DOC East Moline CC Health Care Unit Health Care Unit Administrator

Job Requisition ID: 48622 
Closing Date: 08/01/2025
​Agency: Department of Corrections
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option: Special License - Registered Nurse License 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $8,281 a month; Full Range $8,281 - $10,417 a month.
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Rock Island
Number of Vacancies: 1
Merit Comp Code: Gubernatorial (Management Bill) Exclusion from RC063 Collective Bargaining Coverage

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Position Overview

This position serves as the Health Care Unit Administrator position for East Moline Correctional Center. The incumbent will plan, develop, organize, and manage the overall operations of the health care unit daily. This will include working with state and contractual staff and monitoring the quality of care given to our patients. The Health Care Unit Administrator will also be responsible for the monthly reports, communication with the Office of HealthServices, CQI data collection and studies, as well as audit completion. We invite all qualified applicants to apply for the position of Health Care Unit Administrator.

Essential Functions

• Manages and directs all the various daily operations of the Health Care Unit on twenty-four (24) hour/seven (7) days a week basis.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Monitors financial operations of the Health Care Unit.
• Performs unscheduled inspections of the Health Care Unit, monitoring to ensure that the health care environment is conducive for effective treatment.
• Conducts regularly scheduled staff meetings.
• Coordinates healthcare with other entities.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college.
• Requires licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.
• Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible Registered Nursing experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers at least one (1) year of working experience in a correctional setting.
• Prefers possession of a current Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
• Prefers at least one (1) year of professional healthcare management experience.
• Prefers at least one (1) year professional experience managing unionized nurses.
• Prefers at least one (1) year professional experience interpreting and monitoring healthcare contracts.
• Prefers at least one (1) year professional experience conducting Quality Improvement studies.
• Prefers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing or higher.
• Prefers at least one (1) year of professional experience working with mentally ill patients.
• Prefers at least one (1) year of experience training Registered Nursing staff.
• Prefers at least one (1) year working experience with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, or similar software products.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification.
• Requires the ability to pass the IDOC/IDJJ background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen.  The use of unauthorized drugs by an