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Continuing education credits through Supplemental University
Looking for your next ER contract? Supplemental Health Care is hiring Emergency Room RNs for hospital assignments in Birmingham, Alabama. The Emergency Room Nurse will provide care in emergency situations with patients experiencing trauma, injury, or other conditions. The RN will work in a fast-paced environment and will be expected to recognize life-threatening problems and provide treatment as necessary independently. The RN will also conduct admissions, triage, and discharges. 13-week contract with possibility to extend. NOC shift(s) available.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
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.
