Registered Nurse Supervisor in Columbia Falls, MT

Registered Nurse Supervisor - (25142434)

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

Why Join DPHHS

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, and 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.

Montana state government is an equal opportunity employer. The State shall, upon request, provide reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Manager Position Number: 61603; 61605

Location: Columbia Falls Department: DPHHS

Division and Bureau: SLTC Section and Unit: Montana Veterans’ Home

Job Overview: 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.

Major Duties or Responsibilities:

A. Supervision 40%
• Directly responsibe 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 traing 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 call 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.

B. Coordinate Resident Care 20%
• 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.

C. Provide Direct Care to Residents 15%
• 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 provide 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 and educates on proper nursing documentation at all levels and on all facility forms.

D. Other Duties as Assigned 25%
• Day Shift RN Manager acts as the facility’ wound care coordinator. Monitors and manages all wounds, documentation, education, physician consults. Provides a monthly report to the QAPI team.
• Day Shift RN Manager oversees transporation department. Supervises transport CNA in ensuring appointments get scheduled as ordered and in a timely manner. Assists with clinical triage of physician orders. Coordinates and assists with notifying POAs and families of appointments and assists in all transportation duties when transport CNA is absent.
• Night Shift RN Manager acts as the facility medication/pharmacy coordinator. Monitors and manages medication administration and storage, medication errors, and pharmacy review. Provides input to the QAPI team.
• Coordinates care of all tube feedings including plan of care, education and training, and documentation.
• Assists MDS Coordinator as needed, buy completing the monthly MDS calendar and assigning MDS assessments to nursing staff.
• Oversees Restorative Maintenance Program.
• Coordinates nursing admissions and readmissions, considering clinical needs, transportation, documentation, and continuity of care.
• Coordinates and posts bi-weekly documentation assignments
• Identifies and collaborates to resolve clinical and administrative problems.
• Takes on DON responsibilities in her/his absence.

Physical and Environmental Demands: Must be able to remain focused in a dynamic environment with constantly changing priorities. Working primarily indoors. Physical activities include sitting, walking, standing, lifting, bending, pushing, pulling, and twisting for variable periods. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds. Must have hearing and visual acuity. Requires manual dexterity. Exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Behaviors):

Required for the first day of work:

Must have excellent working knowledge of the nursing process and it’s applications.

Knowledge of geriatric patient care procedures, terminology, equipment, techniques, practices and interpersonal relationships. Demonstrated knowledge of nursing process, particularly as it relates to residents, long-term care, and rehabilitation. Requires mental maturity to deal with fast-paced, demanding work environment, and interact with sometimes volatile and angry residents. Requires good assessment skills and ability to make sound judgements based on clinical nursing practices.

Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing and work well with others

Ability to follow oral and written instruction explicitly and be detail oriented.

Clinical skill in the use of nursing treatment and diagnostic instruments and equipment (i.e. I.V. pumps, feeding pumps, thermometer, vital signs tower, EKG, BP equipment, glucometer, otoscope, ophthalmoscope, and oxygen equipment, etc.).

Ability to react to emergency situations.

Ability to use good clinical judgment in assessing resident care needs and delegating tasks.

Ability to objectively evaluate employees; to use tact in coaching/counseling sessions; to employ best practice research in training and orienting new employees.

Ability to defuse confrontations and resolve conflict

Supervision

The number of employees directly supervised is:

61603-

7.3 FTE RN’s 61602,61606,61607,61623,61624,61634, 96160 (7) -J1E012;

9FTE LPN .9 FTE 61622-J26012

11.8 FTE C.N.A. 61613,61636,61638,61642,61644,61648,61660,61665,61676, 96166-K11042

61605-

5.9 FTE RN’s 61600,61604,61627,61630,61632,61697,96160(5)-J1E012;

4.60 LPN FTE 61620 ,61621,61625,61627,61628,61629, J26012

2.0 C.N.A. FTE 61610,61695 - K11042

The position information for each directly supervised employee is: Multiple RNs, LPNs, and CNAs

Minimum Qualifications (Education and Experience):
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing is required. BSN degree preferred.
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Montana is required.
• Two years or more years of job related experience preferably in long term care.

Special Requirements:

List any other special required information for this position

Criminal Background Check

Safety Responsibilities

Safety Responsibilities

1.Complies with the Department’s Safety Program as outlined in its Workplace Safety Policy;

2. Observes all safety rules and applies accident prevention principles while performing duties;

3. Reports all workplace accidents or injuries to the supervisor or designee.

4. Maintains safe working conditions within area of supervision; and

5. Reports all workplace accidents and injuries to the Human Resource Office within 24 hours.

How to Apply

To be considered for a DPHHS position, submit the following required documents with your application on the State of Montana Careers website. When submitting the required documents, you must check the "relevant document" box to ensure your attachments are uploaded correctly to your application for this position.
• Cover Letter
• Resume
• References

Successful applicants will be subject to background checks relevant to the position and must pass reference checks before an offer will be extended. DPHHS is an equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For a copy of the full job description or if you need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, contact DPHHS Human Resources listed below.

https://dphhs.mt.gov/_files/images/montana-logo-4.png

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

Why Join DPHHS

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, and 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.

Montana state government is an equal opportunity employer. The State shall, upon request, provide reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Manager Position Number: 61603; 61605

Location: Columbia Falls Department: DPHHS

Division and Bureau: SLTC Section and Unit: Montana Veterans’ Home

Job Overview: 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.

Major Duties or Responsibilities:

A. Supervision 40%
• Directly responsibe 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 traing 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 call 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.

B. Coordinate Resident Care 20%
• 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.

C. Provide Direct Care to Residents 15%
• 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 provide 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 and educates on proper nursing documentation at all levels and on all facility forms.

D. Other Duties as Assigned 25%
• Day Shift RN Manager acts as the facility’ wound care coordinator. Monitors and manages all wounds, documentation, education, physician consults. Provides a monthly report to the QAPI team.
• Day Shift RN Manager oversees transporation department. Supervises transport CNA in ensuring appointments get scheduled as ordered and in a timely manner. Assists with clinical triage of physician orders. Coordinates and assists with notifying POAs and families of appointments and assists in all transportation duties when transport CNA is absent.
• Night Shift RN Manager acts as the facility medication/pharmacy coordinator. Monitors and manages medication administration and storage, medication errors, and pharmacy review. Provides input to the QAPI team.
• Coordinates care of all tube feedings including plan of care, education and training, and documentation.
• Assists MDS Coordinator as needed, buy completing the monthly MDS calendar and assigning MDS assessments to nursing staff.
• Oversees Restorative Maintenance Program.
• Coordinates nursing admissions and readmissions, considering clinical needs, transportation, documentation, and continuity of care.
• Coordinates and posts bi-weekly documentation assignments
• Identifies and collaborates to resolve clinical and administrative problems.
• Takes on DON responsibilities in her/his absence.

Physical and Environmental Demands: Must be able to remain focused in a dynamic environment with constantly changing priorities. Working primarily indoors. Physical activities include sitting, walking, standing, lifting, bending, pushing, pulling, and twisting for variable periods. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds. Must have hearing and visual acuity. Requires manual dexterity. Exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Behaviors):

Required for the first day of work:

Must have excellent working knowledge of the nursing process and it’s applications.

Knowledge of geriatric patient care procedures, terminology, equipment, techniques, practices and interpersonal relationships. Demonstrated knowledge of nursing process, particularly as it relates to residents, long-term care, and rehabilitation. Requires mental maturity to deal with fast-paced, demanding work environment, and interact with sometimes volatile and angry residents. Requires good assessment skills and ability to make sound judgements based on clinical nursing practices.

Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing and work well with others

Ability to follow oral and written instruction explicitly and be detail oriented.

Clinical skill in the use of nursing treatment and diagnostic instruments and equipment (i.e. I.V. pumps, feeding pumps, thermometer, vital signs tower, EKG, BP equipment, glucometer, otoscope, ophthalmoscope, and oxygen equipment, etc.).

Ability to react to emergency situations.

Ability to use good clinical judgment in assessing resident care needs and delegating tasks.

Ability to objectively evaluate employees; to use tact in coaching/counseling sessions; to employ best practice research in training and orienting new employees.

Ability to defuse confrontations and resolve conflict

Supervision

The number of employees directly supervised is:

61603-

7.3 FTE RN’s 61602,61606,61607,61623,61624,61634, 96160 (7) -J1E012;

9FTE LPN .9 FTE 61622-J26012

11.8 FTE C.N.A. 61613,61636,61638,61642,61644,61648,61660,61665,61676, 96166-K11042

61605-

5.9 FTE RN’s 61600,61604,61627,61630,61632,61697,96160(5)-J1E012;

4.60 LPN FTE 61620 ,61621,61625,61627,61628,61629, J26012

2.0 C.N.A. FTE 61610,61695 - K11042

The position information for each directly supervised employee is: Multiple RNs, LPNs, and CNAs

Minimum Qualifications (Education and Experience):
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing is required. BSN degree preferred.
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Montana is required.
• Two years or more years of job related experience preferably in long term care.

Special Requirements:

List any other special required information for this position

Criminal Background Check

Safety Responsibilities

Safety Responsibilities

1.Complies with the Department’s Safety Program as outlined in its Workplace Safety Policy;

2. Observes all safety rules and applies accident prevention principles while performing duties;

3. Reports all workplace accidents or injuries to the supervisor or designee.

4. Maintains safe working conditions within area of supervision; and

5. Reports all workplace accidents and injuries to the Human Resource Office within 24 hours.

How to Apply

To be considered for a DPHHS position, submit the following required documents with your application on the State of Montana Careers website. When submitting the required documents, you must check the "relevant document" box to ensure your attachments are uploaded correctly to your application for this position.
• Cover Letter
• Resume
• References

Successful applicants will be subject to background checks relevant to the position and must pass reference checks before an offer will be extended. DPHHS is an equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For a copy of the full job description or if you need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, contact DPHHS Human Resources listed below.

Applicant Pool Statement: If another department vacancy occurs in this job title within six months, the same applicant pool may be used for the selection.

Training Assignment: Not Applicable

Salary: $ 54.11 - 54.11 Hourly

Telework Eligibility: Not Telework Eligible

Benefits Package Eligibility: Health Insurance, Paid Leave & Holidays, Retirement Plan

Number of Openings: 1

Employee Status: Regular

Schedule: Full-Time

Job Type: Standard

Shift: Night Job

Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time

Primary Location: Columbia Falls

Agency: Department of Public Health & Human Services

Union: 000 - None

Posting Date: Jan 9, 2026, 10:56:37 AM

Closing Date (based on your computer's timezone): Feb 9, 2026, 12:59:00 AM

Required Application Materials: Cover Letter, Resume, References

Contact Name: Kathy Ray | Contact Email: kray@mt.gov | Contact Phone: 406-897-6061