Registered Nurse Supervisor

Application Instructions

To be considered for this position you must complete the state application and attach all required documents through the Montana State Careers site tecareers.mt.gov.

Our mission at DPHHS is serving Montanans in their communities to improve health, safety, well‑being, and empower independence. By joining our department, you will have the opportunity to perform meaningful work in public service to our state and its residents.

The State of Montana's comprehensive benefits package includes healthcare coverage, retirement plans, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, work/life balance, and eligibility to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. In addition, DPHHS is the largest state agency with a wide range of advancement opportunities whether you are joining the workforce or have several years of experience.

The role of the Registered Nurse Manager is to coordinate and lead the nursing team to ensure quality healthcare to eligible veterans and their spouses. Responsible for developing and directing staff, collaborating with the interdisciplinary team, and maintaining standards of care. Directly responsible for ensuring residents' needs are met by educating, coaching, and scheduling nursing team members. Helps create and foster a safe and compassionate environment leading to positive resident outcomes.

• Directly responsible for hiring RNs, LPNs, and CNAs. Responds to applications, coordinates, and conducts interviews, and facilitates onboarding.
• Develops the orientation program and mentoring to ensure proper training and foster job satisfaction. Empowers staff by coordinating cross‑training opportunities.
• Completes pre‑appraisal and performance evaluations within the established timeframe to ensure job standards are met, training needs are identified, and employees are informed of their performance.
• Maintains quality nursing care by coaching, counselling, and disciplining staff via the corrective action process.
• Schedules nurses to work the floor day to day and monthly.
• Supervises scheduling for the entire nursing team to ensure staffing patterns and continuity of resident care. Approves and disapproves leave requests.
• Responsible for weekend call duties as decided by the nursing management team.
• Assists in coordinating education and training through professional meetings, in‑services, and individual counselling.
• Maintains quality care standards by coordinating and enforcing facility policies and procedures.
• Monitors timecards daily and approves payroll for nurses and CNAs.

• Available at all times to assist nurses with questions, concerns, clinical guidance, documentation, nursing tasks, and clinical procedures as needs arise.
• Makes frequent rounds to assess resident condition by reviewing census sheets, asking questions of the previous shift, reviewing problems, addressing concerns, reviewing the medical record, performing resident assessments, and reports problems and interventions to the Director of Nursing. Follows up until problem is resolved.
• Review and prioritize the list of residents to see the doctor by establishing acuity levels, meeting Federal regulation requirements, and by using experienced nursing judgement.

• Assesses residents to evaluate care needs by physical examination, mental examination, data examination, and completing assessment forms.
• Observe the resident’s condition to ensure resident care is being delivered, the resident is safe, and the resident’s needs are met. Assist nursing staff by providing direct resident care when needed.
• Assist physicians to provide medical care to the residents by aiding with physical examinations, answering healthcare questions, transcribing physician orders, and reporting change in resident condition.
• Carries out physician orders and performs nursing treatments to improve resident condition.
• Administers medications to meet physician orders.
• Counsels residents concerning diagnostic procedures to keep the resident informed of the procedures and answering questions.
• Evaluates…