Nursing Officer Jobs in Illinois
Nursing Officer jobs in Illinois are consistently in demand across the state's large academic medical centers, public health systems, and integrated health networks, with openings at every level from newly licensed staff nurses through senior leadership and specialty program directors. Chicago, Peoria, and Rockford are the most active hiring metros, anchored by large employers such as Northwestern Medicine, Advocate Health Care, and OSF HealthCare. The most sought-after specialties in Illinois right now are behavioral health, critical care, and community and public health nursing. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Top employerVibra Travels
Top cityPeoria, IL
Cities hiring6
Top credentialManaged Registered Nurses (RNs)
Companies hiring6
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CNO Chief Nursing Officer Paducah KY
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Vibra Travels
CNO Chief Nursing Officer Paducah KY
Metropolis, Illinois
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CNO Chief Nursing Officer Paducah KY
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Vibra Healthcare
CNO Chief Nursing Officer Paducah KY
Brookport, Illinois
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Transitional Care of Lake County
Chief Nursing Officer
Mundelein, Illinois
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OSF HealthCare
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Olympia Fields Hospital
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Olympia Fields, Illinois
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CNO Chief Nursing Officer Paducah KY
Vibra Travels·Metropolis, Illinois
Job functions:
Managed Registered Nurses (RNs)
51-200 employees
Job Description
Overview:
Customer Satisfaction: Demonstrates an active commitment to providing excellent customer service. Strives to meet or exceed patient expectations/satisfaction in the performance of job functions.
High performance culture: Internal Communication and Relationship: Demonstrates effective interpersonal relations including influencing/persuading at all levels inside the hospital and corporation. Builds rapport and trust with team through frequent/timely communication. Develops and maintains effective medical staff relationships. Seeks input from stakeholders. Anticipates and addresses concerns. Contributes to the creation of a culture of communication.
Qualifications:
Education And Experience
Bachelor’s Degree of Nursing from an accredited university program. MSN preferred: or enrolled and progressing toward a MSN.
Must possess and maintain current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of assigned hospital’s location.
A minimum of three years of direct patient care experience in a LTAC or acute care setting is required. LTACH experience highly desirable. Critical care experience is preferred.
Must show evidence of competency in supervising patient care services through a minimum of two years nursing management experience. Nursing management experience will consider roles as nursing manager, nursing director or CNO or other equivalent experience.
Skills and Knowledge
Ability to define realistic, specific goals and objectives and to prioritize objectives
Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
Ability to manage people and work with them in such a manner as to build high morale and group commitments to goals and objectives
Ability to work with all levels of management and respecting all differences
Ability to communicate and relate well with others
Ability to be trustworthy
Ability to identify and resolve operational and administrative problems
Ability to work with Medicare system and be adaptable to changes
Ability to work independently
Proficient PC skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel
Proficient knowledge to understand and apply the concepts and terminology unique to the healthcare industry
Possess a strong customer orientation
Possess critical thinking skills
Possess sound and accurate judgment and timely decision making
The CNO is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the clinical services of the LTACH. Under the direct supervision of the LTACH CEO, the CNO is responsible for providing, managing and supervising the clinical staff, ensuring that the competency, numbers, and staff levels are appropriate to meet the immediate and complex needs of patients. The CNO is responsible for promoting the overall quality of nursing care while operating under the ANA Standards of Practice. In conjunction with the professional staff the CNO plans, coordinates, manages, and evaluates clinical programs and services of the LTACH promoting a team approach to the delivery of patient care provided by the LTACH.
Responsibilities:
CHC Values: Conveys CHC/hospital’s values and acceptable behavior to all stakeholders through own actions. Creates an organizational climate that encourages teamwork, builds employee engagement, collaborates, accepts accountability, and produces quality results. Inspires individual and organizational excellence.
Operations Management: Defines and implements operational standards, policies and procedures that address how nursing care needs of the patient population are assessed, met and evaluated. Collects and analyzes data from internal and external sources regarding current way of doing business and clinical processes. Conducts needs analysis, identifies and prioritizes needs, applies good problem solving skills to improve operations. Responsible for establishing a single organized nursing service with administrative structure, chain of command, assuring that all nursing services are provided or supervised by a registered nurse, and that there is at least one registered nurse on duty at all times.
Customer Satisfaction: Demonstrates an active commitment to providing excellent customer service. Strives to meet or exceed patient expectations/satisfaction in the performance of job functions.
Safety and Quality of Care: Promotes quality by incorporating current nationally recognized professional standards and other expert literature into policies and procedures governing the provision of nursing care, treatment and services. Encourages the identification of alternate processes and potential solutions and acts to implement changes to resolve identified problems, improve safety and quality of care and maintain patient rights. Responsible for the integration of nursing services into the organization’s quality assessment and performance improvement program.
Financial Management: Oversees the preparation and management of sound operating, special project and capital budgets for nursing. Ensures the utilization of appropriate productivity measures and nursing support of revenue cycle needs. Meets budget-critical financial metrics. Provides stewardship of all financial resources.
Human Resources: Determines staffing requirements and ensures the availability of adequate numbers of competent staff (including contract labor) that are properly credentialed, educated, trained, motivated and engaged. Directs performance management systems including policies/practices for providing timely feedback, recognizing excellence and dealing with problem behavior and poor performance.
Physician Satisfaction: Collaborates with the Medical Staff to identify and resolve issues affecting the provision of nursing care and overall patient care in the Hospital. Fosters open and effective communication between patients, nursing and medical staff to resolve problems. Promotes harmonious relationships among nursing, medical staff, patients and the public.
High performance culture: Internal Communication and Relationship: Demonstrates effective interpersonal relations including influencing/persuading at all levels inside the hospital and corporation. Builds rapport and trust with team through frequent/timely communication. Develops and maintains effective medical staff relationships. Seeks input from stakeholders. Anticipates and addresses concerns. Contributes to the creation of a culture of communication.
External Communication and Relationship: Works with community leaders as appropriate to assess community healthcare needs, build a positive hospital image and market hospital services. Actively participates in his/her community through civic and other service. Demonstrates appropriate political savvy, tact and diplomacy.
Talent Development: Wants people to develop. Accurately assesses developmental needs and provides frequent feedback, coaching, and personal development opportunities. Faces up to performance and behavior problems quickly and directly. Does not shy from providing timely corrective feedback. Takes action promptly to remove talent that is non-responsive to coaching and developmental activity.
Accountability: Sets clear, consistent goals and expectations. Holds self and others accountable for decisions and actions. Demands high performance. Is reliable, keeps commitments, and delivers results. Creates an ownership culture.
Champion for Change: Speaks out for change and helps staff understand reasons for, and benefits from, change. Makes change real for individuals. Links change to work processes and involves stakeholders in the change process. Follows through on change initiatives. Communicates constantly with all affected by change.
Qualifications:
Education And Experience
Bachelor’s Degree of Nursing from an accredited university program. MSN preferred: or enrolled and progressing toward a MSN.
Must possess and maintain current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of assigned hospital’s location.
A minimum of three years of direct patient care experience in a LTAC or acute care setting is required. LTACH experience highly desirable. Critical care experience is preferred.
Must show evidence of competency in supervising patient care services through a minimum of two years nursing management experience. Nursing management experience will consider roles as nursing manager, nursing director or CNO or other equivalent experience.
Skills and Knowledge
Ability to define realistic, specific goals and objectives and to prioritize objectives
Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
Ability to manage people and work with them in such a manner as to build high morale and group commitments to goals and objectives
Ability to work with all levels of management and respecting all differences
Ability to communicate and relate well with others
Communicates openly, respectfully, and in timely way
Shares information appropriately
Keeps others well informed
Encourages others to share contrary views
Responds in a timely manner to messages/requests
Ability to be trustworthy
Ability to identify and resolve operational and administrative problems
Ability to work with Medicare system and be adaptable to changes
Ability to work independently
Proficient PC skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel
Proficient knowledge to understand and apply the concepts and terminology unique to the healthcare industry
Possess a strong customer orientation
Possess critical thinking skills
Possess sound and accurate judgment and timely decision making
Vibra Travels
CNO Chief Nursing Officer Paducah KY
Metropolis, Illinois
Added 1w ago51-200 employees
Job functions:
Managed Registered Nurses (RNs)
Job Description
Overview:
Customer Satisfaction: Demonstrates an active commitment to providing excellent customer service. Strives to meet or exceed patient expectations/satisfaction in the performance of job functions.
High performance culture: Internal Communication and Relationship: Demonstrates effective interpersonal relations including influencing/persuading at all levels inside the hospital and corporation. Builds rapport and trust with team through frequent/timely communication. Develops and maintains effective medical staff relationships. Seeks input from stakeholders. Anticipates and addresses concerns. Contributes to the creation of a culture of communication.
Qualifications:
Education And Experience
Bachelor’s Degree of Nursing from an accredited university program. MSN preferred: or enrolled and progressing toward a MSN.
Must possess and maintain current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of assigned hospital’s location.
A minimum of three years of direct patient care experience in a LTAC or acute care setting is required. LTACH experience highly desirable. Critical care experience is preferred.
Must show evidence of competency in supervising patient care services through a minimum of two years nursing management experience. Nursing management experience will consider roles as nursing manager, nursing director or CNO or other equivalent experience.
Skills and Knowledge
Ability to define realistic, specific goals and objectives and to prioritize objectives
Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
Ability to manage people and work with them in such a manner as to build high morale and group commitments to goals and objectives
Ability to work with all levels of management and respecting all differences
Ability to communicate and relate well with others
Ability to be trustworthy
Ability to identify and resolve operational and administrative problems
Ability to work with Medicare system and be adaptable to changes
Ability to work independently
Proficient PC skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel
Proficient knowledge to understand and apply the concepts and terminology unique to the healthcare industry
Possess a strong customer orientation
Possess critical thinking skills
Possess sound and accurate judgment and timely decision making
The CNO is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the clinical services of the LTACH. Under the direct supervision of the LTACH CEO, the CNO is responsible for providing, managing and supervising the clinical staff, ensuring that the competency, numbers, and staff levels are appropriate to meet the immediate and complex needs of patients. The CNO is responsible for promoting the overall quality of nursing care while operating under the ANA Standards of Practice. In conjunction with the professional staff the CNO plans, coordinates, manages, and evaluates clinical programs and services of the LTACH promoting a team approach to the delivery of patient care provided by the LTACH.
Responsibilities:
CHC Values: Conveys CHC/hospital’s values and acceptable behavior to all stakeholders through own actions. Creates an organizational climate that encourages teamwork, builds employee engagement, collaborates, accepts accountability, and produces quality results. Inspires individual and organizational excellence.
Operations Management: Defines and implements operational standards, policies and procedures that address how nursing care needs of the patient population are assessed, met and evaluated. Collects and analyzes data from internal and external sources regarding current way of doing business and clinical processes. Conducts needs analysis, identifies and prioritizes needs, applies good problem solving skills to improve operations. Responsible for establishing a single organized nursing service with administrative structure, chain of command, assuring that all nursing services are provided or supervised by a registered nurse, and that there is at least one registered nurse on duty at all times.
Customer Satisfaction: Demonstrates an active commitment to providing excellent customer service. Strives to meet or exceed patient expectations/satisfaction in the performance of job functions.
Safety and Quality of Care: Promotes quality by incorporating current nationally recognized professional standards and other expert literature into policies and procedures governing the provision of nursing care, treatment and services. Encourages the identification of alternate processes and potential solutions and acts to implement changes to resolve identified problems, improve safety and quality of care and maintain patient rights. Responsible for the integration of nursing services into the organization’s quality assessment and performance improvement program.
Financial Management: Oversees the preparation and management of sound operating, special project and capital budgets for nursing. Ensures the utilization of appropriate productivity measures and nursing support of revenue cycle needs. Meets budget-critical financial metrics. Provides stewardship of all financial resources.
Human Resources: Determines staffing requirements and ensures the availability of adequate numbers of competent staff (including contract labor) that are properly credentialed, educated, trained, motivated and engaged. Directs performance management systems including policies/practices for providing timely feedback, recognizing excellence and dealing with problem behavior and poor performance.
Physician Satisfaction: Collaborates with the Medical Staff to identify and resolve issues affecting the provision of nursing care and overall patient care in the Hospital. Fosters open and effective communication between patients, nursing and medical staff to resolve problems. Promotes harmonious relationships among nursing, medical staff, patients and the public.
High performance culture: Internal Communication and Relationship: Demonstrates effective interpersonal relations including influencing/persuading at all levels inside the hospital and corporation. Builds rapport and trust with team through frequent/timely communication. Develops and maintains effective medical staff relationships. Seeks input from stakeholders. Anticipates and addresses concerns. Contributes to the creation of a culture of communication.
External Communication and Relationship: Works with community leaders as appropriate to assess community healthcare needs, build a positive hospital image and market hospital services. Actively participates in his/her community through civic and other service. Demonstrates appropriate political savvy, tact and diplomacy.
Talent Development: Wants people to develop. Accurately assesses developmental needs and provides frequent feedback, coaching, and personal development opportunities. Faces up to performance and behavior problems quickly and directly. Does not shy from providing timely corrective feedback. Takes action promptly to remove talent that is non-responsive to coaching and developmental activity.
Accountability: Sets clear, consistent goals and expectations. Holds self and others accountable for decisions and actions. Demands high performance. Is reliable, keeps commitments, and delivers results. Creates an ownership culture.
Champion for Change: Speaks out for change and helps staff understand reasons for, and benefits from, change. Makes change real for individuals. Links change to work processes and involves stakeholders in the change process. Follows through on change initiatives. Communicates constantly with all affected by change.
Qualifications:
Education And Experience
Bachelor’s Degree of Nursing from an accredited university program. MSN preferred: or enrolled and progressing toward a MSN.
Must possess and maintain current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of assigned hospital’s location.
A minimum of three years of direct patient care experience in a LTAC or acute care setting is required. LTACH experience highly desirable. Critical care experience is preferred.
Must show evidence of competency in supervising patient care services through a minimum of two years nursing management experience. Nursing management experience will consider roles as nursing manager, nursing director or CNO or other equivalent experience.
Skills and Knowledge
Ability to define realistic, specific goals and objectives and to prioritize objectives
Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
Ability to manage people and work with them in such a manner as to build high morale and group commitments to goals and objectives
Ability to work with all levels of management and respecting all differences
Ability to communicate and relate well with others
Communicates openly, respectfully, and in timely way
Shares information appropriately
Keeps others well informed
Encourages others to share contrary views
Responds in a timely manner to messages/requests
Ability to be trustworthy
Ability to identify and resolve operational and administrative problems
Ability to work with Medicare system and be adaptable to changes
Ability to work independently
Proficient PC skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel
Proficient knowledge to understand and apply the concepts and terminology unique to the healthcare industry
Possess a strong customer orientation
Possess critical thinking skills
Possess sound and accurate judgment and timely decision making
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What Illinois Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in nursing officer jobs across Illinois.
- Active registered nurse license issued or recognized by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree required for most nursing officer positions in Illinois
- Minimum two to five years of clinical nursing experience in a relevant care setting
- Current BLS certification and ACLS certification required for acute and critical care roles
- Demonstrated leadership experience such as charge nurse, preceptor, or supervisory responsibilities
- Proficiency with electronic health record systems such as Epic or Cerner used by Illinois health systems
Nursing Officer Jobs in Illinois: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a nursing officer in Illinois?
You become a nursing officer in Illinois by first earning a registered nurse license through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which requires completing an accredited nursing program and passing the NCLEX-RN exam. Most nursing officer roles in Illinois additionally require a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. From there, gaining clinical experience in a specialty area and pursuing leadership responsibilities such as charge nurse or preceptor work positions you competitively for officer-level roles.
How much do nursing officers make in Illinois?
Nursing officers in Illinois earn a median of about $95,990 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $69,170 for the lowest 10% to over $118,190 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire nursing officers in Illinois?
Employers hiring nursing officers in Illinois right now include Vibra Travels, OSF HealthCare, and Vibra Healthcare, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Illinois's large integrated health systems and public health organizations consistently post nursing officer openings year-round, particularly in the Chicago metro and major downstate medical centers.
Which Illinois cities have the most nursing officer jobs?
Peoria, Chicago, and Brookport are the Illinois cities with the most nursing officer openings. Chicago dominates hiring because it is home to major academic medical centers, county health systems, and large integrated networks, while Peoria and Rockford draw consistent volume from anchor employers like OSF HealthCare and major regional hospital systems that serve as primary employers across their surrounding communities.
How can I get hired as a nursing officer in Illinois with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying to a new-graduate residency program, which large Illinois employers such as Northwestern Medicine, Advocate Health Care, and University of Illinois Health run specifically to develop nurses without post-licensure experience. Starting in an adjacent role such as patient care technician, nursing assistant, or unit coordinator at a large Illinois health system is another door opener, as internal mobility into nursing officer positions is common. Completing ACLS certification and selecting a specialty area early strengthens your application considerably.
Where can I find and apply to nursing officer jobs in Illinois?
You can find and apply to nursing officer jobs in Illinois on Migrate Mate, which lists current Illinois openings across the state's major metro areas and health systems. Find roles that fit your experience level and specialty and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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