NURSING SUPERVISOR
Posted: February 04, 2025
Company: Illinois Department of Human Services
Employer Type: Government
Position Type: Full Time
Job Type: Nursing
Experience Level: Professional
Certification Required: B.A
Education Required: Bachelors
City: DIX
County: LIVINGSTON
Posting Identification Number 44262
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Position Overview
The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an energetic and detail-oriented licensed Registered Nurse for the Mabley Developmental Center located in Dixon, Illinois to serve as Nursing Supervisor. Reviews quarterly assessments, observes, and evaluates medicine passing procedures. Monitors acute care logs, Medication Administration Records, dietary and medication response profiles. Functions as a training instructor and assists in the development of facility policies and procedures. The Mabley Developmental Center serves a broad spectrum of individuals with behavioral and medical needs.
Essential Functions
- Serves as Nursing Supervisor over professional Registered Nurses on an assigned unit and shift.
- Serves as full-line supervisor.
- Oversees the unit medical program.
- Attends and participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team at meetings and on committees.
- Functions as a training instructor and assists in the development of facility policies and procedures.
- As part of a team, reviews, updates, and implements nursing policies and procedures according to the latest trends and nursing standards.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Desired Skills
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 intellectual disabilities and/or developmental disabilities.
- Three (3) years of professional experience supervising professional nursing staff.
- 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 reviewing program needs, setting priorities and assigning nursing staff to ensure compliance with standards of care and practice for a public or private organization.
- 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 performing quality assurance assessments on nursing services and treatments provided to patients and/or individuals.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires the ability to serve as Administrator Officer of the Day (AOD) on a rotating basis, after business hours, weekends, and holidays on a rotation basis.
- Requires the ability to use utilize office equipment, including computers.
- Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others.
- Requires the ability to obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification.
- Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.
- Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
- Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
*The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
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