Nursing Director Residential Living
Miles City, MT
Bestica
5x8 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

37599860

Nursing Director – Residential Living

📍 Location: Miles City, Montana
📅Assignment: October 5, 2026 – December 26, 2026
🕐Schedule: Monday–Friday | Approximately 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
⏱️Hours: 40 hours/week
💼Contract | Contract-to-Hire Opportunity Available

Make an Impact in Nursing Leadership:

Are you an experienced Nurse Leader ready to step into a role where your clinical expertise, leadership, and operational skills can make a meaningful difference?

We are seeking a Nursing Director – Residential Living to provide strong clinical and operational leadership for a residential care community supporting long-term, skilled nursing, and short-term transitional care patients.
 

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced nursing leader who enjoys building strong teams, improving patient care, developing staff, and driving day-to-day operations.

What You’ll Do:

As the Nursing Director, you will:

• Provide clinical leadership and operational direction for Residential Living services.
• Ensure safe, compassionate, efficient, and high-quality nursing care.
• Lead staffing, recruitment, onboarding, retention, and employee development initiatives.
• Oversee clinical standards, protocols, competencies, and quality improvement activities.
• Partner closely with physicians, clinical leaders, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Assist with annual operating, personnel, and capital budget planning.
• Monitor resources, staffing needs, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Conduct and support performance evaluations and professional development.
• Promote a culture of engagement, accountability, professionalism, and patient-centered care.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements.
• Monitor patient satisfaction and implement improvement strategies when needed.
• Serve as a visible clinical role model and mentor for nursing staff.
• Participate in floor coverage and after-hours/on-call support as needed.
• Support community outreach and strong relationships with patients, families, physicians, and staff.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out:

✨ Leadership-Focused Role – Take ownership of clinical and operational success.
✨Meaningful Patient Impact – Help shape quality care for a residential patient population.
✨Team Development – Mentor, develop, and empower nursing professionals.
✨Growth Opportunity – Contract-to-hire may be available for the right candidate.
✨Work-Life Balance – Primarily a weekday schedule with some flexibility.

What We’re Looking For:

Required

• BSN required
• Current RN license in the state of practice
• BLS Healthcare Provider certification
• Minimum 3 years of nursing management/leadership experience
• Minimum 2 years of clinical nursing experience
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage staffing, resources, and clinical operations
• Strong understanding of patient safety and quality care
• Ability to mentor, develop, and lead nursing teams

Preferred

• Master’s degree in Nursing or related field
• Previous experience as a Nursing Executive Director, Nursing Home Administrator, Community Manager, or similar senior leadership role
• Experience overseeing residential, long-term care, skilled nursing, or transitional care operations

The Ideal Candidate:

The ideal candidate is a confident, hands-on nursing leader who can step in and make an immediate impact. You should be comfortable balancing clinical leadership, staff management, operational priorities, regulatory compliance, and patient care while building a positive and accountable team culture.

If you're ready to bring your leadership experience to a role where you can lead from the front and make a lasting difference, we'd love to hear from you!