Nursing Supervisor

at DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DHS in Kankakee, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Requisition ID: 48256 

Opening Date: 07/15/2025
Closing Date: 07/28/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option: Special License - Registered Nurse License 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $9,409 - $9,691 per month ($112,908 - $116,292 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Kankakee
Number of Vacancies: 1

Work Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:00am - 4:30pm; 1-hour unpaid lunch

Clinical Services

Work Location: 100 E Jeffery St, Kankakee, Illinois, 60901

Division of Developmental Disabilities

Shapiro Center

Support 2-Nursing

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Why Work for Illinois?

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No matter what state career you’re looking for, we offer jobs that fit your life and your schedule—flexible jobs that provide the gold standard of benefits. Our employees can take advantage of various avenues to advance their careers and realize their dreams. Our top-tier benefits and great retirement packages can help you build a rewarding career and lasting future with the State of Illinois.

Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a licensed Registered Nurse to serve as Nursing Supervisor at the Shapiro Center located in Kankakee, Illinois. This energetic and detail-oriented person will supervise professional and paraprofessional staff, ensuring twenty-four-hour supervisory coverage, directing staff on individual’s needs and the implementation of treatment plans and reviewing nursing assessments and nursing care plans for completeness, accuracy and appropriateness of plans. The Shapiro Center serves a broad spectrum of individuals with behavioral and medical needs.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Nursing Supervisor over professional Registered Nurses on an assigned unit and shift.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Oversees the unit medical program.
• Attends and participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team at meetings and on committees. 
• Functions as a training instructor and assists in the development of facility policies and procedures. 
• As part of a team, reviews, updates, and implements nursing policies and procedures according to the latest trends and nursing standards. 
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the 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 nursing experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities and/or developmental disabilities.
• Three (3) years of professional experience supervising professional nursing staff. 
• Three (3) years of professional experience recommending and implementing nursing policies and procedures relative to the latest trends and nursing standards. 
• One (1) year of professional experience reviewing program needs, setting priorities and assigning nursing staff to ensure compliance with standards of care and practice for a public or private organization. 
• One (1) year of professional experience training nursing staff on nursing care practices and techniques. 
• One (1) year of professional nursing experience communicating in verbal or written form with individuals. 

Conditions of Employment

• Requires the ability to serve as Administrator Officer of the Day (AOD) on a rotating basis, after business hours, weekends and holidays.
• Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
• Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others.
• Requires the ability to obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification. 
• Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties. 
• Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

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