REGIONAL NURSE

Job Requisition ID: 53199 
Closing Date: 02/27/2026
​Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Class Title: CHILD WELFARE NURSE SPECIALIST - 07197 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $8,767/monthly. Full Salary Range $7,172 - $9,752/monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Effingham
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC023 Registered Nurses, INA
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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Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as Regional Nurse. Under general supervision, this position will provide consultation and analysis on health-related  concerns in investigation reports, complex health care records, and other related materials. The position will also consult with biological parents, foster parents, relative caregivers, or residential providers regarding health-related concerns for children with special health care needs and provide input into the treatment plan with the child caregiver and worker. In addition, this position will serve as a liaison for the client/family with community hospitals, child abuse and neglect teams, fatality teams, and community physical and mental health programs. This position provides a great opportunity for a compassionate medical professional who is focused on ensuring that children in the care of DCFS receive the best health care possible. DCFS offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program. The ideal candidate for this position will have exemplary medical skills and strong communication skills. We invite you to join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives of the children and families of Illinois.

Essential Functions

• Provides consultation and analysis on health-related concerns in investigation reports, complex health care records, and other related materials.
• Provides updated information relative to referral procedures and other protocols involving community health care or health related services.
• In collaboration with the Department’s Healthworks networks and assigned skilled, residential, and acute psychiatric facilities, provides quality assurance monitoring to ensure that health care services are provided to Department youth in care.
• Provides input into staffings, Clinical Intervention Placement Preservation (CIPP) Teams, Peer Reviews, Expanded capacities, clinical placement reviews, and the evaluation of health issues of youth in care in permanency planning.
• Through quality assurance monitoring initiatives, assesses and evaluates the delivery of health care services.
• Develops and conducts bi-annual in-service training sessio