Travel Nurse RN - Home Health
Saint Louis, MO
Care Career
5x8 hrs, Days, Flexible
Referral Bonus

Home Health RN – Job Breakdown

Facility: BJC Home Care
Start Date: 11/16/2026
Contract:13 weeks

Position Details

• Schedule: 5×8-hour days, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM
• Guaranteed Hours: 40 hours/week
• Experience: 1 year listed; home health experience required
• First-time Travelers: Accepted
• Weekend: Every 4th weekend, Saturday and Sunday
• On-call: 3–5 nights/month
• Territory: 40–80 miles
• Mileage: $0.55/mile
• Local Rule: No candidates within 75 miles
• RTO: Maximum 7 days; must be finalized at submission
• Scrubs: Royal blue; closed-toe shoes

License & Certifications

• BLS required
• MO or IL RN license; confirm the applicable state requirement
• MO license may be pending at submission, subject to facility rules
• IL license must be active at submission
• Eligible compact license must match permanent residence
• OASIS experience required
• IV certification listed; confirm submission requirement

Required Experience & Skills

• Hospital-affiliated home health experience
• OASIS assessment and documentation
• Head-to-toe and wound assessments, wound measurements and photos
• Wound VAC management and wound care
• IV therapy, antibiotic infusions, and phlebotomy/lab draws
• Port access and maintenance
• Catheter/Foley, ostomy, and feeding tube care
• Ventilator knowledge/management
• Compression wraps and PT/INR finger sticks
• CADD pumps and ECG/telemetry monitoring and interpretation
• Patient education and disease management

Cardiac team: Inotrope infusions (dobutamine/milrinone), IV push Lasix, and postoperative care.

Schedule & Workload

• Productivity target: 5.2 points/day
• Every 4th weekend; two days off around the weekend
• On-call is assigned only on days the clinician works
• Posting lists 5–20 visits/day; another section lists a daily census of 6–7. Confirm expected workload.

Facility & Compliance

• Charting: Epic and OASIS
• COVID vaccine: Not required
• Flu vaccine: Required; medical/religious exemptions only
• Labs: Within 48–72 hours of signing
• Modules: Up to 16 billable hours at $20/hour; complete before start
• Compliance deadline: 3:00 PM CST on the Monday before the start week
• Fit testing: Must meet facility requirements
• Equipment: BJC-issued supplies and equipment must be returned
• Contract: Firm length; BJC restricts cancellations to accept another BJC assignment
• Returning travelers: 18-month tenure policy with a 3-month break; separate waiting period applies to former permanent employees