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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES Assistant Director of Nursing in Anna, Illinois
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Location:Anna, IL, US, 62906-1652
Job Requisition ID:43304
Opening Date:01/07/2025
Closing Date/Time:01/21/2025?
Agency:Department of Human Services
Class Title:PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015
Skill Option:Special License - Registered Nurse License
Bilingual Option:None
Salary:Anticipated Salary: \$10,372 - \$10,564 per month (\$124,464 - \$126,768 per year)
Job Type:Salaried
Category:Full Time
County:Union
Work Hours:Mon - Fri, 8:00am-4:30pm; 1-hour unpaid lunch
DD/MHS
Work Location:1000 N Main St, Anna, Illinois, 62906-1652
Division of Developmental Disabilities
Choate Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center
Nursing Services
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Position Overview
The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an energetic, detail-oriented and experienced licensed Registered Nurse to serve as the Assistant Director of Nursing at the Choate Center located in Anna, Illinois to oversee and supervise professional nursing staff in the care and treatment of individuals at the Choate Center a 24/7 operational facility. Choate 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 Assistant Director of Nursing for the Choate Center.
- Serves as full-line supervisor.
- Assigns and verifies that staff attend mandatory in-service programs.
- Develops and maintains good interpersonal relations with staff.
- Monitors the Nursing Quality Improvement (QI) Plan to ensure it is utilized to assist in the evaluation of individual care.
- Reviews the therapeutic environment aspects of the nursing process to ensure they consist of assessments, care plans, treatment plans, interventions, and documentation in progress notes to meet the standards of Choate Center and outside reviewing bodies.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerative above.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.
- Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to 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
Bachelors degree in Nursing.
Three (3) years of professional experience supervising professional nursing staff.
Three (3) years of professional nursing experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities and/or mental illnesses.
Three (3) years of professional experience recommending and implementing nursing policies and procedures relative t the latest trends and nursing standards.
One (1) year of professional experience training nursing staff on latest trends and nursing standards.
One (1) year of professional nursing experience communicating in verbal or written from with patients and/or individuals.
One (1) year of experience completing and conducting employee performance evaluations and recommending and implementing disciplinary actions following collective bargaining agreement.
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 professional experience reviewing program needs, setting priorities and assigning nursing staff to ensure compliance.