CLINICAL NURSE MANAGER

​Agency:  Department of Human Services 

Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option: Special License - Registered Nurse License 
Bilingual Option: None 

Opening Date:  10/11/2024
Closing Date/Time:  10/25/2024 
Salary:  Anticipated Salary: $9,413 - $10,825 per month ($112,956 - $129,900 per year) 
Job Type:  Salaried 
Category: Full Time 
County:  Kane 
Number of Vacancies:  1 
Plan/BU:  None 

 

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Posting Identification Number  41677

Position Overview

The Division of Mental Health is pleased to announce an opening for a Clinical Nurse Manager (CNM) for the Elgin Mental Health Center located in Elgin, Illinois. The Elgin Mental Health Center is seeking to hire an energetic and detail-oriented licensed Registered Nurse to direct and coordinate the assignment of nursing (licensed and non-licensed) and unit-based housekeeping personnel.  Assesses, evaluates, and determines unit and staffing needs and nursing coverage schedule for each shift on a daily basis and revises as schedules change. Provides services to other units of the Community Psychiatric Services to meet day-to-day operating needs. Elgin Mental Health provides treatment for release and restoration of the people we serve. It is a place of hope for the healing of mind, body and spirit where many find health and happiness again. Recovery is our vision.

Essential Functions

• Serves as the Clinical Nurse Manager for the Elgin Mental Health Center.
• Directs nursing staff regarding identification of patient needs.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Periodically reviews by observation and required documentation, the accurate and timely completion of work assignments including therapeutic environment aspects of the nursing process including assessments, care plans, treatment plans, interventions and documentation in progress notes (reviews are completed periodically and on a random basis).
• Assumes the administrative duties of the Associate Director of Nursing in his/her absence.
• Monitors that the nursing and the unit’s Quality Improvement Plans are utilized to evaluate patient care.
• Participates in, reviews, and encourages the development of professional growth of assigned nursing personnel.
• Participates, as part of Nursing Administration, in determining overall staffing needs.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of 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 experience meeting deadlines with strong attention to detail and the ability to utilize critical thinking skills while multi-tasking multiple projects.
• Two (2) years of professional nursing experience working with individuals with mental illness. 
• Two (2) years of professional experience recommending or preparing treatment plans for patients.
• Thee (3) years of professional experience communicating with internal or external stakeholders in oral or written form relative to the care and treatment of patients. 
• Three (3) years of professional experience recommending and implementing nursing policies and procedures following evidence-based practice and nursing standards.