think I will actually end up making more than that this year.

[ctrn3478]

new grad salary of about 58,000 a year full time salary which equals 28 per hr (expected to see 25-35 pts a week). however being not electronic paperwork takes longer especially oasis admits &recerts & wound care documentation as well as all other little things (md telephone orders, hha care plans, a million other things) and can build up around visits taking up a lot of time. I also work 1-2 weekends a month which i make$2 more per hr but dont get overtime for.

[Luvsthesnow]

I am interviewing next week through an agency based from my hospital (I live in the Bay Area, California). The pay will be $61/hr with benefits (but keep in mind this area has a very high cost of living). That comes out to about 101K/year. I don't know details about this job yet, but I have heard of other nurses who are happy with this company. Also not sure about mileage reimbursement.

[DianaDa]

I'm in the Chicago area. My current base salary is $73,000 with extra for overproductivity, on call, extra OASIS visits, etc. I'm 2 years out of nursing school with my associates.

[Susan317]

As a Case Manager in RI my base salary is 75,000.00 with benefits ,vacation time,personal days ,sick days, anything above is compensated at per diem rates. SOC 85.00 revist 42.00, oncall 75.00, oh also mileage 0.555 a mile and cell phone allowance 30.00 monthly. I am very happy at this job,productivity is 30 visits a week.

[roseonye]

where i am its 78,000 annual with 35 visits per week. if you want to pick up extra cases its from 40-65 per visit depending on the kind of visit, with great benefits and phone allowance. this is for field nurse aka visiting nurse

[treybaby2005]

How much more would you factor in for a RN that would be only working weekends for admits and oncall? I currently work a weekend position in an ICU and I make premium pay for working weekends only.

[neyo10]

DianaDa would you mind sharing what agency you work for? I am also in the Chicagoland area and currently looking for a new nursing career to enter into.

[Libby1987]

This is an old thread but one guide I've used is to take the base pay for M-F daytime hourly on a local Med Surg floor. A home health agency should be competitive with at least that.