LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE I (UMP)

Job Requisition ID: 46863
Opening Date: 05/02/2025

Closing Date: 05/15/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE I - 23551 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: (Eff 7/1/25) $4,258-$5,680/month ($51,096-$68,160/year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC009
Merit Comp Code: 

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

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All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

 

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

 

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Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Licensed Practical Nurse I for the Ludeman Developmental Center located in Park Forest, Illinois to perform a variety of practical nursing functions on an assigned shift on an assigned unit. Provides direct nursing care based on an individual’s nursing plan of care.  Assists with the admission, transfer, and discharge of individuals. Administers medication and assists in the maintenance of clinical records.

Essential Functions

• Performs a variety of practical nursing functions on an assigned shift on an assigned unit.

• Assists physician/registered nurse with physical exams or other treatments.

• Transcribes physician orders, administers medication, documents medication administration, observes and reports/records individual responses to medication administered.

• Implements interventions, including steps in progressive limit setting e.g. verbal redirection, timeout, seclusion, and restraints.

• Attends mandatory training and in-service training/workshops in order to facilitate the development and refinement of therapeutic skills.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires Illinois license as a practical nurse.

• This class is included as an Upward Mobility Program credential title.

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