Great Falls Clinic Hospital
Community Hospital · Great Falls, MT
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Community Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Nights 3 · Days 1
What stands out
New graduates
A Fall 2026 New Graduate RN Residency runs 6–12 months, with applications due July 21 and the cohort starting September 23.
Experienced nurses
A $70M expansion added 46 beds, a 10-bed ICU, two cath labs, and an EP lab, so intraoperative and procedural work has real room to grow.
Experienced nurses
OR circulator work follows AORN standards for intraoperative care, with scrub capability listed and call built into the role.
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com
Moving here
Great Falls sits about 3% below the national cost of living, and Montana is a compact-license state.
More about working here
Experienced nurses
Pre-Op, PACU, cath lab, and procedural recovery cover care before and after surgery, IR, bronchoscopy, and interventional cardiology.
New graduates
Hospital-wide figures show CMS Grade A staffing marks, about 2.13 RNs per bed, and nursing HPPD around 10.0 on a daily census near 15.
As of 2026Source: allnurses.com
Experienced nurses
You chart in Epic, and the employer describes nurse-to-patient ratios that leave room for more personalized care.
Moving here
This is a provider-led community hospital with Clinic roots back to 1917, open 24/7 at 3010 15th Ave South.
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Pre-Op/PACU role requires on-call rotations and weekend and/or holiday schedule based on facility needs; OR Circulator call required.
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com
- Pay and benefits
- New Grad RN Residency 6-12 month nurse training, Surgery Partners Inc / Great Falls
As of 2026Source: jobleads.com
- Pay and benefits
- Nightshift add-on pay plus shift differential hourly pay for RN float outpatient clinics
As of 2026Source: facebook.com
Starting out and growing here
- Nurse residency
- New Graduate RN Residency Program - Fall 2026 Cohort · Applications: Application Deadline July 21st 2026; Fall Cohort begins 09/23/2026
The city
Living in Great Falls, MT
Great Falls sits along the Missouri River in north-central Montana, offering nurses a small-city pace with rugged outdoor access. The community leans military and agricultural, with Malmstrom Air Force Base nearby. Expect wide-open skies, quiet neighborhoods, and a frontier-town feel far from major metro congestion.
Browse roles in Great Falls- Metro price level · Great Falls area
- 3% below the national average
- BEA index 96.8 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $900/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $63,373/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 walk into Great Falls Clinic Hospital at 3010 15th Ave South, a provider-led community hospital that stays open 24/7 with the front desk and ER a phone call away.
- Community Hospital · Great Falls
- Hiring nights & days
More about Great Falls Clinic Hospital
The Clinic side goes back more than a century; the hospital side recently finished a roughly $70 million build that added 46 beds, a 10-bed ICU, two cath labs, and an EP lab, so the floors you might work still feel like a place mid-growth rather than finished. If you are new, the Fall 2026 New Graduate RN Residency is a concrete door: apply by July 21, start September 23, and train across a 6–12 month window. If you already have your feet under you, OR circulator work here means planning and evaluating intraoperative care to AORN standards with call, and Pre-Op/PACU/procedural recovery covers the stretch before and after surgery, IR, bronchoscopy, and interventional cardiology—also with on-call and weekend or holiday turns when the schedule needs it. You chart in Epic. Staffing markers on record include a CMS Grade A note, about 2.13 RNs per bed, nursing HPPD near 10.0, and a daily census around 15 at roughly 84% occupancy. Pay figures in public postings sit in broad bands (roughly mid-60s to high-80s or 90s thousand depending on the role) rather than a single locked offer, and full differential dollars are only partly spelled out. Great Falls itself runs a little under the national cost of living, and Montana is a compact-license state.
Provider-led community hospital that emphasizes teamwork, physician leadership, and personalized care; Clinic and Hospital remain two practices under the same ownership after a 2023 name simplification, with no stated care-model change.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Patient care quality
- Former staff and patient reported excellent care experiences at both Great Falls Clinic/Hospital and the other local facility.
As of 2026Source: reddit.com
- Nurse communication and staffing feel
- Described as strong nurse communication, personalized acute-care feel, solid staffing ratios, and emergency readiness focus; no nurse reviews posted yet.
As of 2026Source: allnurses.com
What to weigh
OR circulator and Pre-Op/PACU roles require on-call plus weekend and holiday rotations set by facility need.
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 28, 2026
- Website
- gfclinic.com ↗
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A closer look at the units
Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- PACU2 open
- StepdownDays 1 · Nights 12 open
- CVICUNights 11 open
- ICUNights 11 open
$70M expansion added 46 beds, a 10-bed ICU, two cath labs, and an EP lab.
Source location unconfirmedSource: linkedin.com
Hospital-wide
CMS Grade A staffing; RN per Bed 2.13; HPPD Nursing 10.0; RN staffing 43; daily census 15; 84% occupancy.
Source location unconfirmedSource: allnurses.com
OR / Surgery
OR Circulator plans/implements/evaluates intraoperative care per AORN; call required; scrub capability listed.
Source location unconfirmedSource: talents.vaia.com
Pre-Op/PACU/Cath Lab/Procedural Recovery
Care before/after surgery, IR, bronchoscopy, interventional cardiology; on-call, weekend/holiday rotation.
Source location unconfirmedSource: facebook.com
Progressive Care Unit
PCU provides specialized care for patients requiring advanced monitoring.
Source location unconfirmedSource: instagram.com
Hospital-wide
Employer states excellent nurse-to-patient ratios enabling more personalized care.
Source location unconfirmedSource: talents.vaia.com
Open roles
Current openings at Great Falls Clinic Hospital
Refreshed throughout the day.
Night House Supervisor/Patient Flow Specialist
Pay not stated
Great Falls, MT · Posted 2 weeks ago
- RN
- Night shift
- ADN accepted
Registered Nurse (RN) - PCU - Days
Pay not stated
Great Falls, MT · Posted 2 weeks ago
- RN
- Day shift
- ADN accepted
Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU - HOPD
Pay not stated
Great Falls, MT · Posted 2 weeks ago
- RN
- ADN accepted
- Floating required
Registered Nurse (RN) - PCU - Nights
Pay not stated
Great Falls, MT · Posted 2 weeks ago
- RN
- Night shift
- ADN accepted
Registered Nurse (RN) - OR - Circulator - Surgery Center
Pay not stated
Great Falls, MT · Posted 2 weeks ago
- RN
- ADN accepted
- Floating required
Registered Nurse (RN) - CVICU - Nights
Pay not stated
Great Falls, MT · Posted 2 weeks ago
- RN
- 12-hour nights
- ADN accepted
Registered Nurse (RN) - Pre-Op/PACU/Cath Lab/Procedural Recovery
Pay not stated
Great Falls, MT
- RN
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