Nursing Supervisor (Public Service Administrator)

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Job Requisition ID: 47566 

Opening Date:  06/13/2025
Closing Date: 06/27/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option: Special License - Registered Nurse License 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $9,413 - $9,696 per month ($112,956 - $116,352 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Union
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  47566

Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an energetic and detail-oriented licensed Registered Nurse to direct and monitor the mental health programs on a designated work location/shift for the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center located in Anna, Illinois. 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 consultants for individuals with developmental disabilities and/or intellectual disabilities.

Essential Functions

Serves as Nursing Supervisor for the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center.

Serves as full line supervisor.

Evaluates the day to day performance of staff.

Assists in recruitment and training of staff.

Monitors compliance with continuity of care agreements by facility staff and Community Mental Health Systems which are signatories to such agreements.

Meets with Nursing Services Administrator and Unit Administrator to ensure quality individual care is provided.

Conducts and participates in committee and professional activities, task groups and other quality assurance related activities.

Serves as an Administrator on Duty (AOD) on a rotating basis, exercising full authority after business hours, weekends, and holidays.

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 of 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 mental illness, intellectual disabilities and/or developmental disabilities.  

Three (3) years of professional experience supervising paraprofessional and professional staff, including assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff and approving time off. 

One (1) year of professional experience directing and monitoring intake and/or admission programs for a health treatment facility.

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

One (1) year of professional experience training nursing staff on nursing care practices and techniques. 

One (1) year of professional experience performing quality assurance assessments on nursing services and treatments provided to patients and/or individuals.

Conditions of Employment

Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.

Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays on a rotation basis as Administrator on Duty (AOD).

Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others.

Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.

Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.

*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

Work Hours:  Mon - Fri, 6:45am - 3:00pm; one weekend per month (Serves as AOD on a rotating basis); 45-minute unpaid lunch
Work Location: 1000 N Main St, Anna, Illinois, 62906-1652 

Division of Developmental Disabilities

Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center

Mental Health Services/1st Shift
Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@illinois.gov
Posting Group: Leadership & Management; Health Services; Social Services