ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Job Requisition ID: 49070

Opening Date: 08/27/2025
Closing Date: 09/10/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015
Skill Option: Special License - Registered Nurse License
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $10,782 - $12,400 per month ($129,384 - $148,800 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Kane
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Supervisory Exclusion from RC063 Collective Bargaining Coverage

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Posting Identification Number 49070

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Position Overview

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a licensed Registered Nurse to serve as Assistant Director of Nursing and to oversee and supervise professional and paraprofessional nursing staff in the care and treatment of psychiatric patients at the Elgin Mental Health Center located in Elgin, Illinois. The Elgin Mental Health Center provides treatment for release and restoration of the people we service. It is a place of hope for the healing of mind, body and spirit where many find health and happiness again. Recovery is our vision.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Associate Director of Nursing (ADON).
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Assigns and verifies that staff attend mandatory in-service programs.
• Develops and maintains good interpersonal relations with staff.
• Monitors the Nursing Quality Improvement (QI) Plan to ensure it is utilized to assist in the evaluation of patient care.
• Reviews the therapeutic environment aspects of the nursing process to ensure they consist of assessments, care plans, treatment plans, interventions, and documentation in progress notes in order to meet the standards of EMHC and outside reviewing bodies.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerative 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

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Three (3) years of professional experience working in a psychiatric hospital.
• Three (3) years of professional supervisory experience assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff, approving time off and preparing and signing performance evaluations.
• Three (3) years of professional experience recommending and implementing nursing policies and procedures relative to the latest trends and nursing standards.
• Three (3) years of professional experience recommending or preparing nursing treatment plans for patients.
• Three (3) years of professional experience providing training to paraprofessional and professional nursing staff.
• Three (3) years of professional experience performing quality assurance assessments on nursing services and treatments provided to patients.

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 stand and walk for a significant period of time, including stooping, bending, lifting or exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally.
• Requires the ability to physically restrain patients or managing the milieu during a crisis event.
• Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends and holidays.
• This position has been found to meet the requirements in section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act requiring the occupant/employee to file a Statement of Economic Interest. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act (5 ILCS 420/4A et seq.) requires certain state officials and employees to file annual Statements of Economic Interest with the Office of the Secretary of State that will be made available for examination and copying by the public. All employees required to file a Statement of Economic Interest are also required to file the Supplemental Statement of Economic Interest with the Executive Ethics Commission. (See Executive Order 15-09) Fines and penalties apply to untimely filings.

*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, 8:00am - 4:00pm; 30-minute unpaid lunch

Work Location: 750 S State St, Elgin, Illinois, 60123

Division of Behaivoral Health and Recovery

Elgin Mental Health Center

Civil Nursing Program

Agency Contact: [email protected]

Posting Group: Leadership & Management; Health Services; Social Services

About the Agency

The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.

As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:

• A Pension Program
• Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
• 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
• 10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
• Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time work schedules (as applicable)
• 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
• Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
• 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
• Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
• Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
• GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
• 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
• Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)

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