Monday through Friday This is a Monday through Friday, salaried position.
Unit and setting
Correctional
Term
Permanent We are currently seeking a Full-time Educator to join our team in Illinois.Full time
Do you qualify?
Certification
Active CPR certificationMust be appropriately and actively certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Experience
3 years of training and education experienceThree (3) years of experience in training and education
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Designs, prepares, delivers and modifies course curriculum and aidsAbility to design, prepare, deliver, and modify course curriculum and associated aids
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Nursing education and clinical theory knowledgeKnowledge of nursing education and clinical theory and practice
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Word and PowerPoint proficiencyProficiency in Word and PowerPoint
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Security clearance, drug screen and criminal background checkAbility to obtain a security clearance, to include drug screen and criminal background check
Centurion is proud to be the provider of comprehensive services to the Illinois Department of Corrections. We are currently seeking a Full-time Educator to join our team in Illinois. The Educator is responsible for planning, designing, conducting, and evaluating clinical educational programs, nurse mentoring programs, conferences, in-services, and other associated activities. This is a remote position, requiring extensive travel throughout the assigned region.
Examples: nights 5:30pm–6:00am three shifts/week rotating weekends; days Mon–Fri; PT Friday 1:30–10pm; RN supervisor mainly 8:00am–4:30pm with floor/admin mix. Travel RNs float across IN facilities.
Neighborhoods+Nurses and other professionals typically look west of downtown or just outside city limits. Leland Grove is the prestige in-town enclave: stately brick colonials and Tudors, its own police department, Illini Golf and Country Club, and Washington Park, with downtown under a ten-minute drive. Locals naming safe areas point to the west end, Chatham (a friendly suburb that ranks high on Niche and is described as fun in summer), Rochester including new apartments, and Pleasant Plains. Inside Springfield, Sherwood, Knox Knolls, Colony West, and Country Club Estates are called out for mid-to-high rentals, with a newer complex farther west; Panther Creek on the southwest side is suburban living with community amenities.
Nurses and other professionals typically look west of downtown or just outside city limits. Leland Grove is the prestige in-town enclave: stately brick colonials and Tudors, its own police department, Illini Golf and Country Club, and Washington Park, with downtown under a ten-minute drive.
Locals naming safe areas point to the west end, Chatham (a friendly suburb that ranks high on Niche and is described as fun in summer), Rochester including new apartments, and Pleasant Plains. Inside Springfield, Sherwood, Knox Knolls, Colony West, and Country Club Estates are called out for mid-to-high rentals, with a newer complex farther west; Panther Creek on the southwest side is suburban living with community amenities.
Getting around+U.S. News lists an average commute of 15.9 minutes, and local employees describe reaching anywhere in town—including errands on a lunch hour—in about 15 minutes. Memorial Health and HSHS St. John's Hospital are among Springfield's largest employers, so hospital shifts sit inside that short-drive pattern rather than a long suburban haul. From Leland Grove, downtown is less than ten minutes northeast. Named transit lines, hospital parking rules, and dedicated hospital routes are not covered; the lived reality described is a car-oriented city you can cross in a quarter hour.
U.S. News lists an average commute of 15.9 minutes, and local employees describe reaching anywhere in town—including errands on a lunch hour—in about 15 minutes. Memorial Health and HSHS St. John's Hospital are among Springfield's largest employers, so hospital shifts sit inside that short-drive pattern rather than a long suburban haul.
From Leland Grove, downtown is less than ten minutes northeast. Named transit lines, hospital parking rules, and dedicated hospital routes are not covered; the lived reality described is a car-oriented city you can cross in a quarter hour.
Outdoors+Washington Park is the park people actually describe: a pond with geese, deer, and a countryside-in-the-city feel, sitting next to Leland Grove. Leland Grove itself contains Illini Golf and Country Club. Bergen Golf Course sits across from Chesapeake Seafood House. On the southwest side, Panther Creek is framed as suburban living with community amenities. Named trails, lakes, and rivers are not detailed in these sources; outdoor life as described centers on Washington Park and local golf.
Washington Park is the park people actually describe: a pond with geese, deer, and a countryside-in-the-city feel, sitting next to Leland Grove. Leland Grove itself contains Illini Golf and Country Club.
Bergen Golf Course sits across from Chesapeake Seafood House. On the southwest side, Panther Creek is framed as suburban living with community amenities.
Named trails, lakes, and rivers are not detailed in these sources; outdoor life as described centers on Washington Park and local golf.
Springfield is Illinois' capital (~114,000 people) with an economy built on state government, Memorial Health, and HSHS St. John's—so hospital nursing is core local work. What is distinct is Lincoln-era civic life at Midwestern prices: the Presidential Library and Museum, free Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Route 66, Washington Park (pond, geese, deer), and a State Fair Village of Cultures, all inside 15-minute drives. Median home value is $168,387 and median rent $789; a two-bedroom that would triple in Chicago is a local talking point. Live west or just outside: Leland Grove for established homes, its own police, and Illini Country Club beside Washington Park; Chatham, Rochester's new apartments, and Pleasant Plains when people name safe suburbs; Sherwood, Knox Knolls, Colony West, and Country Club Estates for mid-to-high rentals. Downtown plates are Obed and Isaac's, 1884-founded Maldaner's, Buzz Bomb, and the horseshoe sandwich. Tradeoff: some 62704 residents report rising crime and politicized schools and have moved to nearby towns.
