Home Infusion Nurse
$55 - $65
Mid
Bachelor's
San Diego, CA, USA
In PersonWork in patients’ homes in the San Diego, California area; travel to patient homes is required.
Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryNursing & Frontline Patient Care
About the job
Requirements
- A nursing degree from an accredited college is required.
- IV certification and experience in central line care and management are required.
- A current state registered nurse license is required; licenses in other states are a plus.
- A valid state driver's license is required.
- Experience with medical terminology is required.
- Experience in home care, critical care, emergency nursing, AIC, or hospital discharge planning is required.
- Some staffing experience is required, along with the ability to multitask and effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, is required.
- Must be willing to travel to patients' homes and other health care settings.
- Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction is required.
- Current CPR certification is required.
- Must be able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects, work extra hours when needed, and maintain careful attention to detail.
- Must provide professional nursing care, coordinate care planning with other disciplines, and provide care addressing patients' psychosocial, physical, and general needs.
- Must determine care priorities based on patients' physical and psychosocial needs and factors affecting patient flow.
- Must communicate changes in patient status, symptoms, and diagnostic study results, and respond promptly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response.
- Must possess medical-surgical experience or knowledge of phlebotomy and venous access.
- Must be able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Must teach patients how to care for their IV or PICC line and communicate instructions clearly.
- Must be able to work under high stress and handle critical situations.
- Must demonstrate oral and written communication skills, including clear speaking and writing, listening, clarification, responding to questions, presenting to groups, participating in meetings, editing for spelling and grammar, adapting writing style, presenting numerical data, and interpreting written information.
- Must become and remain proficient in all computer programs necessary to perform the role.
- Must participate annually in required legal and ethical compliance training, follow the company's legal, ethical, and compliance policies and manual, and refrain from unethical or unlawful behavior.
Responsibilities
- Insert, monitor, and remove intravenous lines used to administer medications, blood products, and nutrition, monitoring patients for adverse reactions and ensuring tubing, bandages, and needles remain in place.
- Perform venous phlebotomy when patient blood levels need to be checked.
- Obtain vital signs, complete physical assessments and reviews of systems, document patient-related activities, and record medications used throughout infusion therapy.
- Provide and coordinate staffing services for patients with support from company directors, the nursing coordinator, and the director of nursing.
- Communicate with patients to identify problems and solutions related to their treatment.
- Provide patient documentation to relevant internal and external staff regarding scheduling and other pertinent patient information.
- Perform clinical duties and nursing documentation, including planning, organizing, scheduling, and coordinating patient care delivery by staff and submitting complete nursing notes.
- Use the nursing process to schedule nursing visits in accordance with prescriptions and established protocols.
- Coordinate start-of-care and ongoing nursing visits, and confirm visits with patients and the nursing agency or registered nurse.
- Send schedules to the team by email.
- Follow up on therapy administration reports, enter them, and email them to the team.
- Review nurses' notes for content, accuracy, and completeness, including drugs administered, dosages, and administration times.
- Maintain ongoing communication with families, supervisors, field personnel, and agencies about patient problems and special needs.
- Report problems and reportable situations to the referring physician, the appropriate physician's office administrator, and LUX Infusion nursing staff.
- Perform computer functions, including data entry, reports, and searches.
- Communicate patient and employee information to answering services when required.
- Coordinate staffing promptly while maintaining confidentiality and following compliance and ethics requirements.
- Insert intravenous cannulas, administer prescribed intravenous solutions and medications, maintain infusion sites and systems, and evaluate responses to prescribed therapy.
- Teach patients and caregivers to administer and monitor home infusion therapy.
- Prepare clinical records, care plans, and progress notes for each patient.
- Coordinate patient visit schedules and phone calls.
- Work in patients' places of residence and drive as assigned.
- Participate in quality assurance activities and audits as directed.
- Prioritize competing demands, manage multiple tasks, and seek guidance when appropriate.
- Assist directly or coordinate assistance to ensure people with disabilities can access the organization's services.
Desired Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree is preferred.
- A registered nurse degree and licensure are preferred.
- Experience with medical terminology is preferred.
About the company
LUX Infusion provides ambulatory infusion services in Alaska, delivering IV and injectable therapies outside hospital settings in spa-like centers in Anchorage, Palmer, and Fairbanks. A clinical team of physicians, nurse practitioners, and infusion nurses collaborates with referring providers, while centers handle pre-authorizations and financial assistance, serving patients with private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. In 2025, LUX Infusion was acquired by BioMatrix Infusion Pharmacy, integrating its care teams into a national ambulatory infusion network to expand the Pacific Northwest and accelerate growth; the company holds NICA accreditation and the AICE-Ambulatory Infusion Center of Excellence designation. Its goal is to provide high-quality, patient-centered outpatient infusion care that reduces medical costs and offers an alternative to hospital-based treatment.
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Anchorage, Alaska
Founded
2022
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- August 6, 2026 Infuse IQ acquisition adds Wyoming sites and widens referral reach.
- May 28, 2026 promotion of Dan Teich strengthens market-access negotiations with payors and manufacturers.
- Home infusion plus ambulatory care creates cross-referral opportunities and more therapy starts than hospital sites.
What critics are saying
- Biomatrix integration can standardize LUX away, erasing local brand distinction by 2027.
- Infuse IQ’s August 6, 2026 acquisition stretches management and capital across Wyoming and Alaska.
- Specialty infusion reimbursement pressure from payors and manufacturers can compress margins if contracts reset in 2027.
What makes LUX Infusion unique
- Alaska’s only scaled ambulatory infusion footprint in Anchorage, Palmer, and Fairbanks anchors local density.
- Clinician-led, spa-like infusion centers with NICA and AICE designations signal differentiated patient experience.
- BioMatrix acquired LUX on October 17, 2025, plugging it into national specialty-infusion infrastructure.
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