Registered Nurse II

Agency Information

• Agency:
  Department of Human Services
• Job Requisition
• Location:
  
  Park Forest, IL 60466
• Opening Date: 2/03/2026
• Closing Date: 2/18/2026
• Salary:
  Anticipated Monthly $7,172 - $9,752;
  Annual $86,064 - $117,024
• County:
  Cook
• Number of Vacancies: 1

UNION POSITION:
Provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

MUST APPLY ONLINE

Applications must be submitted online; email or paper applications will not be considered.

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an independent, highly organized, and detail-oriented licensed Registered Nurse for the Ludeman Developmental Center located in Park Forest, Illinois. The nurse will perform direct nursing care for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, provide work-related guidance, instruction, and explanation to lower-level direct care support staff on an assigned shift, and carry out nursing assignments pursuant to medical personnel direction.

• Provides professional nursing care services on assigned shift.
• Provides work-related guidance, instruction, and explanation to lower-level direct care support staff regarding patient care, injury reduction, health and safety, hygiene, treatment, procedures, and equipment use.
• Serves as designated lead worker to lower-level staff.
• Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Sets up, operates, and monitors special equipment; inventories, orders, and maintains security of medication, drugs, and medical equipment and supplies in a computer system.
• Prepares and maintains medical records and histories.
• Serves as Center‑Wide medical/nursing resource during the absence of other professional nursing personnel on the assigned shift.
• Serves as a Center Float Nurse for medication administration on an assigned shift, on‑call rotation, as assigned.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

• 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 ability to acquire and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate.
• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, including overnight stays as appropriate.
• Requires use of office equipment, including computers and basic computer skills.
• Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others.
• Requires passing IDHS background check.
• Requires passing a drug screen for prohibited recreational drugs under Illinois law.

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