NURSING SUPERVISOR

Job Requisition ID: 46791 

Opening Date: 05/20/2025
Closing Date: 06/03/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option: Special License - Registered Nurse License 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $9,051 - $9,323 per month ($108,612 - $111,876 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Kankakee
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Gubernatorial (Management Bill) Exclusion from RC063 Collective Bargaining Coverage

 

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Posting Identification Number  46791

 

 

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Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a licensed Registered Nurse to serve as Nursing Supervisor at the Shapiro Center located in Kankakee, Illinois. This energetic and detail-oriented person will supervise professional and paraprofessional staff, ensuring twenty-four hour supervisory coverage, directing staff on individuals’ needs and the implementation of treatment plans and reviewing nursing assessments and nursing care plans for completeness, accuracy and appropriateness of plans. The Shapiro Center serves a broad spectrum of individuals with behavioral and medical needs.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Nursing Supervisor over professional Registered Nurses on an assigned unit and shift.

• Serves as full-line supervisor.

• Oversees the unit medical program.

• Attends and participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team at meetings and on committees.

• Functions as a training instructor and assists in the development of facility policies and procedures.

• As part of a team, reviews, updates, and implements nursing policies and procedures according to the latest trends and nursing standards.

• 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 nursing experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities and/or developmental disabilities.  

• Three (3) years of professional experience supervising professional nursing staff.

• Three (3) years of professional experience recommending and implementing nursing policies and procedures relative to the latest trends and nursing standards.

• One (1) year of professional experience traini