Registered Nurse II

Closing Date: 02/15/2022

Anticipated Salary: $6,962 - $7,868 per month

Job Type: Salaried Full Time

Work Hours: 6:45PM - 7:15AM, Week 1: Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Week 2: Monday, Thursday, Saturday

Work Location: Alton Mental Health Center, 4500 College Ave Alton, IL 62002-5012

County: Madison

The Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire an independent, highly organized, and detail-oriented licensed Registered Nurse for the Alton Mental Health Center located in Alton, Illinois. This position will be responsible for performing direct nursing care for people with mental illness, including providing work-related guidance, instruction, and explanation to lower level direct care support staff on an assigned shift . The successful candidate shall demonstrate a good oral and written communication skills, be a self-starter, and be able to carry out nursing assignments pursuant to the direction of medical personnel.

Job Responsibilities

1. Utilizing the nursing process, assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the delivery of nursing care for patients receiving health care services on an assigned shift .

2. Serves as designated lead worker to lower level staff .

3. Provides report to staff and to oncoming lead worker to ensure continuity of care.

4. Participates in meetings and discussions with clinical, medical, administrative, and other staff .

5. Monitors the use of appropriate techniques to ensure a safe, secure therapeutic and sanitary environment of care and general performance of duties.

6. Completes mandatory training requirements and participates in continuing education workshops and seminars to maintain age and disability specific professional competency through observation and evaluation.

7. Attends ongoing education programs mandatory and optional in-service programs,

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

Minimum Qualifications

1.Requires (a) graduation from an approved nursing education program resulting in an associate or diploma degree in nursing and two years of progressively responsible professional nursing experience; OR (b) a

bachelor’s degree in nursing and one year of professional nursing experience; OR (c) a master’s degree in nursing.

2.Requires licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.

Conditions of Employment

1.Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays on a rotation basis.

2.Requires the ability to serve on an on-call basis.

3.Requires the ability to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted.

4.Requires ability to acquire and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate.

5.Requires ability to travel.

6.Requires the ability to meet all agency vaccine/health-related policies and guidance.

7.Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.

8.Requires ability to pass a drug screen. On January 1, 2020, the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act made it legal for residents over the age of 21 to produce, consume and sell cannabis in Illinois. Please note that although the law has changed, the Department will continue to enforce the Department’s zero tolerance Drug Testing policy. The use of unauthorized drugs, including cannabis, by an employee, regardless of the position held is prohibited.