Anticipated Salary: $8,167 - $8,750 per month
Job Type: Salaried Full Time
Work Hours: Mon - Fri - 2:45pm - 11:00pm
Work Location: Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, 1000 N. Main St., Anna, IL 62906
County: Union
The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an energetic and detail-oriented licensed Registered Nurse to direct and monitor the mental health intake and admission programs on a designated work location/shift for the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna, IL. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center offers a variety of treatment programs and services including but not limited to: Psychiatric/psychological, medical/physical, social, educational, vocational/rehabilitation, recreational, speech, language and hearing, pharmacy, dental and dietary services, and referrals and special consultations for individuals with developmental disabilities and/or intellectual disabilities.
Job Responsibilities
1. Serves as full line supervisor.
2. Directs and monitors mental health intake and admission programs including screening, triaging, and admitting individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities to the facility's program.
3. Evaluates the day to day performance of staff.
4. Assists in recruitment and training of staff.
5. Monitors compliance with continuity of care agreements by facility staff and Community Mental Health Systems which are signatories to such agreements.
6. Meets with Nursing Services Administrator and Unit Administrator to ensure quality individual care is provided.
7. Conducts and participates in committee and professional activities, task groups and other quality assurance related activities.
8. Serves as an Administrator on Duty (AOD) on a rotating basis, exercising full authority after business hours, weekends, and holidays.
9. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
1. Requires licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.
2. Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of four (4) years of college with coursework in nursing.
3. Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible professional nursing experience in a public or business organization.
Conditions of Employment
1. Ability to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays on a rotation basis as Administrator on Duty (AOD).
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