Oregon Rural Healthcare Nursing Leadership Opportunities

Rural Staffing Services • Oregon, OR

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About The Position

Oregon Rural Healthcare is seeking experienced nursing leaders to join their network and help build a better way for rural healthcare. This application connects professionals with current or upcoming rural healthcare positions throughout Oregon that align with their experience and goals. By joining the Rural Staffing Services Talent Network, you contribute to a more thoughtful and connected approach to rural recruitment, enabling experienced nursing leaders and Oregon healthcare organizations to find each other more quickly. Every application strengthens a network of individuals willing to bring their experience, leadership, resilience, and heart to rural communities. Rural Staffing Services partners with various rural healthcare organizations across Oregon to identify experienced nursing leaders who understand the unique needs of rural care. We are currently seeking professionals interested in nurse manager, nursing supervisor, house supervisor, director of nursing, nursing education, and related nursing leadership opportunities. These roles may be within Critical Access Hospitals, rural and community hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, public hospital districts, regional health systems, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care and senior care organizations, integrated rural healthcare systems, and multi-site and regional healthcare networks. In rural Oregon, nursing leaders are often highly visible and trusted individuals who support frontline employees, maintain safe staffing, strengthen communication, solve problems, and ensure dependable patient care. They may support teams across multiple departments, clinics, facilities, or communities, coordinating care between rural clinics and regional hospitals, responding to staffing shortages, and helping teams work safely with limited specialty resources. Rural nursing leadership demands flexibility, sound judgment, compassion, and the ability to build trust. The strongest leaders are approachable, steady under pressure, and willing to work alongside their teams while maintaining clear expectations and accountability. Supporting nurses is directly linked to protecting patient access and keeping essential services available close to home.

Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse licensure or eligibility for Oregon 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, or communities may be valuable
• Experience with rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, FQHCs, public hospital districts, regional systems, clinics, long-term care providers, or community healthcare organizations
• 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 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, 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, weather disruptions, transportation delays, wildfire impacts, or increased patient demand
• Supporting telehealth, regional consultation, and coordination between rural care 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