Stepdown Travel Nurse

This Stepdown travel nurse position in Birmingham, Alabama, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) contract at UAB Hospital. This role pays $1,973 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 Alabama RN License

UAB Hospital - Birmingham, AL UAB Hospital is the academic medical center of UAB Medicine in Birmingham - one of the largest hospitals in the United States and Alabama's leading tertiary and quaternary referral center.

• 1,207-bed academic medical center (University of Alabama at Birmingham) - the 5th-largest hospital in the U.S., with a deep, high-acuity case mix across nearly every specialty
• Alabama's only ACS-verified Level I adult trauma center - re-verified in 2025 and managing roughly 35% of the state's trauma; a high-acuity emergency and trauma environment
• Magnet-recognized for nursing excellence (ANCC) - the only Magnet-designated hospital in Alabama
• Comprehensive Transplant Institute (the state's leading organ transplant program) and the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-designated), with nationally ranked cardiac, neurosurgery, and other specialty programs