Assistant Director Of Nursing in Chester

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a licensed Registered Nurse to serve as Assistant Director of Nursing and to oversee and supervise professional and paraprofessional nursing staff in the care and treatment of psychiatric patients at the Chester Mental Health Center located in Chester, Illinois. The Chester Mental Health Center is designed to provide care and treatment for all adult males in the State of Illinois who require a greater degree of structure and security. Chester Mental Health Center strives to assist patients to achieve their full recovery potential and values culture, safety, recovery, efficiency and quality.

Essential Functions:

• Serves as Assistant Director of Nursing for the Chester Mental Health Center.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Assists physicians with patient medical examination, testing, referrals and medical procedures at the general medicine clinic, including lifting and carrying moderate loads up to 50lbs and pushing an emergency cart up to 100 lbs.
• Develops and coordinates nursing or health care functions, training and staffing to achieve facility goals and objectives.
• Monitors the Nursing Quality Improvement (QI) Plan to ensure it is utilized to assist in the evaluation of patient care.
• Reviews shift, injury and informational reports.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires licensure as 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:

• Three (3) years of professional experience working in a psychiatric hospital, working with current diagnostic and treatment modalities for psychiatric patients.
• Three (3) years of professional supervisory experience assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff, approving time off and preparing and signing performance evaluations.
• Three (3) years of professional experience recommending and implementing nursing policies and procedures relative to the latest trends and nursing standards.
• Three (3) years of professional experience recommending oversight of treatment plans, scheduling logistics/movement of patients within the hospital for admissions and discharges, communicating with internal and external stakeholders in oral and written form relative to the care and treatment of patients.
• Three (3) years of professional experience providing training to paraprofessional and professional nursing staff.
• Three (3) years of professional experience performing quality assurance assessments on nursing services and treatments provided to patients.

Conditions of Employment:

• Requires ability to serve on-call on a rotating basis, after business hours, weekends and holidays.
• Requires ability to lift and carry moderate loads up to 50lbs and pushing an emergency cart up to 100 lbs.
• Requires the ability to physically restrain patients as necessary to prevent injury to patient or others.
• Requires the ability to obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate.
• 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.
• Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

Work Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:00am - 4:00pm; 30-minute unpaid lunch

Headquarter Location: 1315 Lehman Dr, Chester, Illinois, 62233

Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@illinois.gov

About the Agency: The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being of everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.

As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes:

• 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)
• 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)
• 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://cms.illinois.gov/benefits/stateemployee.html