Minimum Requirements:
Requires graduation from an approved nursing education program resulting in an associate or diploma degree in nursing or a bachelor's degree in nursing.
Requires licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Illinois.
Benefits
- Excellent Health & Retirement Benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Deferred Compensation
- Alternative Retirement Formula (Forensic Pay) at some facilities, Shift Differential
- Three 12 hour shift work-week format at some facilities
- 12 Paid Sick Days Per Year
- 10 Paid Vacation Days Per Year (earned vacation time increases every 5 years).
- 3 Personal Days Per Year
Knowledges, Skills and Abilities
Requires knowledge of diversified professional nursing principles, concepts and practices.
Requires knowledge of application and use and care of specialized medical equipment.
Requires knowledge of pharmacology of commonly prescribed medicines and drugs and their therapeutic and possible adverse reactions.
Requires ability to provide professional nursing care based on orders of the physician and the specific needs of the patient.
Requires ability to set up and use specialized medical equipment.
Requires ability to evaluate patient condition and behavior and prepare accurate detailed records of such observations.
Requires ability to apply emergency medical techniques such as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, control of bleeding, airway maintenance.
Requires ability to instruct non-nursing personnel in the proper practices and procedures of patient care.
Requires ability to maintain security of the work area and comply with all facility rules, regulations, policies and directives.
In addition to English verbal and written skills, candidates may be required to translate, speak and write a foreign language at a colloquial skill level. Some positions may require manual communication skills.
Location(s):
Divisions of Mental Health:
Chester Mental Health Center
1315 Lehmen Drive
P.O. Box 31
Chester, Illinois 62233
Phone: (618) 826-4571 extension 331
Elgin Mental Health Center
750 South State Street
Elgin, Illinois 60123
Phone: (847) 742-1040 extension 2095 or 2073
Alton Mental Health Center
4500 College Avenue
Alton, Illinois 62002
Phone: (618) 474-3254
Choate Mental Health Center
1000 North Main Street
Anna, Illinois 62906
Phone: (618) 833-5161 extension 2222
Chicago-Read Mental Health Center
4200 North Oak Park Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60634
Phone: (773) 794-4040
Madden Mental Health Center
1200 South First Avenue
Hines, Illinois 60141
Phone: (708) 338-7285
Division of Developmental Disabilities:
Choate Developmental Center
1000 North Main Street
Anna, Illinois 62906
Phone: (618) 833-5161 extension 2222
Murray Development Center
1535 West McCord Street
Centralia, Illinois 62801
Phone: (618) 532-1811 extension 4813
Jack Mabley Developmental Center
1120 Washington Avenue
Dixon, Illinois 61021
Phone: (815)288-8340
William W. Fox Developmental Center
134 West Main Street
Dwight, Illinois 60420
Phone: (815) 584-3347 extension 217
Ann M. Kiley Developmental Center
1401 West Dugdale Road
Waukegan, Illinois 60085
Phone: (847) 249-0600 extension 206
Ludeman Developmental Center
114 North Orchard Drive
Park Forest, Illinois 60466
Phone: (708) 283-3015
Shapiro Developmental Center
100 East Jeffery Street
Kankakee, Illinois 60901
Phone: (815) 939-8223