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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES Clinical Nurse Manager (Public Services Administrator) (Option 8N - Nurse) in Joliet, Illinois
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Location: Joliet, IL, US, 60436
Job Requisition ID:41287
Agency:Department of Human Services
Job Role: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR 37015
Skills Code/Option:Special License - Registered Nurse License(8N)
Bilingual Code:None (00)
Opening Date:10/1/2024
Closing Date/Time:10/15/2024
Salary:Anticipated Salary: \$9,413 - \$10,825 per month (\$112,956 - \$129,900 per year)
Job Type:Salaried
Category:Full Time
County:Will
Number of Vacancies:2
Plan/BU:None
Work Hours:Various shifts, see below:
(1 vacancy) 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday; 30 minute unpaid lunch
(1 vacancy) 7:30 - 3:30pmThursday - Monday; 30 minute unpaid lunch
Mental Health-Clinical Services
Work Location:2848 McDonough St, Joliet, Illinois, 60436
Division of Mental Health
Joliet Inpatient Treatment Center (JITC)
Nursing Services\
Position Overview
The Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire a licensed Registered Nurse to serve as a Clinical Nurse Manager to oversee and supervise professional and paraprofessional nursing staff in the care and treatment of psychiatric patients at the Joliet Inpatient Treatment Center located in Joliet, Illinois. The incumbent will provide services within the MH Program to meet day-to-day operating needs, directs and coordinates the assignment of nursing (licensed and non-licensed), assesses, evaluates, and determines unit staffing needs and nursing coverage schedule for each shift on a 24-hour basis and revises as schedules change, review nursing work to ensure standards and quality of care are maintained, help nursing staff meet their goals to improve the overall performance of the MH units,respond to any nursing and patient related issues in a timely manner, attend treatment review team meetings regularly, attend MH referral and discharge calls, and prepare medical treatment summary for patient discharges.
Essential Functions
Serves as a Clinical Nurse Manager to personnel, para-professional and non-professional nursing personnel on an assigned Mental Health (MH) unit, ensuring that general health and nursing care needs are met for patients within the MH program on a 24-hour basis and ensuring compliance with all Nursing Care standards.
Directs nursing staff regarding identification of patient needs.
Serves as full-line supervisor.
Periodically reviews by observation and required documentation work assignments.
Supervises the unit staff and completes documented unannounced site visits.
Monitors that the nursing and the units Quality Improvement Plans are utilized to evaluate patient care.
Participates in, reviews, and encourages the development of professional growth of assigned nursing personnel.
Participates, as part of Nursing Administration, in determining overall staffing needs.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of 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 nursing staff.
Three (3) years of professional experience meeting deadlines with strong attention to detail and the ability to utilize critical thinking skills while multi-tasking multiple projects.
Two (2) years of professional nursing experience working with individuals with mental illnesses.
Two (2) ye rs of professional experience recommending or preparing treatment plans for patients.
Three (3) years of professional experience communicating with internal and external stakeholders in oral or written form relative to the care and treatment of patients.
Three (3) years of professional experience recommending and implementing nursing policies and procedures following evidence-based practice and nursing standards.
Bachelors degree in nursing.
Conditions of Employment
Requires ability to pass the IDOCbackground check.
Requires ability to pass a drug screen. On January 1, 2020, the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act made it legal for re