California Rural Healthcare Support Services Leadership Opportunities

Rural Staffing Services•California, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

California Rural Healthcare Support Services is seeking experienced leaders for operational and support services roles across California. These positions are crucial for ensuring healthcare facilities are safe, clean, prepared, supplied, and maintained to serve patients and employees effectively. Leaders in these roles will navigate unique challenges of rural healthcare, including distance, environmental impacts, supply chain issues, and infrastructure maintenance. The ideal candidates are practical, dependable, calm under pressure, collaborative, and committed to creating safe and supportive environments. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact in rural communities by strengthening essential healthcare systems.

Requirements

Progressive experience in healthcare facilities, environmental services, food and nutrition, supply chain, materials management, security, safety, emergency preparedness, logistics, or another support services area
Previous leadership experience as a director, manager, supervisor, or comparable professional
Strong knowledge of the regulations, safety standards, and operational requirements relevant to the position
Experience managing teams, budgets, vendors, inventory, equipment, construction, or facilities
Experience with emergency preparedness, life safety, infection-prevention support, or disaster response may be valuable
The ability to prioritize competing needs and respond calmly to operational challenges
Strong communication, organization, judgment, and problem-solving skills
Experience working collaboratively with clinical, administrative, financial, executive, tribal, and community departments
Experience supporting multiple facilities, tribal communities, remote locations, or geographically dispersed operations may be valuable
Experience with rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, FQHCs, public hospital districts, tribal healthcare organizations, regional health systems, long-term care providers, or community healthcare organizations
Relevant education, certification, or technical credentials based on the position
A visible, dependable, practical, and service-focused leadership style

Nice To Haves

Some opportunities may prefer credentials related to facilities management, safety, emergency preparedness, environmental services, food service, supply chain, construction, biomedical equipment, or another operational specialty.
Specific education, certification, travel, call, and experience requirements will depend on the organization and role.

Responsibilities

Providing operational leadership for facilities, environmental services, dietary, supply chain, security, transportation, or related departments
Maintaining safe, clean, functional, and welcoming healthcare environments
Managing preventive maintenance, repairs, utilities, infrastructure, and building operations
Supporting life safety, emergency preparedness, disaster response, and regulatory readiness
Leading environmental services, infection-prevention support, sanitation standards, and waste-management processes
Overseeing food service, nutrition operations, food safety, and applicable regulatory requirements
Managing purchasing, inventory, supplies, equipment, freight, shipping, and vendor relationships
Planning for wildfire, severe weather, extreme heat, utility, transportation, and supply-chain disruptions
Supporting capital planning, renovations, construction, infrastructure improvements, and equipment replacement
Managing department budgets, staffing, scheduling, productivity, and performance
Recruiting, training, developing, and supporting employees
Developing policies, procedures, workflows, emergency plans, and performance standards
Preparing for inspections, surveys, audits, drills, and emergency exercises
Collaborating with clinical, administrative, quality, infection prevention, finance, executive, tribal, and community leaders
Supporting facilities or services across multiple communities, tribal lands, clinics, or locations
Helping maintain essential operations during emergencies, wildfire impacts, severe weather, staffing shortages, equipment failures, utility disruptions, or transportation delays
Coordinating housing, transportation, fleet, or logistics support when part of the role
Building relationships with local vendors, public agencies, tribal partners, contractors, and community organizations
Identifying practical ways to improve efficiency, safety, reliability, and service quality
Helping ensure the organization remains prepared, supplied, and operational every day