Join Our Mission at Lambs Farm
At Lambs Farm, we've spent over six decades helping people with developmental disabilities lead productive, happy lives through meaningful work opportunities in our farmyard, restaurants, stores, and community programs. We're a vibrant community that serves as both home to our participants and a place where visitors grow through enriching experiences that create lasting connections.
As we enhance our health services to help more participants achieve independence in managing their own medications, we're investing in comprehensive training for our direct service personnel. You'll build the staff competency and clinical systems that enable participants across our residential sites to safely take greater control of their health.
About This Opportunity
As a Registered Nurse, you'll work directly with participants living in agency residences to develop personalized medication programs that promote independence. Based at our Libertyville campus with occasional local travel between residential sites, you'll partner with our Director of Health Services to train direct service personnel, conduct health assessments, and ensure our medication practices reflect both participant autonomy and regulatory excellence.
What you'll accomplish:- Design individualized self-administration programs that help participants safely manage their own medications
- Lead training programs that build staff competency in person-centered medication support
- Conduct comprehensive health assessments that inform care planning for residents across multiple sites
- Partner with physicians and community support teams to optimize medication programs and resolve concerns
What you bring to this role:
You bring clinical nursing experience and a commitment to supporting adults with developmental disabilities in achieving greater health independence. Your ability to train others and assess competency will help build a skilled direct service team that honors participant choice while maintaining safety.
- Bachelor's, Associate, or Diploma in Nursing from an accredited institution
- Current Illinois Registered Nurse license in good standing
- Minimum one year clinical nursing experience (developmental disabilities background preferred)
- Developmental Disabilities Nurse Trainer certification from Illinois DHS, or eligibility to obtain through paid training
What We Offer
Work Environment: Beautiful 72-acre campus in Libertyville with residential settings, full-time schedule with flexibility for participant needs
Growth and Impact: Paid certification training for DD Nurse Trainer credential, direct health impact on residents achieving medication independence, professional development through interdisciplinary collaboration
Our Values in Action: You'll work alongside community support teams where participant preferences guide programming, staff and participants partner in building independence skills, and weekly coordination ensures everyone contributes to health and safety goals
Ready to Support Health Independence?
This is your chance to combine clinical expertise with person-centered care in a community where your work directly enables participants to build skills and confidence. Apply today to join our health services team and start making a difference.
Compensation
Starting pay is $31.00 per hour.