CLINICAL NURSE MANAGER
Chicago, IL, US, 60634
Job Requisition ID: 49780
Opening Date: 09/30/2025
Closing Date: 10/14/2025
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015
Skill Option: Special License - Registered Nurse License
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $9,785 - $11,253 per month ($117,420 - $135,036 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Managerial Exclusion from RC063 Collective Bargaining Coverage
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Posting Identification Number 49780
Why Work for Illinois?
Working with the State of Illinois is a testament to the values of compassion, equity, and dedication that define our state. Whether you’re helping to improve schools, protect our natural resources, or support families in need, you’re part of something bigger—something that touches the lives of every person who calls Illinois home.
No matter what state career you’re looking for, we offer jobs that fit your life and your schedule—flexible jobs that provide the gold standard of benefits. Our employees can take advantage of various avenues to advance their careers and realize their dreams. Our top-tier benefits and great retirement packages can help you build a rewarding career and lasting future with the State of Illinois.
Position Overview
The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is pleased to announce an opening for a Clinical Nurse Manager for the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center located in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago-Read Mental Health Center is seeking to hire an energetic and detailed-oriented licensed Registered Nurse to direct and oversee para-professional, professional and non-professional nursing personnel on an assigned program unit, assuring that general health and nursing care needs are met for the patients on the program unit. Chicago-Read Mental Health Center strives to provide equitable access to social/human services, supports, programs and resources to enhance the lives of all who we serve.
Essential Functions
- Serves as Clinical Nurse Manager.
- Serves as full-line supervisor.
- Participates in developing Nursing Care policies and procedures and monitors their implementation.
- Participates in reviewing aggregate data collection to meet the Joint Commission and CMS standards of compliance.
- Participates in hospital-wide committees to improve quality of patient care.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the 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 course work 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 experience supervising professional nursing staff.
- Three (3) years of professional experience meeting deadlines with strong attention to detail and the ability to utilize critical thinking skills while multi-tasking multiple projects.
- Three (3) years of professional nursing experience working with individuals with mental illnesses.
- Three (3) years of professional experience recommending and preparing treatment plans for patients.
- Three (3) years of professional experience communicating with internal and external stakeholders in oral or written form relative to the care and treatment of patients.
- Three (3) years of professional experience recommending and implementing nursing policies and procedures following evidence-based practice and nursing standards.
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 and in emergency situations.
*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Mon - Fri, 7:00am - 3:00pm; 30-minute unpaid lunch
Work Location: 4200 N Oak Park Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60634
Divisionof Behavioral Health and Recovery
Chicago Read Mental Health Center
Nursing Services
Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@illinois.gov
Posting Group: Leadership & Management; Health Services; Social Services
About the Agency
The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.
As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:
- A Pension Program
- Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
- 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
- 10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
- Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time work schedules (as applicable)
- 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
- Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
- 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
- Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
- Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
- GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
- 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
- Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://cms.illinois.gov/benefits/stateemployee.html
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Use the “Apply” button at the top right or bottom right of this posting to begin the application process.
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If you have questions about how to apply, please see the following resources:
State employees: Log in to the career portal for State employees and review the Internal Candidate Application Job Aid
Non-State employees: on Illinois.jobs2web.com – click “Application Procedures” in the footer of every page of the website.
State employees should include temporary assignment in the application profile. Temporary assignment verification forms can be uploaded to the Additional Documents section.
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Nearest Major Market: Chicago