Staff Nurse Burn Unit

Birmingham, Alabama

The staff nurse is a professional nurse who, with minimal supervision, is responsible for providing nursing care to patients. Children's of Alabama is a specialty hospital.

Posted Oct 10

Shift and hours: Evening shift, 7 on/7 off · 8-⁠hour shifts
Unit and setting: Critical Care Burn, Main Campus Quarterback Tower · Hospital The Burn Center is a six bed unit that provides acute, critical, ambulatory and rehabilitative care for pediatric burn patients.pediatric burn patients
License: RN license Registered Nurse AL Single Statecurrent RN license, Alabama single state
Term: Permanent Work schedule will be Full-time on the Evening Shift, 7on/7off.Full time

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License: current RN license, Alabama single state Registered Nurse AL Single State Check your license
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Certification: current BLS certification Current BLS certification
Education: graduate of an accredited school of nursing Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Education: Associate of Science in Nursing accepted as equivalent Associate of Science Nursing in Nursing
Also asks: able to use medical equipment, patient records, reports, and computer Must be able to use medical equipment, patient records, reports, and computer.

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Day to day: assessment, interventions, and reassessments of patients Patient care includes assessment, interventions, and reassessments of the patient.
Day to day: plan, implement, educate, and evaluate patient and caregiver care The nurse is also responsible for planning, implementing, educating, and evaluating care of patients/caregivers.
Day to day: teach patients and parents on scar management, mobility, and coping strategies The team provides extensive teaching with patients and parents concerning scar management, mobility and coping strategies.
Day to day: other duties as assigned Performs other duties as assigned.
Patients: trauma and surgery patients without infection Trauma and surgery patients that do not present with an infection are also accepted.
Patients: burned and injured children, birth to young adults This unit uses an interdisciplinary team approach to provide comprehensive care to burned and injured children ages birth to young adults.
Patients: outpatients followed in the burn clinic The Burn Team not only follows burn patients while hospitalized but also as outpatients in the burn clinic.
Care model: interdisciplinary team approach
Unit size: six-bed unit The Burn Center is a six bed unit that provides acute, critical, ambulatory and rehabilitative care for pediatric burn patients.
Details: works with minimal supervision The staff nurse is a professional nurse who, with minimal supervision, is responsible for providing nursing care to patients.

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Children's of Alabama

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Children's of Alabama is a pediatric healthcare facility located in Birmingham, Alabama (35233). The specialty care services described include renal and liver transplant, nephrotic syndrome, hematuria, end-stage renal disease (ESSRD), and post-COVID care, supported by a team of six Board…

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In Critical Care Burn at Main Campus Quarterback Tower

Work schedule will be Full-time on the Evening Shift, 7on/7off.

Summary

The staff nurse is a professional nurse who, with minimal supervision, is responsible for providing nursing care to patients. Patient care includes assessment, interventions, and reassessments of the patient. The nurse is also responsible for planning, implementing, educating, and evaluating care of patients/caregivers.

Other Information

Must be able to use medical equipment, patient records, reports, and computer. Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Experience

Licensures, Certifications, and/or Registries

Current BLS certification Current RN license in the State of Alabama

Essential

Credentials with Equivalent

Qualifications

Registered Nurse AL Single State or any of the following equivalent qualifications below: Registered Nurse AL NLC Multi State Registered Nurse Non-AL NLC Multi State Basic Life Support

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Education with Equivalent

Qualifications

Associate of Science Nursing in Nursing

Experience With Equivalent

Qualifications

The Burn Center is a six bed unit that provides acute, critical, ambulatory and rehabilitative care for pediatric burn patients. Trauma and surgery patients that do not present with an infection are also accepted. This unit uses an interdisciplinary team approach to provide comprehensive care to burned and injured children ages birth to young adults.

The Burn Center is supported by a multidisciplinary team that consists of physicians, nurses, occupational and physical therapists, child life therapists, social workers, chaplains, nutritionists, and certified teacher. The team works together closely, to not only meet physical needs but the emotional and social needs of the patient and their families. Burns can cause severe scarring which can alter the child’s appearance and ability to move.

The team provides extensive teaching with patients and parents concerning scar management, mobility and coping strategies. The Burn Team not only follows burn patients while hospitalized but also as outpatients in the burn clinic.

Schedule

7on/7off, Evening Shift, 8-Hour Shifts

What's around it?

In Birmingham, AL

Birmingham, ALFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 8% below the US average

Median rent: $1,107/mo
Household income: $46,051/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Birmingham, AL

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals cluster close-in: Crestwood’s 1920s–1940s bungalows and mid-century cottages (often mid-$200s to $500k+) sit on tree-lined streets with coffee shops and breweries and easy reach to Avondale and downtown. Homewood (Jan 2026 median about $400k; listings often $400k–$900k) mixes cottages, brick ranches, and new builds around walkable Edgewood and Soho villages just outside downtown. Urban options include Avondale, Lakeview, Five Points South, Highland Park, Southside, Forest Park, and downtown condos (watch HOA/assessments). Space-for-drive suburbs include Hoover, Vestavia Hills (median about $562k), Trussville, Irondale, Pelham (about $272k), Gardendale (about $265k), Helena, and Chelsea/Greystone/Westover on Highway 280 (Chelsea about $342k). Older close-in stock in Norwood, Woodlawn, and North Birmingham can hide renovation costs.

Nurses and young professionals cluster close-in: Crestwood’s 1920s–1940s bungalows and mid-century cottages (often mid-$200s to $500k+) sit on tree-lined streets with coffee shops and breweries and easy reach to Avondale and downtown. Homewood (Jan 2026 median about $400k; listings often $400k–$900k) mixes cottages, brick ranches, and new builds around walkable Edgewood and Soho villages just outside downtown.

Urban options include Avondale, Lakeview, Five Points South, Highland Park, Southside, Forest Park, and downtown condos (watch HOA/assessments). Space-for-drive suburbs include Hoover, Vestavia Hills (median about $562k), Trussville, Irondale, Pelham (about $272k), Gardendale (about $265k), Helena, and Chelsea/Greystone/Westover on Highway 280 (Chelsea about $342k).

Older close-in stock in Norwood, Woodlawn, and North Birmingham can hide renovation costs.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: youtube.com Source 2: gustygulasgroup.com Source 3: magnolialeague.com Source 4: publicstorage.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: niche.com Source 7: facebook.com

Getting aroundThe metro covers about 5,200 square miles and 1.19 million people, so it is not a 15-minute city. Highway 280 is the choke point for Chelsea, Greystone, and Westover; I-65 construction squeezes South Shelby (Alabaster, Calera, Columbiana, Montevallo); far-north Gardendale, Hayden, Warrior, and Mount Olive trade cheaper houses for longer drives. Relocators aiming at UAB, downtown, or Southside should treat 280, I-65, and I-459 interchanges as the real map. Downtown parking is widely called painful; public transit exists but daily life is car-and-corridor.

The metro covers about 5,200 square miles and 1.19 million people, so it is not a 15-minute city. Highway 280 is the choke point for Chelsea, Greystone, and Westover; I-65 construction squeezes South Shelby (Alabaster, Calera, Columbiana, Montevallo); far-north Gardendale, Hayden, Warrior, and Mount Olive trade cheaper houses for longer drives.

Relocators aiming at UAB, downtown, or Southside should treat 280, I-65, and I-459 interchanges as the real map. Downtown parking is widely called painful; public transit exists but daily life is car-and-corridor.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: youtube.com Source 2: hellolanding.com Source 3: publicstorage.com

OutdoorsMornings often start on the 67 free acres of Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Vulcan Park, Kelly Ingram Park, and access to hiking, lakes, and trails are the named outdoor staples; residents also use neighborhood parks in Homewood and the wider metro’s green space. Mild weather most of the year makes walking the Civil Rights District and garden loops practical. Outdoor life is a consistent plus even from the suburbs, though the sprawl means you drive to many trailheads and lakes.

Mornings often start on the 67 free acres of Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Vulcan Park, Kelly Ingram Park, and access to hiking, lakes, and trails are the named outdoor staples; residents also use neighborhood parks in Homewood and the wider metro’s green space.

Mild weather most of the year makes walking the Civil Rights District and garden loops practical. Outdoor life is a consistent plus even from the suburbs, though the sprawl means you drive to many trailheads and lakes.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: cvent.com Source 3: publicstorage.com Source 4: gustygulasgroup.com Source 5: facebook.com

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Living in Birmingham

Birmingham, nicknamed the Magic City, sprawls across more than 5,200 square miles and 1.19 million people, so a nurse’s quality of life hinges on corridor more than zip code. UAB and a dense hospital network make healthcare the economic core; Crestwood bungalows, Homewood’s Edgewood and Soho villages, Avondale, Five Points South, and Highland Park put younger professionals near work and food, while Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Trussville, and Irondale trade minutes for yards and schools. Highway 280, I-65 construction, and I-459 interchanges punish far-south Chelsea or far-north Gardendale commutes that look short on a map. Housing still undercuts bigger Southern metros: Pelham and Gardendale medians in the mid-$200ks, Homewood around $400k, Vestavia Hills about $562k, Mountain Brook into the millions, with downtown condo HOAs as a hidden cost. Daily life includes Saw’s pork and Alabama white sauce, Bottega, Pepper Place, seven James Beard kitchens, 67 acres of Botanical Gardens, Vulcan Park, and the Civil Rights District’s BCRI, 16th Street Baptist Church, and Kelly Ingram Park. Summers run near 90°F and humid; winters average about 54°F with roughly 1.6 inches of snow. Crime, parking, Sunday closures, and humidity are the cons locals actually name.

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As of 2026Source 1: youtube.com Source 2: gustygulasgroup.com Source 3: magnolialeague.com Source 4: cvent.com Source 5: hellolanding.com Source 6: unionatcooperhill.com Source 7: publicstorage.com

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