NURSING SUPERVISOR

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Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an energetic and detail-oriented licensed Registered Nurse to direct and monitor the mental health programs on a designated work location/shift for the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center located in Anna, Illinois. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center offers a variety of treatment programs and services including but not limited to; Psychiatric/psychological, medical/physical, social, educational, vocational/rehabilitation, recreational, speech, language and hearing, pharmacy, dental and dietary services and referrals and special consultants for individuals with developmental disabilities and/or intellectual disabilities.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Nursing Supervisor for the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center.

• Serves as full line supervisor.

• Evaluates the day-to-day performance of staff.

• Assists in recruitment and training of staff. 

• Monitors compliance with continuity of care agreements by facility staff and Community Mental Health Systems which are signatories to such agreements.

• Meets with Nursing Services Administrator and Unit Administrator to ensure quality individual care is provided. 

• Conducts and participates in committee and professional activities, task groups and other quality assurance related activities.

• Serves as an Administrator on Duty (AOD) on a rotating basis, exercising full authority after business hours, weekends, and holidays.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of four (4) years of college with coursework in nursing.

• Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible professional nursing experience in a public or business organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years of professional nursing experience working with individuals with mental illness, intellectual disabilities and/or developmental disabilities. 

• Three (3) years of professional experience supervising professional nursing staff.

• One (1) year of professional experience directing and monitoring intake and/or admission programs for a health treatment facility. 

• Three (3) years of professional experience recommending and implementing nursing policies and procedures relative to latest trends and nursing standards. 

• One (1) year of professional experience training nursing staff on nursing care practices and techniques.

• One (1) year of professional nursing experience communicating in verbal and/or written form with patients and/or individuals.

• One (1) year of professional experience completing and conducting employee performance evaluations. 

• One (1) year of professional experience recommending and implementing disciplinary actions following collective bargaining agreements. 

• One (1) year of professional experience performing quality assurance assessments on nursing services and treatments provided to patients and/or individuals.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.

• Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

• Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays on a rotation basis as Administrator on Duty (AOD).

• Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others.

• Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.

• Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.

*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.