A registered nurse at home in Mumbai
Clinical care at home, within her qualification, her registration and the treating doctor’s written instructions. Newborn, post-surgical, elderly or long-term.
What she does, and what she does not.
Getting this wrong is the most expensive mistake in this market, so we would rather be blunt about the boundary than sell you the wrong person.
This is the job
- Medication as prescribed, and a written record of it
- Wound and post-surgical care
- Observations — vitals, intake, output — recorded and handed over
- Tube feeding, catheter and stoma care where she is trained for it
- Mobility, positioning and pressure-area care
- Escalating to the treating doctor, and knowing when
This is not
- Diagnosing, prescribing or changing a treatment plan
- Anything outside her qualification or her registration
- Housekeeping and cooking for the household
- A doctor, and no substitute for one
What a home nurse actually costs in Mumbai
Most agencies will not tell you until you have paid them. Here is the arithmetic we use, and it is the same arithmetic on the phone.
| Requirement | Adds | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Starting salary | ₹60,000 | Live-out, six days, current State Council registration |
| Nights only | + ₹8,000 | The hardest shift in this work to staff. |
| Complex clinical care (post-surgical, tube feeding, ventilator) | + ₹15,000 | That is specialist nursing, at a specialist’s salary. |
| Passport and international travel | + ₹10,000 | Very few hold a passport, and fewer will travel. |
| At least 5 years’ experience | + ₹10,000 | Ten years adds sixteen. |
| Live-in rather than live-out | + ₹5,000 | Available around the clock, and giving up living at home. |
| Fluent English essential | + ₹8,000 | More often available among nurses than in other roles, but still priced. |
| 12-hour shift | + ₹4,000 | Two nurses on a 12-hour rotation is the usual answer to round-the-clock care. |
| Starting this week | + ₹3,000 | You are asking someone to leave a patient at short notice. |
Five days instead of six takes ₹3,000 off; part time takes ₹8,000 off. We never place anyone below ₹25,000 a month, whatever the arithmetic says.
Seven gates. Most people don’t get through.
Screening is only worth something if it can fail someone. Here is exactly where ours does.
Application and first call
Her qualification, her registration number, where she trained and what she has actually nursed. Anything she says here is written down, and checked against what comes later.
Identity and address
Government photo ID and PAN, seen in the original — not a forwarded photograph. Current and previous addresses, both supported by documents.
Two employers, telephoned
We ring two named people who actually employed her and write down what they said, in their words. Not a letter she brought with her.
Work history gaps
Dated, in order. Where a year is missing we ask why, and we put the answer in the profile whether or not it flatters her.
In person
A conversation, not a form — usually the first one over video call so she is not losing a day’s pay to travel. Scenario questions on medication, deterioration, escalation and handover.
Health and registration
Her nursing registration, checked as current against the State Nursing Council register — not taken from the certificate she shows us. Plus a signed health declaration and a fitness certificate.
Consent and declaration
She signs to say her answers are true, and consents to us sharing the profile with families considering hiring her. Nothing goes out without it.
What screening cannot do
- India has no national criminal-records database a private company may search. Anyone promising a “complete criminal check” is overstating it.
- Police verification is filed by you, the household, at your local station. We prepare the file and walk you through it; the certificate comes back in your name.
- Every profile we send ends with a paragraph headed What we could not confirm. If a reference never picked up, you will read that sentence.
- She becomes your employee, not ours. We present what we found; we do not warrant her character or guarantee her performance.
Published. The same for every family.
| What you pay | ||
|---|---|---|
| Search retainer | Non-refundable. Adjusted in full against the fee. | ₹10,000 |
| Total placement fee | One month of the salary you agree with her. Due at ten service days. | 1 month |
| Balance on confirmation | The fee, less the ₹10,000 already paid. | Fee − ₹10,000 |
| Her salary | Paid by you, directly to her, from day one. | Paid by you |
| Charged to the professional | Nothing. Not a fee, not a deduction. | ₹0 |
Exclusive of GST where applicable. The full terms are in the written agreement you sign before any money changes hands.
Questions families ask before hiring a nurse
How much does a home nurse cost in Mumbai?
A registered nurse at home starts at about ₹60,000 a month in Mumbai for live-out work, six days. Nights only add about ₹8,000, and complex clinical care — post-surgical, tube feeding, ventilator — adds about ₹15,000. Our salary calculator gives you a figure for your own requirements.
Can I get a nurse at home for ₹50,000?
Honestly, no. Registered nurses start at about ₹60,000 in Mumbai, and any single requirement on top — nights, a passport, complex care — moves it further. If your budget is ₹50,000 we will say so at the first call rather than take ₹10,000 for a search we do not believe we can fill. Sometimes the honest answer is that you need an attendant, not a nurse.
Do you check her nursing registration?
Yes, against the State Nursing Council register, and we check that it is current — not that a certificate exists. The registration number and the date we checked it go in the written profile you receive.
What is the difference between a nurse and an attendant?
A registered nurse holds a nursing qualification and a current registration, and can give medication, dress wounds and take clinical observations. An attendant or caretaker supports daily living — feeding, hygiene, mobility, company — and does none of the clinical work. Families are frequently sold the second while paying for the first.
Can she work nights, or round the clock?
Nights only is common and adds about ₹8,000 a month. Genuine round-the-clock cover is two nurses on a 12-hour rotation, not one person awake for 24 hours — anyone who offers you the latter is selling you a tired nurse.
Do you charge the nurse anything?
No. Not a fee, not a deduction, not a cut of her salary, ever. We are paid by the family, and our fee is published on this page.
Tell us about the care needed.
Five minutes. We call you within one working day.