RN - Emergency Services -7p

Southeast Health

Dothan, Alabama

Southeast Health is a community hospital.

Eligibility: ER

Posted Jul 23

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour nights3 shifts · 36 hours a week
Unit and setting: ER · Hospital
License: RN licenseCurrent RN License in the state of Alabama
Term: Permanent

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License: Current RN License in the state of Alabama Check your license
Certification: Basic Cardiac Life Support required Successful course completion of institutional intermediate EKG course
Certification: Successful course completion in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within one year of employmentAfter hire · within one year
Certification: Successful course completion in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within one year of employmentAfter hire · within one year
Also asks: Must be able to read, write, and speak English
Also asks: LANGUAGE/ COMMUNICATION

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Southeast Health

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You would join a 420-bed acute care hospital in Dothan that is also Houston County’s largest employer, with a nursing team around 900. The campus runs a Level II Trauma Center, 56 critical care beds including a Neuro ICU, and…

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Preceptors and orientation

Enhanced orientation with more transition time and protected training time; nurse tech program for students pre-graduation

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Nursing leadership

Tena Knight, MSN, ACNS-BC · Associate Chief Nursing Officer

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Nurses can self-schedule and request shifts online via ShiftWizard; flexibility in scheduling noted by employees

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As of 2025Source 1: southeasthealth.org Source 2: glassdoor.com

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Job Description Summary

Actively accepts, understands, and practices appropriate standards of emergency nursing care. Is responsible and accountable for managing all assigned personnel, supplies, and equipment. Is responsible for promoting positive relationships and teamwork among employees and between departments. Is responsible and accountable for own clinical practice, as well as the quality and quantity of nursing care given to patients by nursing personnel. Actively supports the mission, vision, and values of the hospital and department. Job Description

Qualifications

Current RN License in the state of Alabama Successful course completion in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within one year of employment Successful course completion in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within one year of employment Basic Cardiac Life Support required Successful course completion of institutional intermediate EKG course

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Must be able to read, write, and speak English

Shift Night Shift Details 7:00 pm - 7:00 am FTE 0.9 Type Regular Join one of Forbes 500 best mid-sized employers in America. Equal Employment Employer Southeast Health is committed to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Southeast Health will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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In Dothan, AL

Dothan, ALFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 16% below the US average

Median rent: $960/mo
Household income: $55,792/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Dothan, AL

NeighborhoodsWest Dothan and the outskirts are the pockets locals actually recommend: Headland, Rehobeth, Magnolia Trace, and Grove Park come up first on community threads. Buyers with more budget name Mountainbrook; a six-figure remote worker called The Woodlands peaceful, safer than Enterprise, and minutes from Target, Starbucks, and the airport. Downtown mixes restored historic homes on St. Andrews with newer lofts and apartments on Foster and Main, walkable to breweries and coffee. The city is described as tree rings—Downtown, Central Dothan inside the Circle, then North/South/East/West, then cotton-and-pine countryside—with more than 50 neighborhoods in Dothan proper plus small towns such as Taylor (Niche’s #1 in Houston County).

West Dothan and the outskirts are the pockets locals actually recommend: Headland, Rehobeth, Magnolia Trace, and Grove Park come up first on community threads. Buyers with more budget name Mountainbrook; a six-figure remote worker called The Woodlands peaceful, safer than Enterprise, and minutes from Target, Starbucks, and the airport.

Downtown mixes restored historic homes on St. Andrews with newer lofts and apartments on Foster and Main, walkable to breweries and coffee. The city is described as tree rings—Downtown, Central Dothan inside the Circle, then North/South/East/West, then cotton-and-pine countryside—with more than 50 neighborhoods in Dothan proper plus small towns such as Taylor (Niche’s #1 in Houston County).

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: dothanrealestatebigcreek.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: niche.com

Getting aroundThe typical Dothan commute is about 16.22 minutes; the city is very spread out, daily life is car-based, and these sources name no transit lines, hospital routes, or parking rules. The Woodlands is minutes from Target, Starbucks, and Dothan Regional Airport, which has daily nonstop jets to Atlanta. Major highways stitch the Wiregrass together; the beach, Lake Eufaula, and Atlanta are each a few hours’ drive. Traffic still shows up as a local complaint even with that short average drive.

The typical Dothan commute is about 16.22 minutes; the city is very spread out, daily life is car-based, and these sources name no transit lines, hospital routes, or parking rules. The Woodlands is minutes from Target, Starbucks, and Dothan Regional Airport, which has daily nonstop jets to Atlanta.

Major highways stitch the Wiregrass together; the beach, Lake Eufaula, and Atlanta are each a few hours’ drive. Traffic still shows up as a local complaint even with that short average drive.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: dothanrealestatebigcreek.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: visitdothan.com

OutdoorsDothan Area Botanical Gardens (paths, themed plantings, water features) and Landmark Park (trails, historic buildings, family exhibits) are the in-town nature anchors; Forever Wild Trails at Beaver Creek adds hiking. City parks include Eastgate Park, Kiwanis Park, Westgate Park, and Rip Hewes Athletic Complex, with golf courses around the metro and Adventureland for mini golf and batting cages. Outer rings mix rivers, creeks, timber, cotton farms, and wildlife; a few hours away are Lake Eufaula, Florida beaches, St. Andrew’s State Park, and caverns in Marianna. Hiking inside Dothan itself is often called limited.

Dothan Area Botanical Gardens (paths, themed plantings, water features) and Landmark Park (trails, historic buildings, family exhibits) are the in-town nature anchors; Forever Wild Trails at Beaver Creek adds hiking. City parks include Eastgate Park, Kiwanis Park, Westgate Park, and Rip Hewes Athletic Complex, with golf courses around the metro and Adventureland for mini golf and batting cages.

Outer rings mix rivers, creeks, timber, cotton farms, and wildlife; a few hours away are Lake Eufaula, Florida beaches, St. Andrew’s State Park, and caverns in Marianna. Hiking inside Dothan itself is often called limited.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: timbercreekdistillery.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: visitdothan.com Source 4: southernliving.com Source 5: reddit.com

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Relocation assistance offered alongside sign-on bonuses

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Living in Dothan

Dothan is the Peanut Capital of the World—about 60 percent of the U.S. crop grows within 100 miles—and the unflashy hub of Alabama’s Wiregrass, a tri-state area of nearly 300,000 people near Fort Rucker, Georgia, and the Florida line. It will not sell you mountains or beachfront. What it does sell is a roughly 16-minute typical commute, median homes near $194,000, rents around $750, and downtown Foster Street, where murals, the Wiregrass Museum of Art, KBC, and Dothan Ice Cream Company sit among historic lofts. Nurses here tend toward the west side, The Woodlands (minutes from Target, Starbucks, and the airport), Magnolia Trace, Grove Park, or towns like Rehobeth, Headland, and Taylor. Landmark Park, the botanical gardens, and the National Peanut Festival fill weekends; Lake Eufaula, Florida beaches, and Atlanta are a few hours away. Tradeoffs are honest: brutal summers, high utilities, thin nightlife, limited hiking, and some transplants get bored. Bring a car and you get affordability plus a slower, family-oriented pace.

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As of 2026Source 1: youtube.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: dothanrealestatebigcreek.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: facebook.com Source 6: niche.com Source 7: visitdothan.com Source 8: timbercreekdistillery.com Source 9: facebook.com

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Dothan, ALFrom Census ACS 2024.