Do they hire for weekends???

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Hi,

I am wondering if most of you work m-f day hours? I am wanting to do homecare visits but am limited to only weekends. Do most places hire for just weekends? Any info would be great. Thanks

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Most schedules can be accommodated depending upon the needs of the agency when a person applies. If you only want to work weekends, tell them when you inquire.

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Specializes in Home Health, MS, Oncology, Case Manageme.

YES! We love nurses who will work weekends. The weekends are usually divided among the current staff. Most of the staff has already worked 5 days that week, so nobody wants to work the weekend too. Working 7 days leads to major burnout:madface:. So, a nurse who would cover the weekends is a "gift from Heaven"!! You will be the staff's favorite nurse and the management will pay you a premium for it. :yeah:

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Thanks for the input. I am looking for a job in this area but it is hard to find one with this economy.

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Specializes in Home Health, MS, Oncology, Case Manageme.

Weekend positions are usually not advertised since its rare that someone wants to work just weekends. So I would call agencies that you are interested in and ask if they need a weekend nurse. The larger the agency, the more likely that they need some help for the weekends. Also, try home care companies that are associated with hospitals, they often get a lot of discharges on Fridays and have patients that need to be opened on a Saturday. Good Luck!

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Specializes in Gyn Onc, OB, L&D, HH/Hospice/Palliative.

I work baylor weekend, sat and sun 8a-6p, works great for me as it gives me full benies and I get PTO w/5 we's off/yr. There is also an on-call nurse both days starting @ 4:30p , so usually I'm home early, occasionally I have to work late just b/c we ( my coworker and I) do the on-call from 8a til 4:30p ( one of us does sat, the other sun) so anything can come up and put us behind as we are a hospice/palliative care team, we have pretty sick pt's and do the pronouncements, and sometimes visits get lengthy depending on the problems and sx management. If I'm there til 6 or 7 (minus the charting) we put down for OT ( usually as a 12 hr day) and our manager is VERY supportive and encourages this as the case managers are so happy not to have to cover the weekends anymore. I found this job on careerbuilders.com, they are out there.

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