Stepdown Travel Nurse

This Stepdown travel nurse position in Memphis, Tennessee, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Methodist University Hospital. This role pays $2,010 per week and follows a Days shift with a 3x12 schedule. In this Stepdown travel nursing role, you will provide progressive care in a hospital setting, assess and monitor patient conditions, support urgent interventions, document care accurately, and collaborate with physicians and the clinical care team during fast-moving patient situations. Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits.

Responsibilities

• Manage higher-acuity patients stepping down from intensive care who require close monitoring
• Monitor continuous telemetry and hemodynamic status, recognizing and escalating changes promptly
• Administer medications and IV therapy, including titratable drips approved for the unit, per facility protocol
• Care for patients on high-flow oxygen and non-invasive ventilation when assigned

Travel Nursing Requirements:

• 2+ years of recent Stepdown nursing experience
• Active Tennessee RN License

Methodist University Hospital - Memphis, TN Methodist University Hospital is the flagship of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and the principal adult teaching hospital of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center - a roughly 600-bed academic hospital in Memphis.

• A large solid-organ transplant program specializing in liver, kidney, and pancreas, drawing referrals across the Mid-South.
• A cardiac program recognized as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care and a HeartCARE Center, with a history of Mid-South cardiac firsts.
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• The FACT-accredited Methodist Healthcare Blood and Marrow Transplant Center and a Commission on Cancer–accredited cancer program.
• U.S. News's best hospital in Memphis, staffed largely by UTHSC faculty.