IVH-C RESTORATIVE DIRECTOR-PSA

Essential Functions:

• Serves as restorative unit director; establishes policies and procedures as needed; maintains the following restorative programs according to IDPH guidelines.
• Completes professional nursing assessments to gather resident medical information, including information for restorative programs and the Minimum Data Set (MDS).
• Provides nursing care, treatments, and medication administration.
• Serves as a working supervisor.
• Serves a member of the interdisciplinary care plan team.
• Participates in Quality Assurance Committee by monitoring various aspects of the rehabilitation program, including restraint use.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are within the scope of the duties and responsibilities enumerated above. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years college, preferably with courses in nursing.
• Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible professional nursing experience in a public or business organization.
• Requires licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Four (4) years of experience exercising judgement and discretion in developing, implementing, and interpreting departmental policies and procedures.
• Four (4) years of experience recording appropriate information, written and verbal communication skills, ability to speak before a group and comprehensive ability to fully evaluate staff performance and resident care and to ensure appropriate written documentation.
• Four (4) years of experience implementing and supporting the philosophy, goals and objectives, policies and standards of Nursing Service and the facility.
• Three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in nursing.
• Extensive knowledge of current Illinois Department of Public Health regulations.
• Extensive knowledge of professional nursing theory and practice and recent developments in the field of nursing, preferably geriatric nursing.

Conditions of Employment:

• Requires successful completion of courses or training program which includes at least 60 hours of classroom/lab training in restorative/rehabilitative nursing as evidenced by a transcript, certificate, diploma, or other written documentation from an accredited school or recognized accrediting agency such as a state or national organization of nurses or a state licensing authority.
• Requires the ability to pass a background check.
• Requires the ability to pass a drug screen and pre-employment physical.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen and pre-employment physical.
• Requires the ability to meet all agency vaccine/health-related policies and guidance.
• Requires ability to attend seminars, conferences, and trainings to stay current on methods, tools, ideologies, or other industry related topics relevant to the job duties.
• Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.
• Overtime is a condition of employment, and you may be requested or required/mandated to work overtime including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime. This requires the ability to work evenings and weekends.
  
  

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

About the Agency:

The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs is a state agency designed to empower veterans and their families to thrive. We do this by assisting them in navigating the system of federal, state, and local resources and benefits, providing long-term health care for eligible veterans in our Veterans’ Homes and partnering with other agencies and non-profits to help veterans address education, mental health, housing, employment, and other challenges. A career with the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs provides a rewarding and challenging opportunity for individuals. Working together, we create partnerships and experiences that engage and inspire our fellow co-workers and the veterans and their family members that we serve every day.