ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Job Requisition ID: 49638 

Opening Date: 09/15/2025
Closing Date: 09/26/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option: Special License - Registered Nurse License 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $10,782 - $10,981 per month ($129,384 - $131,772 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Kankakee
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Supervisory Exclusion from RC063 Collective Bargaining Coverage

 

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Posting Identification Number  49638

 

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Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an energetic, detail-oriented and experienced licensed Registered Nurse to serve as the Assistant Director of Nursing at the Shapiro Center located in Kankakee, Illinois to oversee and supervise professional nursing staff in the care and treatment of individuals at the Shapiro Center a 24/7 operational facility. The Shapiro Center serves a broad spectrum of individuals with behavioral and medical needs.

Essential Functions

• Serves as the Assistant Director of Nursing with 24-hour responsibility.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Develops and conducts orientation and in-service training for nursing staff, other professionals and direct-care staff regarding health-related issues.
• Monitors the provision of medical/nursing services to individuals at local clinics, physician’s offices and hospitals.
• Completes forms and records.
• 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 developmental disabilities.