Was offered an Intake RN position at a home health agency

[Tzu911]

Hello All,

I've been offered an Intake RN position at a home health agency and I was wondering:

1. If any of you can elaborate more on this in additional to thread https://allnurses.com/home-health-nursing/question-about-intake-185201.html.

They explained to me that, rather than going out there on the field doing my 30 visits/week, an intake RN is entirely stationed in the office 5 days a week, with benefits, insurance, and vacation, to talk to doctors (and/or insurance companies).

2. What's the pay range for an Intake RN?

The company's based in SGV, CA. They explained to me that they need someone with a license to fill this position, and the pay range for nurses at this company goes from $21 - $35 (service supervisor). Being relatively new, I don't expect myself getting the $35 right off the bat but this is still a big stretch! My goal is to position myself somewhere in the middle, so any advices would be appreciated.

I'm going in to discover more about this position this week, and I'll gladly share with yall also, if anyone's interested. And for now, I hope people will chime in and cast some light. TIA.

[caliotter3]

I would not take the job for $21, that is LVN pay. Strive for at least $25. This sounds like a good opportunity if you want an administrative-type job. You should do some reading up on OASIS and expect that they will want you to get involved in the entire paperwork process to include the generation of 485s for new cases and day to day upkeep of the 485s, as well as quality assurance review of daily charting done by the field nurses. Good luck on getting the position.

[RN1263]

I have never been an intake nurse, but I can say at my agency the intake nurse can make or break the field nurses day!

Nurses will get an admit on their paper schedule and have to sit and wait until the intake nurse puts the referral in and assigns it to the nurse in the computer, no matter how long that takes (I've waited well over an hour). If we are waiting on authorization or she "just" got the referral or she's working on multiple referrals, then that's one thing and understandable, but if she's not putting in the referral info., because she's out smoking, in the kitchen eating or talking up a storm with the office staff. I get ******!

Especially, if she's had the referral for two days!!! We use to have a intake nurse that was on top of her game and would let the nurse know the status of the admit, but this new one.....not so much! And if you say "anything" to her about it , she cops a major attitude. Communication is key to this position in my opinion. This way the nurses know what's going on with the referral and WHY they are waiting, also she never says what the admit is about: COPD, CHF, wnd care, ect....so once you finally get it, then you have to figure out what you're doing for the patient before you can leave. It's so irritating.