Registered Nurse (RN) - Pre-Op/PACU/Cath Lab/Procedural Recovery
Great Falls, Montana
ICU
Posted Jul 17 · Not open to new grads
- Unit
- PACU
What the listing says
Role
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- On the floor
- On call
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
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About this role
The Pre-Op/PACU RN provides skilled, compassionate care to patients before and after surgical, procedural (interventional radiology, bronchoscopy), and interventional cardiology cases. This role requires comprehensive assessment skills, close patient monitoring, and specialized management of patients undergoing surgery or cardiac/vascular cath lab procedures. The nurse safely administers medications, infusions, and blood products, adhering to provider orders and safety protocols.
The nurse acts as a key liaison between surgeons, interventionalists, anesthesiologists, and the patient's family to ensure safety from admission to discharge. Position requires participation in an on-call rotations, weekend, and/or holiday schedule based on facility needs.
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“EDUCATION: Graduate of an accredited nursing program EXPERIENCE: Minimum 1-2 years of acute care experience in ICU, ED, PACU or a Cardiovascular ICU/Telemetry unit LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS: Active, unencumbered RN license…” · from this posting
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program
- Associate's degree in Nursing
- Minimum 1-2 years of acute care experience in ICU, ED, PACU or a Cardiovascular ICU/Telemetry unit
- Active, unencumbered RN license
- BLS Certification
- ACLS Certification
- PALS Certification
- Strong critical thinking skills
Place
- City
- Great Falls, Montana
- Median rent
- $900/mo
- Local household income
- $63,373/yr
- Metro price level
- 3% below the national average
- CMS overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars (Care Compare, Sep 2026)
- Beds
- 20
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Great Falls area index 96.8, where 100 is the national average.
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.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.
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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. The Clinic side goes back more than a century; the…
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