Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. Select Specialty Hospital - Quad Cities is a specialty hospital.
Eligibility
Sign-on bonus
Posted Sep 17
Shift and hours
Day/ Night Shift Schedule: Full-time Day/ Night Shift
In range for Iowa staff rolesIowa staff postings that state pay run $29/hr to $52/hr, the middle half $33/hr to $47/hr, across 283 postings.
Night differential
plus shift differentials for nights and weekendsplus shift differentials for nights and weekends
Sign-on bonus
$15,000
Tuition assistance
100% company-paid scholarship (BSN), tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
Loan repayment
Student Debt benefit program.
Extra pay
Shift differentials for nights and weekends$39.38 to $53.00 per hour plus shift differentials for nights and weekends
Bonus
$15,000Sign-on bonus: $15,000
Benefits
BenefitsRegistered Nurse (RN) orientation programStart Strong : Extensive and thorough Registered Nurse (RN) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
Benefits100% company-paid scholarship (BSN), tuition reimbursement, and continuing educationAdvance Your Career :100% company-paid scholarship (BSN), tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
BenefitsClinical ladder program and certifications such as PCCN and CCRNElevate Your Skills : Clinical ladder program and certifications such as PCCN and CCRN.
BenefitsGenerous PTO for full-time team membersRecharge & Refresh : Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
BenefitsComprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team membersYour Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
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BenefitsCompany-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team membersCompany-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
Dental insurance
Health insurance
401(k) matching
Tuition reimbursement
Paid time off
Vision insurance
100% company-paid scholarship (BSN)
Continuing education
PTO
Comprehensive medical/RX
Health, vision, and dental plan
Life and disability protection
The role and schedule
Day to day
Receive admissions and/or transfers to the unitReceive admissions and/or transfers to the unit
Day to day
Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessmentInitial and ongoing systematic patient assessment
Day to day
Timely and accurate documentation using appropriate systemsTimely and accurate documentation using appropriate systems
Day to day
Interpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetryInterpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry
Day to day
Ensure medical orders are transcribed and processed accuratelyEnsure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately
Day to day
Competence in Rapid Response and code eventsCompetence in Rapid Response and code events
Day to day
Instruct and counsel patients/familiesInstruct and counsel patients/families
Weekends
Weekends required
Details
Over 44,000 team members committed to exceptional patient careJoin a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
Position: Critical Care Registered Nurse (RN) Location: Davenport, IA
Schedule
Full-time Day/ Night Shift
New Increased Hourly Rates: $39.38 to $53.00 per hour plus
shift differentials for nights and weekends
Sign-on bonus: $15,000
Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Registered Nurses (RNs) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.
At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
Start Strong : Extensive and thorough Registered Nurse (RN) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
Advance Your Career :100% company-paid scholarship (BSN), tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
Elevate Your
Skills
Clinical ladder program and certifications such as PCCN and CCRN.
Ease the Burden : Student Debt benefit program.
Recharge & Refresh : Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
Your Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
Responsibilities
Receive admissions and/or transfers to the unit
Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment
Timely and accurate documentation using appropriate systems
Interpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry
Ensure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately
Neighborhoods+Community threads steer families and relocating professionals toward North Davenport, McClellan Heights, Bettendorf, Eldridge, Riverdale, Pleasant Valley Township, Coal Valley, and Dewitt if a short extra commute is acceptable. Downtown and the Court District, plus the Village of East Davenport’s 19th-century streets and river-bluff shops, are the walkable pockets for people who want breweries, cafés, and nightlife; Hamburg Historic District is cited for distinctive architecture made for strolling. Davenport generally offers a wider, lower entry-price spread of older homes than Moline, while Bettendorf and some newer or river-adjacent areas sit at a more premium tier. Downtown’s restaurants, live music, and riverfront are explicitly described as popular with young professionals.
Community threads steer families and relocating professionals toward North Davenport, McClellan Heights, Bettendorf, Eldridge, Riverdale, Pleasant Valley Township, Coal Valley, and Dewitt if a short extra commute is acceptable. Downtown and the Court District, plus the Village of East Davenport’s 19th-century streets and river-bluff shops, are the walkable pockets for people who want breweries, cafés, and nightlife; Hamburg Historic District is cited for distinctive architecture made for strolling.
Davenport generally offers a wider, lower entry-price spread of older homes than Moline, while Bettendorf and some newer or river-adjacent areas sit at a more premium tier. Downtown’s restaurants, live music, and riverfront are explicitly described as popular with young professionals.
Getting around+Typical Davenport commutes are about 17 minutes, described as roughly nine minutes shorter than the national average, and locals contrast that with the lack of big-city traffic. I-74 is the main river crossing into Bettendorf and the Illinois Quad Cities and can congest at peak times, especially for west-side employers such as John Deere in Moline. Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline, and Rock Island operate as one job-and-errand metro, so most daily drives stay inside a compact loop rather than a long suburban haul. These sources do not name hospital campuses, bus lines, or parking rules.
Typical Davenport commutes are about 17 minutes, described as roughly nine minutes shorter than the national average, and locals contrast that with the lack of big-city traffic. I-74 is the main river crossing into Bettendorf and the Illinois Quad Cities and can congest at peak times, especially for west-side employers such as John Deere in Moline.
Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline, and Rock Island operate as one job-and-errand metro, so most daily drives stay inside a compact loop rather than a long suburban haul. These sources do not name hospital campuses, bus lines, or parking rules.
Outdoors+Outdoor life orients to the Mississippi, the only stretch in the country where the river runs east to west: the Mississippi River Trail, LeClaire Park’s band shell and summer concerts, Centennial Park, the Davenport Skybridge, and walks across the I-74 bridge. Vander Veer Botanical Park has a conservatory and formal gardens; Credit Island Park & Natural Historic Preserve and Duck Creek Park (with a golf course) add in-town green space. Cyclists use Sylvan Island’s rugged trails and the American Discovery Trail crossing; weekends fill with fishing, boating, picnics, and Backwater Gamblers water-ski shows.
Outdoor life orients to the Mississippi, the only stretch in the country where the river runs east to west: the Mississippi River Trail, LeClaire Park’s band shell and summer concerts, Centennial Park, the Davenport Skybridge, and walks across the I-74 bridge. Vander Veer Botanical Park has a conservatory and formal gardens; Credit Island Park & Natural Historic Preserve and Duck Creek Park (with a golf course) add in-town green space.
Cyclists use Sylvan Island’s rugged trails and the American Discovery Trail crossing; weekends fill with fishing, boating, picnics, and Backwater Gamblers water-ski shows.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Davenport
Davenport is the Iowa side of the Quad Cities, a nearly 500,000-person metro where the Mississippi runs east to west and four cities share jobs, restaurants, and trails. For a nurse, the draw is practical: about a 17-minute average commute, median home values around $185,000, median rent near $810, and a downtown that actually functions—Figge Art Museum, Adler Theatre, Quad City Symphony, and River Bandits games at Modern Woodmen Park. Young professionals cluster toward downtown and the Court District; families name North Davenport, McClellan Heights, Bettendorf, Eldridge, and Pleasant Valley Township. You can bike the Mississippi River Trail, stroll Vander Veer Botanical Park, or hit Freight House Farmers’ Market year-round. Honest tradeoffs: Iowa property taxes still rank high nationally and Davenport’s are steeper than Bettendorf’s; downtown floods because there is no flood wall, and feeder creeks threaten more houses than the river itself; winters are cold and summers can be humid. Infrastructure is a mixed bag. What you get in return is bigger-city arts and sports without big-city traffic, plus easy access across I-74 to Illinois employers like John Deere.
