Nightshift Nurse
Company: Brian Center of Alleghany
Location: Low Moor
Posted on: February 19, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Description: The Registered
Nurse reports to and receives general direction from the Director
of Nursing and is responsible for delivering quality nursing care
to assigned residents in compliance with current applicable
federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and established
policies and procedures which encourages each resident’s ability to
maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental, and
psychosocial well-being. Schedule: Full-Time, Nights, 7 PM - 7 AM,
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Assess each resident;
collect and document the resident’s current health status and
medical history. Complete and/or review the Admission Data Record.
Make accurate and ongoing assessments of the resident’s status and
respond appropriately. Plan/Implement: Set priorities for nursing
action in a logical sequence according to the resident’s needs and
formulate a plan of care by the appropriate selection of Nurse
Practice Standards. The Plan of Care is initiated on resident
admission based on all aspects of the initial assessment. Plan
includes physiological, psychosocial, and environmental factors.
Evaluate: Perform ongoing assessments and revise plan of care based
on new data and resident’s condition. . Documentation: Document
accurate and ongoing assessments of resident status. Document
resident care which reflects nursing intervention, resident
response to care provided, resident needs, problems, capabilities,
limitations and progress toward goals. Communicate with physicians
regarding resident needs, the nursing assessments, and
recommendations as needed. Collaborate with other nurses and
nursing department staff to ensure the resident’s well being.
Administer medications, IV’s, treatments and procedures in
accordance with physician’s orders. Observe and document resident’s
response to medications and treatments. Ensure proper disposal of
all drugs and medications. Ensure adequate levels of medication,
supplies and equipment is available at all time. Report needs to
the Director of Nursing. Handle emergency situations in a prompt,
precise and professional manner. Maintain the comfort, privacy, and
dignity of each resident in the delivery of services. Interact with
residents in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring
environment. Comprehensive understanding and adherence to all
aspects of residents’ rights, including the right to be free of
restraints and free of abuse. Promptly report to the charge nurse
or administrative staff all incidents or evidence of resident abuse
or violation of residents’ rights. Assure residents have call
lights at hand and answer resident’s call lights promptly and
courteously. Assist with orienting residents and their families to
the nursing facility upon admission. Receive the nursing report
upon reporting for duty each shift. Give the nursing report to
relief personnel before departing at the end of each shift. Observe
and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdown to the
Charge Nurse. Promptly report injuries of an unknown source,
including skin tears to the Charge Nurse. Communicate and interact
effectively, courteously, and tactfully with residents, visitors,
family members, peers, and supervisors. Thoroughly wash hands
before and after performing any service for the resident . Make
rounds frequently and check each resident routinely to ensure
his/her nursing care needs are being met. Respond to inquiries or
requests from residents and family members in a prompt and
courteous manner. Promote positive public relations with residents,
family members and guests. Maintain the confidentiality of all
resident care information. Requirements: QUALIFICATIONS: Graduate
of an accredited school of Nursing. Must possess a current,
unencumbered Registered Nurse License or Practical Nurse License
issued by the State. PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS: Must be able to
push, pull, move and/or lift a minimum of 50 pounds. Must be able
to stand and walk for long periods of time. Must be able to reach,
stoop, kneel, bend, lift and move intermittently throughout the
work day throughout the facility. Must be able to work outside of
normal work hours including nights, holidays, and weekends as
needed to meet facility and position demands. Must be free of
diseases that may be transmitted in the performance of job
responsibilities during the stage of communicability. Must be able
to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally
upset and at times hostile people within the facility.
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