This position is open to current Colorado residents only.
Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies
This position will receive a short-staffing temporary pay differential of 8%
Office of Adult, Aging and Disability Services
Colorado Veterans Community Living Center at Bruce McCandless
Colorado State Veterans Homes are State-owned and operated skilled-nursing facilities dedicated to serving those who have served us. We strive to honor and respect those living and working in our home through companionship, empowerment, and individualized care while providing a comfortable and safe place to live.
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This is a regular, full-time, in-person, essential services designated position. Registered Nurse licensure is required to work within this 24/7 facility. Shift work is also mandatory and includes day, evening, and night shifts to include holidays and weekends as needed.Please note: These working arrangements are subject to change.
The purpose of this work unit is to honor and respect those living and working in our home through companionship, empowerment and individualized care while providing a comfortable and safe place.
Primary Job Duties:This position exists to provide professional services to the facility residents, which include assessment and specialized nursing care consistent with the standards of the profession, legal and regulatory requirements.
- Perform charge nurse duties in a specific neighborhood on assigned shift.
- Assures compliance with facility policies and procedures within the parameters of Nurse I knowledge and skills to ensure resident needs are met.
- Evaluates daily workload and prioritizes assignments with available staff.
- Assists in the delegation of duties to provide the most effective coverage to ensure quality and continuity of care.
- Documents current, accurate and pertinent information, e.g. care and treatment provided to individual residents.
- Indicates specific change in resident's status, medications and physicians orders.
- Reports abnormality in resident's health status indicated by signs, symptoms, vital signs and laboratory reports.
- Monitors the clinical, physical and environmental safety of all residents through assessments and regularly scheduled rounds.
- Performs both admission and ongoing assessments during clinical stay, identifying critical incidents, emergencies, acute illnesses, behavior changes and implementing nursing interventions and physician referrals.
- Performs prescribed, specialized treatments and ensures safe and accurate medication administration.
- Reviews and audits specific activities to determine compliance with policies and standards of care as part of a department quality assurance activity.
- Provides active listening and communication, support and encouragement to residents and families regarding their concerns by both phone and personal contact.
- Attends in-services, workshops, teleconferences, webinars, and demonstrations that enhance and increase the knowledge of the nurse to assist in understanding rules, regulations, policies and procedures that directly affects the facility and the care of the residents.
Minimum Qualifications:
Current, valid or recently expired licensure as a Registered Nurse from any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC). This license must be/or have been when active in good standing.
**Note, nothing in these Minimum Qualifications alleviates the criteria to transfer licensing or any requirements by the respective board under the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA).
Substitutions:
There is no substitution for the required license.
This position requires the following as Conditions of Employment:
- Name check, TRAILS and Fingerprinting, CAPS
- Must complete and pass TB test.
- Must possess a Colorado Driver's License.
- Must possess a valid Registered Nurse License (RN) from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies or any state participating in the Nurse Licensure Compact in good standing. Qualification cannot be obtained during probationary/trial service period. A Colorado RN license is necessary to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Must maintain a current CPR Card and perform CPR adequate compressions and ventilations per CPR guidelines.
- "Essential Service Designation": you will be required to report without delay or interruption to provide essential or emergency services to ensure health, safety, and welfare.
- This position is required to work either a.m. or p.m. 12 hour shifts including weekends and holidays to meet facility needs.
- Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.
Appeal Rights: If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.
An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.
For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.
How to Apply
The Assessment Process
For additional recruiting questions, please contact melissa.hamilton@state.co.us
About Us:
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:
*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more
information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs.
Our Values:
We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.
Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.
We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.
Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.
We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.
Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
ADAA Accommodations:CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.
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