Travel or Local Stepdown RN Job in Birmingham, Alabama

Sign-on bonus and travel assignment opportunity in Birmingham, AL Stepdown RN (travel or local) caring for transitional patients; nights (7P shift); location: Birmingham, AL; assignment length: travel contract (typically 8–13 weeks) or local perm-to-temp. - Active RN license (AL or compact) required - Recent stepdown/tele/PCU experience (typically 1–2+ years) - ACLS and BLS current - Ability to titrate drips, calculate dosages, manage continuous infusions - Comfortable collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

Stepdown Nurses (RN) provide patient care in transitional units where patients are too sick for the med-surg floor but not sick enough for intensive care. Stepdown RNs job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Evaluate and monitor patient’s progress, identifying sudden or subtle changes in the patient’s medical condition
• Calculate drug dosage, titrate medication doses, administer continuous medication infusion and monitor patients for effects of medication
• Stepdown RNs work closely and collaborate with physicians and all other healthcare professionals

Shift: 7P