Registered Nurse: Atlanta, GA- (Tue & Sun) 12 Hr Night Shift (7 PM-7 AM)

Achieve Home Nursing Services, LLC

Atlanta, Georgia

Posted Aug 22 · New grads welcomed · reported

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour · night shifts (7 PM - 7 AM) · Tuesday, Sunday 12-hour night shifts (7 PM - 7 AM) Available Nights: Tuesday, Sunday
Unit and setting: Home Health One-on-one spinal cord injury carespinal cord injury
License: RN license Active Georgia RN license
Term: Per Diem

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New grads: Welcomed
License: RN license Active Georgia RN license Check your license
Certification: CPR certification Current CPR certification
Also asks: Strong empathy & interpersonal skills
Also asks: Calm, dependable presence
Also asks: Reliable transportation
Also asks: TB test Current TB test
Also asks: Patient lifting & positioning
Also asks: Physical stamina

Preferred

Experience: Spinal cord experience Spinal cord experience (preferred)

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What it pays

Pay reviews: $65 Clinical Visit: $65Clinical Visit
Pay reviews: $75 Supervisory Visit: $75Supervisory Visit
Pay reviews: $100 Admission: $100Admission

Benefits

BenefitsEmployee assistance programEmployee assistance program
BenefitsFlexible scheduleFlexible schedule
BenefitsReferral programReferral program

The role and schedule

Care model: One-on-one spinal cord injury care One-on-one spinal cord injury care
Day to day: Direct patient care Direct patient care
Day to day: Medication administration Medication administration
Day to day: Bowel & bladder care Bowel & bladder care
Day to day: Daily living assistance Daily living assistance
Day to day: Health monitoring Health monitoring
Day to day: Clinical documentation Clinical documentation
Day to day: Change reporting Change reporting
Day to day: Team communication Team communication
Day to day: Patient advocacy Patient advocacy
Day to day: Comfort support Comfort support
Weekends: Weekends required
Details: In person Work Location: In person

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Nurse to patient: One-on-one

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Achieve Home Nursing Services, LLC

Hiring organization

You drive to patients’ homes across the Atlanta metro for Achieve Home Nursing Services, a 51-to-200-person home-health group based at 1995 North Park Place SE. The work is in-home rehab nursing: brain and spinal cord recovery, ventilators, trachs, feeding tubes,…

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Preceptors and orientation

Orientation and training required; those unable to pass are weeded out

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Scheduling

Schedules made 60 days in advance; consistent requested days/times; flexibility cited; visits-only RN role offers independence

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As of 2022-02-18Source 1: indeed.com Source 2: indeed.com

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Position Snapshot

Registered Nurse (RN)

Location: Atlanta, GA

One-on-one spinal cord injury care

12-hour night shifts (7 PM – 7 AM)

Available Nights: Tuesday, Sunday

What You’ll Do

Direct patient care

Medication administration

Bowel & bladder care

Daily living assistance

Health monitoring

Clinical documentation

Change reporting

Team communication

Patient advocacy

Comfort support

Pay & Rates

Hourly Rate: $35 – $40/hour (12-hour shifts)

Clinical Visit: $65

Supervisory Visit: $75

Admission: $100

What We’re Looking For

Active Georgia RN license

Strong empathy & interpersonal skills

Calm, dependable presence

Spinal cord experience (preferred)

Reliable transportation

Current CPR certification

Current TB test

Physical Requirements

Patient lifting & positioning

Physical stamina

Pay: $35.00 - $40.00 per hour

Benefits

Employee assistance program

Flexible schedule

Referral program

License/

Certification

RN License (Required)

Work Location: In person

What's around it?

In Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, GAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about the same as the US average

Median rent: $1,711/mo
Household income: $85,652/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Atlanta, GA

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals who want walkability cluster Inside the Perimeter in Midtown and Atlantic Station (condos, MARTA Red/Gold, roughly $400K–$700K+), West Midtown’s loft-and-restaurant corridor ($450K–$650K), Old Fourth Ward and Inman Park on the BeltLine Eastside Trail ($400K–$800K+), and more residential Virginia-Highland ($600K–$850K). Chamblee, east of Brookhaven with MARTA rail and Buford Highway, is a suburban-feel ITP option that stretches a dollar further than Buckhead, Sandy Springs, or Roswell. Grant Park near Zoo Atlanta buys historic houses and a 131-acre park at about $350K–$550K. OTP, Decatur offers a walkable square and top schools ($550K–$750K); East Cobb is the school-driven suburb with a possible ~30-minute Midtown drive off-peak; Fairburn, Stockbridge, and Fayetteville are named for affordability and ~30-minute Atlanta commutes; South Fulton (airport, Sweetwater Creek, Six Flags), Stone Mountain (~20 minutes east), and Ellenwood (about $285K median, Arabia Mountain) are the cheaper first-buyer rings.

Nurses and young professionals who want walkability cluster Inside the Perimeter in Midtown and Atlantic Station (condos, MARTA Red/Gold, roughly $400K–$700K+), West Midtown’s loft-and-restaurant corridor ($450K–$650K), Old Fourth Ward and Inman Park on the BeltLine Eastside Trail ($400K–$800K+), and more residential Virginia-Highland ($600K–$850K). Chamblee, east of Brookhaven with MARTA rail and Buford Highway, is a suburban-feel ITP option that stretches a dollar further than Buckhead, Sandy Springs, or Roswell.

Grant Park near Zoo Atlanta buys historic houses and a 131-acre park at about $350K–$550K. OTP, Decatur offers a walkable square and top schools ($550K–$750K); East Cobb is the school-driven suburb with a possible ~30-minute Midtown drive off-peak; Fairburn, Stockbridge, and Fayetteville are named for affordability and ~30-minute Atlanta commutes; South Fulton (airport, Sweetwater Creek, Six Flags), Stone Mountain (~20 minutes east), and Ellenwood (about $285K median, Arabia Mountain) are the cheaper first-buyer rings.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: centurycommunities.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: realpha.com Source 5: youtube.com

Getting aroundAtlanta is a collection of small cities, not a grid: MARTA’s Red, Gold, Blue, and Green rail lines serve dense corridors (Midtown, Atlantic Station, Chamblee) and leave most of the metro car-dependent, so a downtown or Midtown hospital commute is transformed by living on a rail line and defined by I-285 and I-85 traffic if you do not. Chamblee riders take heavy rail to Mercedes-Benz Stadium and park cheap at a MARTA station for Hartsfield-Jackson instead of airport lots; East Cobb clients have reported Midtown in as little as 30 minutes when they dodge peak; Fairburn, Stockbridge, and Fayetteville are recommended as ~30-minute Atlanta commutes. Elsewhere a drive that looks close on a map routinely doubles—Jefferson at 40 miles can be 60–90 minutes. On April 18, 2026 MARTA opened the Rapid A Line (5 miles, 14 stations, buses every 10–15 minutes) and redrew the bus network from 113 routes to 81 with more all-day frequency. Emory Healthcare, Piedmont Healthcare, and Northside Hospital are among the metro’s largest employers, so neighborhood choice relative to those campuses matters more than any citywide average.

Atlanta is a collection of small cities, not a grid: MARTA’s Red, Gold, Blue, and Green rail lines serve dense corridors (Midtown, Atlantic Station, Chamblee) and leave most of the metro car-dependent, so a downtown or Midtown hospital commute is transformed by living on a rail line and defined by I-285 and I-85 traffic if you do not. Chamblee riders take heavy rail to Mercedes-Benz Stadium and park cheap at a MARTA station for Hartsfield-Jackson instead of airport lots; East Cobb clients have reported Midtown in as little as 30 minutes when they dodge peak; Fairburn, Stockbridge, and Fayetteville are recommended as ~30-minute Atlanta commutes.

Elsewhere a drive that looks close on a map routinely doubles—Jefferson at 40 miles can be 60–90 minutes. On April 18, 2026 MARTA opened the Rapid A Line (5 miles, 14 stations, buses every 10–15 minutes) and redrew the bus network from 113 routes to 81 with more all-day frequency.

Emory Healthcare, Piedmont Healthcare, and Northside Hospital are among the metro’s largest employers, so neighborhood choice relative to those campuses matters more than any citywide average.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realpha.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: thehonestlocal.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: getbellhops.com

OutdoorsThe Atlanta BeltLine is the daily outdoor spine: a 22-mile multi-use trail connecting 45 neighborhoods, with 16.7 miles paved as of June 2026 after Southside Trail segments 2 and 3 linked the Eastside and Westside trails (full loop funded through 2030; plan to walk and bike it, not ride the promised rail). Piedmont Park anchors Midtown; Grant Park’s 131 acres sit beside Zoo Atlanta. Stone Mountain Park covers 3,200 acres of trails, lake, and the carving about 20 minutes east; Sweetwater Creek State Park and Six Flags sit by South Fulton; Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area is the Ellenwood hike. Add the Atlanta Botanical Garden (15 acres of displays plus Storza Woods), Chattahoochee Nature Center and river trails, and Lake Lanier Islands for summer water-park days.

The Atlanta BeltLine is the daily outdoor spine: a 22-mile multi-use trail connecting 45 neighborhoods, with 16.7 miles paved as of June 2026 after Southside Trail segments 2 and 3 linked the Eastside and Westside trails (full loop funded through 2030; plan to walk and bike it, not ride the promised rail). Piedmont Park anchors Midtown; Grant Park’s 131 acres sit beside Zoo Atlanta.

Stone Mountain Park covers 3,200 acres of trails, lake, and the carving about 20 minutes east; Sweetwater Creek State Park and Six Flags sit by South Fulton; Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area is the Ellenwood hike. Add the Atlanta Botanical Garden (15 acres of displays plus Storza Woods), Chattahoochee Nature Center and river trails, and Lake Lanier Islands for summer water-park days.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realpha.com Source 2: thehonestlocal.com Source 3: centurycommunities.com Source 4: isss.oie.gatech.edu Source 5: discoveratlanta.com Source 6: facebook.com

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Living in Atlanta

Atlanta is less one downtown than a ring of small cities inside and outside I-285—the City in a Forest, hip-hop capital, and civil-rights memorial town that still greets strangers. For a nurse, Emory, Piedmont, and Northside rank among the largest employers, so the real choice is rail versus asphalt: MARTA’s Red and Gold lines make Midtown, Atlantic Station, and Chamblee workable; elsewhere a map-short drive can double on I-85 or I-285. Off shift, walk the BeltLine (16.7 of 22 miles paved, Eastside and Westside now linked), Piedmont or Grant Park, or Stone Mountain’s 3,200 acres. Eat Buford Highway, North Highland, Westside Provisions, or Decatur’s square—eight Michelin stars and lemon-pepper-wet wings in one metro. Housing is not cheap: listings near $425,000, in-town condos from the $400,000s, Ellenwood and South Fulton the first-buyer math, rents around $1,540. You will likely own a car. Mild winters and patios from March into December are the pitch; traffic, uneven schools, and pocket-level safety are the tradeoffs. Live next to the hospital, not 40 miles out.

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As of 2026Source 1: realpha.com Source 2: thehonestlocal.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: atlanta.eater.com Source 5: getbellhops.com Source 6: centurycommunities.com Source 7: youtube.com

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