Stepdown Travel Nurse

This Stepdown travel nurse position in Wilmington, North Carolina, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Novant Health - New Hanover Regional Medical Center. This role pays $1,882 per week and follows a Nights 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 North Carolina RN License

Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center - Wilmington, NC If you're seriously injured in southeastern coastal North Carolina, Novant Health New Hanover is where you go - the region's only trauma center and a large regional referral hospital in Wilmington.

• An ACS-verified Level II trauma center - the only one in the region - treating more than 3,000 trauma patients a year, so ED, trauma, and ICU nurses see the area's most serious injuries.
• The Betty H. Cameron Women's & Children's Hospital covers maternity, NICU, pediatric, and PICU nursing.
• U.S. News rates it high-performing in cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology, orthopedics, and pulmonology - strong cardiac, GI, and ortho units.
• A teaching hospital and regional referral center with a family-medicine residency, part of Novant Health.
• The Zimmer Cancer Center, a rehabilitation hospital, and a behavioral-health hospital sit on campus, with Novant Health AirLink running regional transport.