
Manager Nurse - Assisted Living
Northbrook, ILFull-time$90K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed 1w ago
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near Northbrook, IL, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Requirements
Credentials this posting asks for.
Job overview
The Manager Nurse provides direct nursing care to residents in assisted living and supervises CNAs and HHAs delivering planned care. The role includes assessing resident needs, supporting care-plan development, administering medications, maintaining documentation, and coordinating unit resources and staff. The position also helps maintain a safe therapeutic environment and responds to emergencies.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Company Description
Do you have HEART? We are looking for individuals who can embrace our mission to purposely brighten and enrich the lives of those we serve with HEART; Hospitality, Excellence, Appreciation, Respect & Teamwork. This position is responsible for providing direct nursing care to the residents on the assigned floors. The Manager Nurse is responsible for supervising the CNA’s and HHAs in the delivery of planned resident care. The Manager Nurse is responsible for maintaining a safe, therapeutic environment, as well as the direction and supervision of assigned personnel delivering care on the unit.
Job Description
Salary $90k
- Provide direct and individualized nursing care to assigned residents based on established nursing protocol. Observe and assess for: pain/discomfort, oxygen therapy, all drainage, all dressings, and any incontinent elimination which may have occurred.
- Provide ignition and ongoing systematic assessment of the physical, emotional, social, educational, and functional needs of the resident/family through observation, interview, and physical examination.
- Interpret assessment data and information to assist in developing a plan of care.
- Assure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately and timely and integrate the medical care plan into the provision of nursing care.
- Assure that medication administration is correct, according to the established nursing policies and procedures.
- Provide accurate and timely documentation consistent with the resident plan of care.
- Administer medication per physician orders. Document properly on MOR. Observe for any adverse reaction.
- Assemble resident charts, resident records, and assure all necessary form are completed in a timely manner. Assure all monthly summaries are completed in a timely manner for assigned residents.
- Prepare incident/accident reports for residents as needed per policy, notify AL Director, physician, and family post incident per policy and document accordingly.
- Assist resident in learning self-care activities.
- Supervise all resident assignments to nursing team members, and assure special instructions are given to team members.
- Observe and supervise all meals to ensure residents receive the proper diet and any assistance required.
- Monitor and organize all material resources necessary for meeting needs of assigned unit.
- Recognize emergencies and life-threatening situations and initiate appropriate action.
- Ensure that resident call lights are promptly answered, and their needs are addressed timely and appropriately.
- Assist with the orientation of new staff members.
- Ensure that all scheduled activities take place on assigned unit by utilizing activity personnel and/or nursing personnel.
Qualifications
Level of Formal Education: Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university; or one to two years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
Area of Study: Nursing
Years of Experience: 1+ years
Type of Experience: Nursing experience in a health care facility
Special Certifications: LPN/LVN or RN license, with a current and active LOP license in the state of this community facility
Language Skills: Acceptable fluency in English in order to perform job duties and speak, read, write, and communicate with supervisors, coworkers, residents, and applicable third parties.
Skills and Ability:
- Proficient in clinical techniques such as, but not limited to, emergency procedures, skin management hydration therapy, and other nursing procedures.
- Ability to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times, hostile residents within the community.
- Possess excellent supervisory skills.
Personal Attributes: Willingness to work harmoniously with all staff members
Other/Preferred:
- Ability/willingness to continue education credits necessary to maintain licensure and certification.
Additional Information
Senior Lifestyle offers a comprehensive benefits plan to eligible team members including health, dental, vision, retirement benefits, short-term disability, long-term disability, and paid time off. All Senior Lifestyle positions are eligible to use DailyPay, an application that allows you to access your earned but unpaid wages before your next payday. Senior Lifestyle requires that all employees provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination unless exempt due to medical, religious, or personal beliefs. Government requirements or exclusions may apply.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,183 open Nurse Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$90K/yr
- Illinois median$88–137K/yr27 salary ranges
- US median$98–146K/yr350 salary ranges
This rate, $90K, is 19% below the Illinois median midpoint ($112K) — in the lowest quarter of Nurse Manager salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 34 open Nurse Manager jobs in Illinois and 1,183 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Prime Healthcare9 open
- Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital4 open
- AdventHealth3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Nurse Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 937 postings).
- Education
- 627 of the 1,183 open Nurse Manager jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
Similar jobs, posted recently
Open roles like this one, listed in the last 30 days.
Licensed Practical Nurse Manager Long Term CareAscension Health · Des Plaines, IL · $77–104K/yr
Night Shift Nurse SupervisorSunrise Senior Living · Bloomingdale, IL · $28.35–35.55/hr- Nurse Manager RN - Psych Acute GeriatricSaint Mary of Nazareth Hospital · Chicago, IL · $96–140K/yrPosted 5 days agoPosted 5 days ago
- Nursing Manager RNHoly Family Medical Center · Des Plaines, IL · $88–119K/yrPosted 3w agoPosted 3w ago
- RN Patient Care Manager HospiceHeartland Hospice · Buffalo Grove, IL · $93–116K/yr
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.