Grandview Medical Center - Birmingham, AL
Hospital · Birmingham, AL
- 2
- open roles, live count
- 1:2
- nurse-to-patient, employer research
- 372
- beds
- 4.6
- Google rating
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 2
Benefits
You would see a $5,000 sign-on listed for an RN OR Circulator role, not as a hospital-wide bonus.
What stands out
Travel nurses
You would typically work 3x12 night shifts if you take a travel L&D or Med-Surg RN contract at this campus.
As of 2026Source: vivian.com
Experienced nurses
You would see a $5,000 sign-on listed for an RN OR Circulator role.
As of 2026Source: linkedin.com
Travel nurses
You would be looking at agency weekly rates from about $1,630 to $1,937 for nights 3x12, which are contract rates, not staff wages.
As of 2026Source: vivian.com
Experienced nurses
You would find recent anonymous staff reviews from CVICU, ED, and L&D displayed as five-star.
As of 2025-08-24Source: vivian.com
More about working here
New graduates
You would read interview summaries that call the process easy and very positive, with most people applying online.
As of 2026-01-08Source: glassdoor.com
Moving here
You would be joining a 372-bed short-term acute care hospital, with CVICU, ED, L&D, Med-Surg, and OR work on campus.
Source 1: vivian.comSource 2: vivian.comSource 3: linkedin.com
Experienced nurses
You would see CVICU and ED nurses among those who have left facility reviews, so those units are on site.
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Travel L&D and Med-Surg RN contracts commonly posted as 3x12 night shifts.
As of 2026Source: vivian.com
- Pay and benefits
- $5000 sign-on bonus for RN OR Circulator at Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
As of 2026Source: linkedin.com
- Pay and benefits
- $5,000 sign-on for travel Med Surg RN (paid in first paycheck, with repayment condition)
As of 2026Source: facebook.com
- Pay and benefits
- Travel RN L&D nights 3x12 via Vibra Travels, $1,937/week (agency contract, not staff wage)
As of 2026Source: vivian.com
- Pay and benefits
- Travel RN Med Surg nights 3x12 via Vibra Travels, $1,901/week (agency contract, not staff wage)
As of 2026Source: vivian.com
- Pay and benefits
- Travel L&D RN nights 3x12 via American Traveler, $1,750/week (agency contract)
As of 2026Source: vivian.com
- Pay and benefits
- Travel Med Surg RN nights 3x12 via American Traveler, $1,720/week (agency contract)
As of 2026Source: vivian.com
- Pay and benefits
- Travel Med Surg RN nights 3x12 via Fastaff, $1,698/week (agency contract)
As of 2026Source: vivian.com
- Pay and benefits
- Travel L&D RN nights 3x12 via Fastaff, $1,677/week (agency contract)
As of 2026Source: vivian.com
- Pay and benefits
- Travel RN L&D nights 3x12 via TRS Healthcare, $1,656/week (agency contract)
As of 2026Source: vivian.com
- Pay and benefits
- Travel RN Med Surg nights 3x12 via TRS Healthcare, $1,630/week (agency contract)
As of 2026Source: vivian.com
The city
Living in Birmingham, AL
Birmingham blends Southern hospitality with a revitalized urban core. Nurses relocating here find affordable living, a growing medical district, and easy access to hiking trails in the nearby Appalachian foothills. The metro offers a comfortable mix of city amenities and outdoor space.
Browse roles in Birmingham
- Metro price level · Birmingham area
- 8% below the national average
- BEA index 91.6 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,107/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $46,051/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You would typically work 3x12 night shifts if you take a travel L&D or Med-Surg RN contract here. You may come across a $5,000 sign-on listed for an RN OR Circulator role.
- Hospital · Birmingham
- Hiring days
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- interview experience
- Glassdoor interview summaries rate difficulty easy and experience very positive; most candidates applied online.
As of 2026-01-08Source: glassdoor.com
- PCA interview experience
- PCA interviews also summarized as easy and very positive, with all reported hires applying online.
As of 2021-02-09Source: glassdoor.com
- overall staff rating
- Vivian shows a 3.4 overall rating from 53 reviews, indicating mixed rather than uniformly strong sentiment.
As of 2025Source: vivian.com
More review themes
- recent unit-level reviews
- Recent anonymous staff reviews displayed from CVICU, ED, L&D, social work, and phlebotomy were five-star.
As of 2025-08-24Source: vivian.com
- compensation transparency
- Glassdoor reports no reviews or salary data for this employer, limiting public pay insight.
As of 2026-01-08Source: glassdoor.com
What to weigh
You would be looking at a 3.4 overall rating from 53 reviews, mixed rather than uniformly strong.
As of 2025Source: vivian.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Sep 3, 2026
Weighing a first job here?
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Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- ERDays 1new grads1 open
- ORDays 1new grads1 open
LinkedIn lists an RN OR Circulator opening with a $5000 sign-on bonus at this campus.
Source location unconfirmedSource: linkedin.com
facility-wide
Vivian lists a 1:2 patient ratio verified by 55 users, 372 beds, short-term acute care.
Source location unconfirmedSource: vivian.com
L&D
Multiple travel L&D RN contracts posted as 3x12 night shifts at this Birmingham campus.
Source location unconfirmedSource: vivian.com
Med-Surg
Multiple travel Med Surg RN contracts posted as 3x12 night shifts at this campus.
Source location unconfirmedSource: vivian.com
CVICU
A staff CVICU RN left a Vivian facility review, confirming a CVICU exists on site.
Source location unconfirmedSource: vivian.com
ED
A staff ED RN left a Vivian facility review, confirming an emergency department on site.
Source location unconfirmedSource: vivian.com
Open roles
Current openings at Grandview Medical Center - Birmingham, AL
Refreshed throughout the day.
RN ED
Birmingham, AL · Posted 2 weeks ago
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Birmingham, AL · Posted 2 weeks ago
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Monday - Friday 6:00am - 5:00pm
- Compact license OK
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