If you are a registered nurse that: is highly experienced in administering IV therapies and caring for PICC and/or other central lines, and you have excellent peripheral IV insertion skills... home infusion nursing may be a good fit for you.
If you are also dedicated to providing excellent care to patients, and if you live in and are willing to travel in Connecticut, you may be a good fit for us.
Interested? Fill in a pre-employment application inquiry: Here.
We periodically hire nurses for home infusion nursing positions. We add positions to accommodate growth in our patient census.
Our nursing staff of registered nurses are hired as employees. We do not hire nursing staff to provide patient visits as independent contractors. In order to provide exceptional care to our patients, we provide the in-servicing, supervision, and management support to our nurse employees. This isn't possible if nursing staff are self-employed independent contractors.
The IRS position:
"An individual is an independent contractor if the payer has the right to control or direct only the result of the work and not what will be done and how it will be done. If you are an independent contractor, then you are self-employed". Self employed individuals are subject to self employment taxes, i.e. your Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes are double the amount paid by employees.
See the IRS Independent Contractor Defined page: here.
CT DOL position:
Most state labor departments set rules to prevent employers from hiring staff as independent contractors that should be managed and supervised as employees. The Connecticut Department of Labor (CT DOL) spells out the issues of misclassifying workers on their website as:
For workers:
Workers misclassified as independent contractors can experience a loss of certain employment protections and benefits. These may include:
- Ineligibility for unemployment compensation.
- No workers' compensation coverage if hurt on the job.
- No overtime pay, minimum wage earnings or below, and often a job without health benefits.
- Incorrect payment of various state and federal employment taxes such as social security, federal and state unemployment and income tax that could result in a worker's liability to pay applicable taxes with interest and penalties if not reported properly.
For employers:
Employers who illegally misclassify workers:
- Create an unfair business climate where law-abiding employers cannot compete against employers who intentionally undercut them by not paying all taxes and benefits for workers.
- Do not pay lawful, employment-related taxes on workers, resulting in higher taxes for other employers who follow the law.
- Could be liable for back assessments and substantial penalties.
For taxpayers and government:
Taxpayers pay more than their share when legally irresponsible employers avoid paying them.
Government loses much needed tax revenue.
Government paid entitlement programs for benefits that could be provided by an employer provided by taxpayers for benefits even though no cost was incurred by businesses.
CT DOL Source: https://portal.ct.gov/dol/divisions/wage-and-workplace-standards/jecfaqs?
Yes: Part time and full time nurses are eligible for generous paid time off including vacation, sick, approved holidays, and personal days. All nursing staff are eligible for travel time pay for nursing visits. And all employees are eligible to join our 401K retirement plan after a short waiting period. Plans to offer additional benefits are in process.