Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU - HOPD
Great Falls Clinic Hospital
Great Falls, Montana
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Posted Aug 27, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 28, 2026
What the listing says
- Patient load & staffing
- Floating required
About this role
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Skills for this role
Certifications
Requirements
- RN
- MT RN license
- PACU experience
- Nursing
- Retention bonus
- Preoperative patient preparation
- Inpatient experience
- Surgery
- RN License
- PALS Certification
About the employer
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…
What reviewers appreciate
- Structured New Grad RN Residency with a dated Fall 2026 cohort window
- Recent $70M expansion adding ICU, cath labs, EP lab, and 46 beds
- Epic EHR already in use
What reviewers flag
- OR and Pre-Op/PACU roles require on-call plus weekend and holiday rotations
- Published pay appears as broad estimated ranges rather than a firm posted rate
- Full shift-differential amounts are not clearly stated beyond a $2 nightshift add-on note
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.
- 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
On your path
Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.
Worth asking
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- Can you walk me through the base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and staffing support handled day to day?