Regional Nurse Consultant; RN

Regional Director of Clinical Operations

New role to support Clinical Quality with a growing company!

Full Time/40 hours

Salary Range: $150,000 - $170,000k (DOE)

Regional Travel is required in Western WA State

Additional Information:

Katie Kettlety, Sr Executive Recruiter

The Regional Nurse is a key clinical leader responsible for supporting multiple skilled nursing facilities within a designated region. This role exists to ensure consistency in care quality, regulatory alignment, and clinical standards across locations. By serving as a central clinical resource and advisor, the Regional Nurse helps strengthen facility performance, enhance resident outcomes, and uphold the organization's commitment to excellence.

The Regional Nurse provides hands‑on clinical support, oversight, and leadership to facility nursing teams. This includes conducting routine site visits, reviewing clinical practices, coaching clinical leaders, assisting with regulatory preparation, and implementing improvement initiatives. The position plays a critical role in identifying challenges, guiding corrective actions, promoting staff development, and ensuring each facility operates effectively and in compliance with all clinical requirements.

• Engage and assist in management of survey process
• Reviews medical and other pertinent records to determine compliance with standards of practice and regulations
• Provides further education, training and guidance as needed
• Regularly observes nursing practices for compliance with standards of nursing practice and federal, state and local regulations
• Prepares reports of findings, recommendations and assists with quality improvements
• Provides information and guidance in the development of policies and standards of nursing practice for new programs
• Observes that residents are provided with a comfortable, clean, orderly and safe environment
• A Regional Nurse Consultant may be required to assume the role of interim DON, as needed
• Available as needed for emergencies that supervisory personnel cannot handle
• Follows up on completion of Dietary Consultant Reports, Pharmacy Consultation Reports and other facility consultant reports for appropriate and timely action by facility
• Follows up with DON and Administrator on Quality Assurance recommendations
• Other Duties as Assigned

• Current RN license
• Preferred experience as a Director of Nursing at a Skilled Nursing Facility
• Experience as a Regional / Clinical Skilled Nursing RN Consultant is preferred
• Regulatory knowledge
• Experience in geriatrics is a plus