Nursing Supervisor
Posted: March 28, 2025
Company: Illinois Department of Human Services
Employer Type: Government
Position Type: Full Time
Job Type: Registered Nurse
Experience Level: Professional
Certification Required: Licensure as a Registered Nurse
Education Required: Associates
City: PONTIAC
County: LIVINGSTON
Salary Range: $75000 and Up
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Work Location: Dwight, IL, US, 60420
Agency: Department of Human Services
Opening Date: 3/25/2025
Closing Date: 4/07/2025
Skill Option: Special License - Registered Nurse License
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $9,413 - $9,696 per month ($112,956 - $116,352 per year)
County: Livingston
Number of Vacancies: 1
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Posting Identification Number: 44902
Position Overview
The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a licensed Registered Nurse to serve as Nursing Supervisor at the Fox Developmental Center in Dwight, Illinois. This energetic and detail-oriented person will supervise professional and paraprofessional staff, ensuring twenty-four-hour supervisory coverage, directing staff on individuals’ needs and the implementation of treatment plans and reviewing nursing assessments and nursing care plans for completeness, accuracy and appropriateness of plans. The Fox Developmental Center serves a broad spectrum of individuals with behavioral and medical needs.
Essential Functions
- Serves as Nursing Supervisor for the Fox Developmental Center.
- Serves as full line supervisor.
- Assists the Director of Nursing (DON) and the Assistant Director of Nursing in developing, documenting, monitoring and implementing policies and procedures.
- Evaluates services for individuals served by conducting ongoing audits (e.g. quality assurance) of services provided in adherence to established goals and standards.
- Provides professional nursing services to individuals on an assigned shift.
- Serves as a member on a variety of committees at the facility.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Preferred Qualifications (in priority order)
- 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 the 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 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.
- One (1) year of basic proficiency in the use of common office equipment, including basic computer skills.
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 obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification.
- Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
- Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.
- This position has been found to meet the requirements in section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act requiring the occupant/employee to file a Statement of Economic Interest. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act (5 ILCS 420/4A et seq.) requires certain state officials and employees to file annual Statements of Economic Interest with the Office of the Secretary of State that will be made available for examination and copying by the public. All employees required to file a Statement of Economic Interest are also required to file the Supplemental Statement of Economic Interest with the Executive Ethics Commission. (See Executive Order 15-09) Fines and penalties apply to untimely filings.
*The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: 8:00pm - 4:30am, Week #1 Off Sunday/Friday, Week #2 Off Monday/Saturday; 1 hour lunch
Work Location: 134 W Main St, Dwight, Illinois, 60420
Division of Developmental Disabilities
Fox Developmental Center
Nursing Services - Evenings
Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@Illinois.gov
Posting Group: Leadership & Management; Health Services; Social Services
About the Agency:
The Illinois Department of Human Services serves families in need all across Illinois. Our mission is providing equitable access to social services, supports, programs and resources to enhance the lives of all who we serve. We are committed to the core values of Human Dignity, Equity, Community, Urgency, Transparency and Kindness.
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 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)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
• 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
• Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx
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.
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