RN - Inpatient Services - Spencer Hospital
Spencer, Iowa
Responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide individualized nursing care for post-operative and acute care patients requiring hospitalization
Posted Sep 25 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays · 12 hour shifts · Straight Nights 72 hours a pay period
- Unit and setting
- Inpatient Services · Hospital Responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide individualized nursing care for post-operative and acute care patients requiring hospitalizationpost-operative and acute care patients requiring hospitalization
- License
- RN licenseIA RN license or compact state
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed, residency program New grads encouraged to apply - Nurse Residency Program upon hire!
- License
- IA RN license or compact state Check your license
- Also asks
- caring communicator, flexible, able to multitask and comfortable with technological systems Must be a caring communicator, flexible, able to multitask and be comfortable with technological systems
- Also asks
- knowledge of appropriate age-related patient protocols relating to physical and psychological needs of patients Must have knowledge of and utilize appropriate age-related patient protocols relating to the physical and psychological needs of patients
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Bonus
- hiring incentives This position qualifies for hiring incentives.
Benefits
- Benefitsaffordable insuranceSpencer Hospital offers competitive wages, affordable insurance, IPERS retirement, in-house education, paid time off, family gym membership and so much more!
- BenefitsIPERS retirement
- Benefitsin-house education
- Benefitspaid time off
- Benefitsfamily gym membership
- Gym membership
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- utilizing the nursing process to provide individualized nursing care for post-operative and acute care patients Responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide individualized nursing care for post-operative and acute care patients requiring hospitalization
- Day to day
- assumes responsibility for the outcome of nursing care during a specified work period Assumes the responsibility for the outcome of nursing care during a specified work period
- Day to day
- collaborates with all available nursing personnel to provide total patient care Collaborates with all available nursing personnel to provide total patient care
- Day to day
- utilize appropriate age-related patient protocols relating to physical and psychological needs of patients
- Hours stated
- 72 hours a pay period. 12 hour shifts. Straight Nights. Holidays. Weekends
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Details
- 500+ employees Spencer Hospital is a rural hospital located in northwest Iowa employing over 500+ employees.
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Orientation
- Residency program Nurse Residency Program upon hire!
The workplaceFrom Medicare Care Compare, Sep 2026.
- Hospital
- Spencer Municipal Hospital
- Address
- 1200 1ST AVENUE EAST, SPENCER, IA, 51301
- CMS rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Beds
- 49
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
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- Worker type
- Regular
Work Shift
Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America)
Spencer Hospital is proud to employ highly skilled and caring staff members. We offer competitive salaries and benefits as well as a pleasant work environment.
Position Highlights
Spencer Hospital is a rural hospital located in northwest Iowa employing over 500+ employees. Positions at Spencer Hospital are not affiliated with Avera; however, we collaborate to provide services to the communities we serve. Employment offers, if accepted, are exclusively with Spencer Hospital.
This position qualifies for hiring incentives. The amount of incentives offered may be discussed during the interview process.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide individualized nursing care for post-operative and acute care patients requiring hospitalization
- Assumes the responsibility for the outcome of nursing care during a specified work period
- Collaborates with all available nursing personnel to provide total patient care
- Must have knowledge of and utilize appropriate age-related patient protocols relating to the physical and psychological needs of patients
Requirements
- Must be a caring communicator, flexible, able to multitask and be comfortable with technological systems
- IA RN license or compact state
- BLS and ACLS - inhouse certification available upon hire
- New grads encouraged to apply - Nurse Residency Program upon hire!
Schedule
- 72 hours a pay period.
- 12 hour shifts. Straight Nights. Holidays. Weekends
- The schedule may fluctuate based upon the needs of the department
Spencer Hospital offers competitive wages, affordable insurance, IPERS retirement, in-house education, paid time off, family gym membership and so much more!
Learn more about Spencer Hospital: spencerhospital.org
What's around it?
Spencer, IAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 12% below the US average
- Median rent
- $805/mo
- Household income
- $59,667/yr, all local households, not nurse pay