What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Supervisor – Skilled Nursing, Per Diem position at Guthrie?
Lead with Flexibility. Make an Impact. Grow with Guthrie.
Looking to step into leadership without giving up your flexibility? Guthrie’s Skilled Nursing Facility at Robert Packer Hospital – Towanda Campus is hiring a Per Diem RN Supervisor to lead our night shift team — offering experienced RNs the chance to guide care, mentor staff, and shape outcomes in a close-knit, 68-bed community setting.
This role is ideal for nurses who want to balance their schedule with other commitments while still making a meaningful difference. You’ll enjoy the autonomy of per diem work, the camaraderie of a dedicated team, and the stability of a nationally recognized health system.
Your Schedule:
- Per Diem Flexibility – Choose shifts that fit your life
- Night Shift Leadership – Lead overnight care with confidence
- Location: Guthrie Skilled Nursing Facility, Towanda, PA
What You’ll Do:
- Lead & Support Staff – Ensure safe, evidence-based care overnight
- Coordinate Transitions – Manage admissions, discharges, and care plans
- Balance Leadership & Care – Stay hands-on while mentoring your team
- Model Excellence – Foster a positive, learning-focused environment
Why Choose Guthrie:
- Voluntary 403(b) Retirement Plan – Plan for your future with Fidelity investment options
- New York State Disability & Paid Sick Leave – Financial protection when you need it most
- New York Paid Family Leave – Support for time off to care for loved ones
- Employee Assistance Program – Confidential support for personal and professional well-being
- Shift Differentials & Premiums – Earn more for evenings, nights, weekends, and float coverage
- Friendly, Inclusive Work Family – Be part of a team that feels like home
- Onsite Starbucks – Enjoy your favorite coffee without leaving the hospital
Why Join Our Skilled Nursing Facility?
At Guthrie Towanda, you’ll find more than just a job — you’ll discover a leadership role where your voice matters, your expertise is valued, and your impact is felt every shift. Our 68-bed facility offers the intimacy of a small team with the backing of a nationally recognized health system. As a Night Shift RN Supervisor, your leadership directly shapes resident outcomes, staff morale, and the overall care environment.
Position Summary: The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional, comprehensive nursing care for patients in an acute care environment. Accountable for the delivery of coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic, evidence‐based quality care to patients and families, based on individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and appropriate care strategies throughout the lifespan. Practices in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act in the state of employment, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the ANA scope and standards of practice. Essential functions and specific skills for the job are found in the unit specific onboarding checklist and in standards that are applicable to the specialty.
Education, License & Cert:
- Registered Nurse in the State of Practice.
- BSN in Nursing preferred.
- Any previously agreed upon effective date for obtaining a Bachelor's degree in nursing between individuals and facilities will remain in effect, including those who transition to their position from the NLRN Program.
- Any contract with specific time frames for obtaining a bachelor’s degree in nursing will supersede the above point and will remain in effect.
- Specialty Certification is preferred
- BLS certification.
- ACLS is unit dependent.
Experience: The Registered Nurse must be a registered nurse currently licensed in the state of employment with at least one year of experience. Alternately, the Registered Nurse may have less than one year of experience if they have been transitioned to their position from the Newly Licensed Registered Nurse Residency (NLRN) Program. The Registered Nurse must meet the individual nursing unit specifications regarding educational requirements during employment. Must maintain BLS certification. ACLS is unit dependent. Specifications regarding educational requirements during employment are determined by the Nursing Department and Nursing Unit.
Essential Functions:
1. Employs Nursing Professional Practice: Assesses, diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates patients' care. Develops updates and coordinates the patients' plan of care to achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes and transitions across the continuum. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Performs and maintains the currency of essential competencies as required by a specific area of hire and population served.
2. Advocates: Effectively advocates for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values, and beliefs of those we serve.
3. Facilitates Learning: Fosters a learning environment for patients/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team, including student; Facilities formal and informal learning for patients/families, nursing, other members of the healthcare team, and community.
4. Aligns Practice with Safety and Quality: Accountable for safety, identifies and corrects problems, and integrates evidence and best practice into nursing care; uses data and evidence to improve patient outcomes. Aligns patient safety, self‐safety, and environmental safety as equally important for best outcomes.
5. Engages in Professional Development: Engages in ongoing professional development; practices at the top of license within the legal parameters of the Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and specialty standards. Promotes a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates, and disseminates research and evidence‐based practice.
6. Leader in Practice Setting & Community: demonstrates leadership as change agents using the collaborative leadership skills of advocacy, influence and innovation. In partnering with colleagues appropriately delegates, coordinates care and collaborates with others as equal members of the inter‐professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge. Models professional behaviors as a representative of the nursing profession.
7. Participates in the planning and presentation of educational programs.
8. It is understood that this description is not intended to be all‐inclusive and that other duties may be assigned as necessary in the performance of the position.
Other Duties:
1. Proficiency in Information Technology, such as electronic health records, communication systems, computers, and equipment necessary to perform essential functions of the position.
2. Skilled to work with a wide range of staff as part of an interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff.
3. Ability to use independent, critical judgment in all aspects of patient care delivery.
4. Demonstrated interpersonal skills that convey a positive and supportive attitude.
5. Ability to effectively manage multiple responsibilities, urgent responses, and challenging situations.
Recognitions & Awards:
- Becker’s Best Places to Work 2025
- Forbes Best Employers For Women 2024
- America's Best-In-State Employers 2024
Looking to step into leadership without giving up your flexibility? Guthrie’s Skilled Nursing Facility at Robert Packer Hospital – Towanda Campus is hiring a Per Diem RN Supervisor to lead our night shift team — offering experienced RNs the chance to guide care, mentor staff, and shape outcomes in a close-knit, 68-bed community setting.
This role is ideal for nurses who want to balance their schedule with other commitments while still making a meaningful difference. You’ll enjoy the autonomy of per diem work, the camaraderie of a dedicated team, and the stability of a nationally recognized health system.
Your Schedule:
- Per Diem Flexibility – Choose shifts that fit your life
- Night Shift Leadership – Lead overnight care with confidence
- Location: Guthrie Skilled Nursing Facility, Towanda, PA
What You’ll Do:
- Lead & Support Staff – Ensure safe, evidence-based care overnight
- Coordinate Transitions – Manage admissions, discharges, and care plans
- Balance Leadership & Care – Stay hands-on while mentoring your team
- Model Excellence – Foster a positive, learning-focused environment
Why Choose Guthrie:
- Voluntary 403(b) Retirement Plan – Plan for your future with Fidelity investment options
- New York State Disability & Paid Sick Leave – Financial protection when you need it most
- New York Paid Family Leave – Support for time off to care for loved ones
- Employee Assistance Program – Confidential support for personal and professional well-being
- Shift Differentials & Premiums – Earn more for evenings, nights, weekends, and float coverage
- Friendly, Inclusive Work Family – Be part of a team that feels like home
- Onsite Starbucks – Enjoy your favorite coffee without leaving the hospital
Why Join Our Skilled Nursing Facility?
At Guthrie Towanda, you’ll find more than just a job — you’ll discover a leadership role where your voice matters, your expertise is valued, and your impact is felt every shift. Our 68-bed facility offers the intimacy of a small team with the backing of a nationally recognized health system. As a Night Shift RN Supervisor, your leadership directly shapes resident outcomes, staff morale, and the overall care environment.
Position Summary: The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional, comprehensive nursing care for patients in an acute care environment. Accountable for the delivery of coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic, evidence‐based quality care to patients and families, based on individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and appropriate care strategies throughout the lifespan. Practices in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act in the state of employment, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the ANA scope and standards of practice. Essential functions and specific skills for the job are found in the unit specific onboarding checklist and in standards that are applicable to the specialty.
Education, License & Cert:
- Registered Nurse in the State of Practice.
- BSN in Nursing preferred.
- Any previously agreed upon effective date for obtaining a Bachelor's degree in nursing between individuals and facilities will remain in effect, including those who transition to their position from the NLRN Program.
- Any contract with specific time frames for obtaining a bachelor’s degree in nursing will supersede the above point and will remain in effect.
- Specialty Certification is preferred
- BLS certification.
- ACLS is unit dependent.
Experience: The Registered Nurse must be a registered nurse currently licensed in the state of employment with at least one year of experience. Alternately, the Registered Nurse may have less than one year of experience if they have been transitioned to their position from the Newly Licensed Registered Nurse Residency (NLRN) Program. The Registered Nurse must meet the individual nursing unit specifications regarding educational requirements during employment. Must maintain BLS certification. ACLS is unit dependent. Specifications regarding educational requirements during employment are determined by the Nursing Department and Nursing Unit.
Essential Functions:
1. Employs Nursing Professional Practice: Assesses, diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates patients' care. Develops updates and coordinates the patients' plan of care to achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes and transitions across the continuum. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Performs and maintains the currency of essential competencies as required by a specific area of hire and population served.
2. Advocates: Effectively advocates for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values, and beliefs of those we serve.
3. Facilitates Learning: Fosters a learning environment for patients/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team, including student; Facilities formal and informal learning for patients/families, nursing, other members of the healthcare team, and community.
4. Aligns Practice with Safety and Quality: Accountable for safety, identifies and corrects problems, and integrates evidence and best practice into nursing care; uses data and evidence to improve patient outcomes. Aligns patient safety, self‐safety, and environmental safety as equally important for best outcomes.
5. Engages in Professional Development: Engages in ongoing professional development; practices at the top of license within the legal parameters of the Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and specialty standards. Promotes a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates, and disseminates research and evidence‐based practice.
6. Leader in Practice Setting & Community: demonstrates leadership as change agents using the collaborative leadership skills of advocacy, influence and innovation. In partnering with colleagues appropriately delegates, coordinates care and collaborates with others as equal members of the inter‐professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge. Models professional behaviors as a representative of the nursing profession.
7. Participates in the planning and presentation of educational programs.
8. It is understood that this description is not intended to be all‐inclusive and that other duties may be assigned as necessary in the performance of the position.
Other Duties:
1. Proficiency in Information Technology, such as electronic health records, communication systems, computers, and equipment necessary to perform essential functions of the position.
2. Skilled to work with a wide range of staff as part of an interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff.
3. Ability to use independent, critical judgment in all aspects of patient care delivery.
4. Demonstrated interpersonal skills that convey a positive and supportive attitude.
5. Ability to effectively manage multiple responsibilities, urgent responses, and challenging situations.
Recognitions & Awards:
- Becker’s Best Places to Work 2025
- Forbes Best Employers For Women 2024
- America's Best-In-State Employers 2024