IVH-Q DIRECTOR OF NURSING-SPSA

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.

Essential Functions:

• Under the direction of the Senior Home Administrator, serves as the Director of Nursing Services for the Quincy Veteran Home.
• Serves as a full line supervisor.
• Develops and directs the implementation of policies, rules and regulations of the units directed, ensuring that standards of care are maintained throughout the facility.
• Develops and proposes long range plans and objectives for the units directed.
• Ensures that monthly staff meetings of all professional and non-professional personnel are held and participated in monthly meeting as required by Public Health and Veterans Administration.
• Determines equipment, materials and supplies needed for nursing services in formulating the yearly budget.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Four (4) years of experience supervising staff.
• Four (4) years of experience analyzing administrative programs and adopting an effective course of action.
• Four (4) years of experience exercising judgment and discretion in developing, implementing, and interpreting departmental policies and procedures.
• Four (4) years of experience estimating budgets for future needs and cost of personnel, space, equipment, and supplies.
• Four (4) years of experience writing, implementing, and evaluating plans of correction for regulatory guidance.
• Four (4) years or more of experience working at a geriatric long-term facility for 4 years or more.
• Three (3) years clinical experience in long term care or acute care.

Conditions of Employment:

• Requires ability to pass a background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen and pre-employment physical.
• Requires ability to meet all agency vaccine/health-related policies and guidance.
• Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
• 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 ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.
• This position is considered heavy work as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567(d)). Heavy work involves lifting no more than 100 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Overtime is a condition or employment, and you may be required to work overtime including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime. 

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