RN Manager - Neilson Place - Full Time Days Sanford Health
Wilton, MN10 days ago
- $46–$58.50
This application may connect you with the specific opportunity you were viewing, as well as other current or upcoming rural healthcare positions that align with your experience and goals.
By joining the RSS Rural Talent Network, you are helping us build a more thoughtful and connected approach to rural recruitment, one that allows experienced professionals and Alaska healthcare organizations to find one another more quickly when the right need arises.
Every application helps strengthen a growing network of people who are willing to bring their experience, leadership, adaptability, and heart to rural, remote, and frontier communities.
This application may connect you with the specific opportunity you were viewing, as well as other current or upcoming rural healthcare positions throughout Alaska that align with your experience and goals.
Visit www.RSSJobs.org to explore additional rural healthcare opportunities and communities.
Rural Staffing Services partners with rural hospitals, clinics, Tribal health organizations, regional health systems, community health centers, and healthcare organizations throughout Alaska to identify experienced leaders across clinical and ancillary services.
We are currently connecting with professionals who may be interested in active and upcoming sterile processing, surgical services, laboratory, imaging, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary, diagnostic services, and related department leadership opportunities across Alaska.
These opportunities may include leadership within Critical Access Hospitals, community hospitals, Tribal health organizations, regional health corporations, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, village-based programs, outpatient centers, specialty clinics, and integrated rural healthcare systems.
In Alaska, clinical and ancillary leaders play an essential role in keeping healthcare services safe, reliable, and available across enormous geographic distances.
In many communities, access to laboratory testing, imaging, surgery, respiratory care, rehabilitation, pharmacy, or specialty services may depend on the strength and stability of one local department.
These leaders may oversee smaller teams with broad responsibilities, support services across multiple locations, coordinate with regional partners, and help maintain access when staffing, transportation, weather, equipment, or supply challenges arise.
The strongest leaders understand both the technical demands of their specialty and the importance of communication, teamwork, staff development, cultural respect, and operational consistency.
They are visible, practical, collaborative, and willing to help solve problems beyond the boundaries of a single department.
This application may connect you with current or upcoming roles such as:
Sterile Processing Supervisor or Manager
Surgical Services Director or Manager
Perioperative Services Director or Manager
Operating Room Director or Manager
Laboratory Director or Manager
Imaging or Radiology Director or Manager
Pharmacy Director or Manager
Respiratory Therapy Director or Manager
Rehabilitation Services Director or Manager
Cardiopulmonary Services Director or Manager
Diagnostic Services Director or Manager
Ancillary Services Director
Clinical Services Director
Regional Clinical Services Leader
Tribal Health Department Leader
Clinical Department Manager or Supervisor
Senior department leadership roles within rural hospitals, regional systems, clinics, and Tribal health organizations
Responsibilities will vary by organization, department, community, and position and may include:
Providing operational and clinical leadership for a specialty department or service line
Supporting safe, high-quality, patient-centered, and culturally respectful care
Leading, mentoring, and developing clinical, technical, or support teams
Managing staffing, scheduling, productivity, call coverage, and department workflows
Supporting recruitment, retention, orientation, training, and employee engagement
Developing and maintaining policies, procedures, protocols, and quality standards
Ensuring compliance with regulatory, accreditation, licensing, infection-prevention, and safety requirements
Preparing for surveys, inspections, audits, credentialing reviews, and departmental assessments
Managing supplies, equipment, vendors, contracts, budgets, and capital needs
Planning for equipment maintenance, replacement, and supply-chain challenges in remote or isolated locations
Improving communication and coordination across departments, facilities, and communities
Supporting process improvement, service growth, access expansion, and operational efficiency
Collaborating with physicians, nurses, executives, Tribal partners, regional leaders, and other department managers
Monitoring quality, safety, productivity, staffing, access, and service performance
Supporting telehealth, regional consultation, and care coordination when specialty resources are not locally available
Helping maintain services during vacancies, weather disruptions, transportation delays, or other operational challenges
Supporting teams that may serve multiple communities or facilities
Helping ensure essential healthcare services remain available closer to home
Qualifications will vary by opportunity, but organizations may seek:
Progressive experience in the relevant clinical or ancillary specialty
Previous leadership experience as a director, manager, supervisor, regional leader, or comparable department professional
Strong knowledge of department operations, quality, safety, compliance, and regulatory requirements
Experience leading teams, managing workflows, and supporting employee development
The ability to collaborate across clinical, operational, executive, Tribal, and regional teams
Experience with budgeting, staffing, equipment planning, supply management, or performance improvement
The ability to lead effectively when staffing, specialty support, transportation, or resources may be limited
Experience serving rural, remote, frontier, underserved, or culturally diverse populations
Experience with rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Tribal health organizations, regional health corporations, FQHCs, Rural Health Clinics, or community healthcare organizations
Experience supporting services across multiple locations or significant geographic distances may be valuable
Relevant education, licensure, registration, or certification based on the specialty
A visible, practical, dependable, and relationship-focused leadership style
Specific qualifications will depend on the position.
Some opportunities may require or prefer credentials related to nursing, sterile processing, laboratory science, radiologic technology, pharmacy, respiratory care, rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary services, or another clinical specialty.
Licensure, credentialing, travel, call, and experience requirements will depend on the organization and role.
Opportunities may include:
Permanent leadership positions
Interim leadership assignments
Regional roles serving multiple communities
Hospital or clinic-based leadership
Tribal health leadership roles
Rotational or block-schedule assignments
Temporary-to-permanent opportunities
Short-term departmental stabilization or program support
Direct temporary employment with the healthcare organization
Independent contract arrangements where legally appropriate
Leadership roles with operational, quality, or service-line responsibilities
The schedule, compensation, call expectations, travel requirements, housing, transportation, credentialing, department responsibilities, and employment structure will be explained before you decide whether to move forward with a specific opportunity.
Alaska's healthcare organizations serve communities spread across mountains, forests, tundra, rivers, islands, and thousands of miles of coastline.
Some communities are connected by highways. Others may be reached only by plane, boat, snowmachine, or seasonal transportation.
These distances make strong clinical and ancillary leadership especially important.
A reliable laboratory, imaging department, pharmacy, respiratory therapy team, rehabilitation program, or surgical service can determine whether patients receive care locally or must travel hundreds of miles away from home.
Leading a clinical or ancillary service in Alaska offers the opportunity to know your team, understand the community, strengthen essential services, and see the direct impact of your work.
You may help stabilize a department, develop local staff, expand a service, replace aging equipment, strengthen quality systems, or improve coordination between a village clinic and a regional hospital.
The impact may be felt not only by patients, but also by families, employees, Tribal communities, regional partners, and entire healthcare systems.
This work requires adaptability, resourcefulness, cultural humility, operational judgment, and a genuine commitment to keeping care available close to home.
By applying through this page, you are joining the confidential AK-RSS Rural Talent Network.
You may be considered for current or upcoming clinical and ancillary services leadership opportunities that align with your experience, specialty, goals, preferred region, and availability.
Please submit your resume and let us know:
Which Alaska communities or regions you would consider
Whether you are interested in road-system, rural, remote, frontier, village-based, or regional opportunities
Whether you are open to relocation, regional travel, rotational schedules, or fly-in assignments
Whether you are interested in permanent, interim, rotational, hybrid, or multiple types of opportunities
Which position or community you were viewing on RSSJobs.org
Our team personally reviews each application. When we identify an opportunity that may be a strong match, we will contact you directly to share more about the organization, community, department needs, travel requirements, housing, and next steps.
Your information will be handled professionally and confidentially.
Visit www.RSSJobs.org to explore additional rural healthcare positions, leadership opportunities, and communities throughout Alaska.
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