Doctors Office Vs Home Health

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I am curious to know if you all had an option would you take a doctors office making less pay per hour (16.00$) or a home health position where they pay you 36$ per visit. I am a RN with almost 2 years of experience. The office job stated they will pay me that salary because they were seeking LPNs but would hire me as a RN. Most people are telling me to take the doctors office. I am slightly uncomfortable about being on my own with home health but the flexibility sounds nice. I also am not crazy about all the driving you have to do although they reimburse your mileage. The office is 8:30-4:30 Monday- Friday. Home Health is Monday- Friday with one Saturday per month if that. Please help. I am unsure which is best to take. I do know it is rare to get into an office in my area. I am not sure how to respond yet to the feed. I am still working with this site lol. Any feedback would help! Thank you.

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I wouldn't take either job. $16 an hour at doctors office is something an MA would get (depending on area of course). And $36 per visit at a home health? That depends on how long the visit. I don't know if it would even be worth it to take the job.

I don't know where you live so I don't know what job opportunities are available to you. But I would seriously look elsewhere. In Colorado where I live, I couldn't survive off on 16 an hour or 36 per visit.

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Specializes in PICU, Sedation/Radiology, PACU.

The first thing you need to know is how many visits you'll be doing per week vs how many hours you'll be working at the doctor's office. If you work 40 hours at 16$/hr at the office, you need to be doing at least 18 visits per week at 36$/visit to make more in home health. Then you need to factor in potential variability in pay if you don't complete a visit (patient is hospitalized, patient isn't home when you arrive, patient/family reschedules last minute, etc.) Do you get paid for those visits?

There's also more to consider than hourly wage. How much would you be paying for health care in each place? 16$/hr with benefits included may be much more appealing than 36$/visit with no benefits. Other factors include vacation time and bonuses as well as potential for raises.

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Thank you for your reply. I live in a small town in VA. I dont have many options to choose from unless I did a commute which I am trying to avoid especially due to times of inclement weather. You are certainly right about the pay. But taking off the pay and verses what you have to do which would u choose as far as job. The visit in home health is staying in the house for 30 minutes per visit. You take on call once a month and get paid $250 for that (along with your check).

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Your right. Thank you for your feedback. From my understanding you would be seeing roughly 5-6 patients per day. If they happen to be hospitalized and not home then the manager will reschedule them or give me another patient to fill the void. Both jobs have benefits but the doctors office described in detail their benefits and they seem pretty appealing.. I was told at the doctors office I would get 140 hours of PTO for each year. I am unsure about the paid time off with Home Health. I haven't fully discussed in detail yet about the insurance since I haven't said yes to either right now.

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Is nursing a job or a career right now? If you are seeking a job with no chance for advancement and low pay, is it worth the trade off in minimal responsibility and regular hours? If you want higher RN pay, then go for the home health job.

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It may sound bad but I am just looking for stability and a routine. I am not interested in going higher up or worried I will not have a "career". I see your point of needing to know what I want to do and what's important to me. I want more time to spend in my volunteer work I do which is 18 hours per week. So I am looking to see which job would be better for me to do that.

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