Clinical Nurse Manager in Chester

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a licensed Registered Nurse to oversee and supervise professional and paraprofessional nursing staff in the care and treatment of forensic and behavioral management patients at the Chester Mental Health Center 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 Clinical Nurse Manager functioning as head nurse of a unit.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• As relief facility wide supervisor, provides input into setting nursing schedules and staffing shortages on each unit.
• Ensures compliance with nursing, facility and departmental standards, policies and procedures.
• Coordinates patient care services with other professional disciplines and staff such as physicians, therapists and dieticians.
• Prepares and administers prescribed medications to patients.
• Prepares for and serves as health/education in-service resource regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Bloodborne Pathogens, Restraints, First Aid, Tardive Dyskinesia DISCUS, etc.
• Serves as screening nurse during admission procedures.
• Serves as a member of the medical staff.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

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 experience supervising professional nursing staff.
• Three (3) years of professional nursing experience working with individuals with mental illnesses including the preparation of nursing treatment plans.
• 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 performing quality assurance assessments on nursing services in accordance with Joint Commission Standards.
• Three (3) years of professional experience providing training to nursing staff and communicating with internal and external stakeholders in oral and written form relative to the care and treatment of patients and the latest teaching methods.
• Three (3) years of professional experience working with current diagnostic and treatment modalities, administering and directing immunization procedures for individuals with mental illnesses.

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 serve as Administrator on Duty (AOD), on-call on a rotating basis, after business hours, weekends and holidays.
• Requires the ability to lift and carry moderate loads up to 50 lbs. 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.

Work Hours: Mon - Fri, 7:00am - 3:00pm; 30-minute unpaid lunch; Work every 6th weekend

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.

Benefits:

• 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
• GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
• 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

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