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OpeningDate:08/12/2026\ Closing Date:08/25/2026\ ?Agency:Department of Human Services\ Class Title:REGISTERED NURSE I - 38131\ Bilingual Option:None\ Salary:Anticipated Salary: \$6,604 - \$8,960 per month (\$79,248 - \$107,520 per year)\ Job Type:Salaried\ Category:Full Time\ County:Kankakee\ Number of Vacancies:2\ Bargaining Unit Code:RC023 Registered Nurses, INA

Work Hours:8:00 am-4:30 pm; Monday-Friday (Saturday/Sunday Off); 1-hour unpaid lunch

Clinical Services

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

Division of Developmental Disabilities

Shapiro Center

Facility-Wide Float

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Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an independent, highly organized, and detail-oriented licensed Registered Nurse for the Shapiro Center located in Kankakee, Illinois. This position will be responsible for performing direct nursing care for people with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities. The successful candidate shall demonstrate good oral and written communication skills, be a self-starter, and be able to carry out nursing assignments pursuant to the direction of medical personnel.

Essential Functions

Provides professional nursing care to individuals served on an

assigned shift.

Provides work-related guidance, instructions and explanations to

lower-level nursing staff and other direct support staff in the care of individuals, injury reduction, health and safety, hygiene, treatment, procedures and the use of equipment.

Attends treatment team meetings to update the Interdisciplinary Team

on changes in medical status, additional medical needs and completes paperwork to document medical information in accordance with policies and guidelines.

Performs quality assurance activities including conducting audits

and preparing Infection Control Reports.

Attends training to keep abreast of latest nursing techniques and

concepts.

Serves as Center-wide medical/nursing resource on the assigned shift

during the absence of other professional nursing personnel.

Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably

within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires graduation from an approved nursing education program

resulting in an associate or diploma degree in nursing or a bachelors degree in nursing.

Requires licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.

*This class is included as an Upward Mobility Program credential title.

Conditions of Employment

Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends and

holidays on a rotation basis.

Requires the ability to serve on an on-call basis.

Requires the ability to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted.

Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal

computers and basic computer skills.

Requires ability to acquire and maintain Cardiopulmonary

Resuscitation (CPR) certificate.

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

Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary

to prevent injury to individual or others.

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.

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