California Rural Healthcare Nursing Leadership Opportunities

Rural Staffing Services • California, CA

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About The Position

California Rural Healthcare is seeking experienced nursing leaders to join their Talent Network. This network aims to connect skilled nursing leaders with rural healthcare positions across California, including active and upcoming roles such as nurse manager, nursing supervisor, house supervisor, director of nursing, and nursing education. These opportunities are available in various settings like Critical Access Hospitals, rural and community hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, public hospital districts, tribal healthcare organizations, long-term care providers, and community healthcare organizations. Nursing leaders in rural California play a crucial role in supporting frontline staff, maintaining safe staffing, enhancing communication, problem-solving, and ensuring dependable patient care. They may also coordinate care across multiple departments, clinics, facilities, or regions, and help manage staffing shortages and limited specialty resources. The role requires flexibility, sound judgment, compassion, and the ability to build trust. Strong leaders are approachable, steady under pressure, and work collaboratively with their teams while maintaining clear expectations and accountability. Supporting nurses is directly linked to protecting patient access and keeping essential services available locally.

Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse licensure or eligibility for California licensure
• Progressive nursing experience
• Previous leadership experience as a nurse manager, supervisor, house supervisor, director, or comparable nursing leader
• Strong clinical judgment, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of quality, patient safety, regulatory requirements, infection prevention, and nursing standards
• The ability to remain calm, visible, practical, and supportive during challenging situations
• Experience leading through workforce shortages, organizational change, or operational instability
• Experience supporting nurses across multiple departments, facilities, tribal communities, or regions may be valuable
• Experience with rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, FQHCs, public hospital districts, tribal healthcare organizations, regional systems, clinics, long-term care providers, or community healthcare organizations
• Relevant education and certification based on the specific position
• A collaborative, dependable, and relationship-focused leadership style

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in nursing
• Master's degree
• Specialty certification
• Previous experience within a particular clinical department

Responsibilities

• Providing daily leadership, guidance, and support to nursing teams
• Overseeing staffing, scheduling, patient flow, call coverage, and nursing operations
• Supporting safe, high-quality, patient-centered, and community-focused care
• Mentoring, coaching, and developing nurses, charge nurses, supervisors, and emerging leaders
• Strengthening employee engagement, retention, accountability, and workplace culture
• Responding to staffing concerns, clinical issues, emergencies, and operational challenges
• Supporting orientation, education, competency, and professional development
• Collaborating with physicians, advanced practice providers, executives, department leaders, tribal partners, and support services
• Monitoring quality, safety, documentation, infection prevention, and patient-care standards
• Developing and maintaining nursing policies, procedures, protocols, and workflows
• Supporting regulatory readiness, accreditation, surveys, audits, and corrective action plans
• Participating in recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, workforce planning, and succession planning
• Helping improve communication between shifts, departments, facilities, communities, and leadership
• Supporting nurses working across emergency, inpatient, outpatient, clinic, long-term care, maternal health, surgical, or community-based services
• Helping maintain coverage during vacancies, wildfire impacts, severe weather, transportation delays, or increased patient demand
• Supporting telehealth, regional consultation, and coordination between rural care, tribal healthcare programs, and regional hospitals
• Supporting patients, families, employees, and communities during difficult or unexpected situations
• Helping ensure nursing services remain stable, dependable, and available to the communities being served

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed