Montana Rural Healthcare Nursing Leadership Opportunities

Rural Staffing Services•Montana, MT

About The Position

This application connects experienced nursing leaders with rural healthcare positions across Montana. Rural Staffing Services (RSS) partners with various healthcare organizations, including hospitals, clinics, and tribal health organizations, to find qualified candidates for roles such as nurse manager, director of nursing, and nursing supervisor. These positions are crucial in rural communities, where nursing leaders often play a highly visible and trusted role, supporting staff, ensuring quality care, and problem-solving in real-time. The opportunities require flexibility, sound judgment, and the ability to build trust. This is more than just a nursing leadership role; it's an opportunity to make a significant impact on the health and well-being of rural communities in Montana.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse licensure or eligibility for Montana 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
Experience supporting staffing, scheduling, employee development, or nursing operations
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, reservations, or communities 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, severe weather, transportation delays, wildfire impacts, 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