This position has a residency waiver and will be accepting applications from residents and non-residents of Colorado. This announcement is open to potential candidates who are legal residents of the United States. All legal residents of the United States are eligible to apply and compete. If appointed to a position, applicants from outside of Colorado will be required to relocate to Colorado prior to their start date, at their own expense.
$25,000 Sign On Incentive
This position will receive a short-staffing temporary pay differential of 8%
About Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan
The Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan (CMHIFL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHIFL is to provide the highest quality mental health services to persons with complex, serious, and persistent mental illness within the resources available. Our mission is to support those individuals in achieving their recovery goals and reaching their full potential. CMHIFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between the ages of 18-59. The hospital currently has 138 adult inpatient beds, over six treatment milieus serving civil and forensic individuals. Medical services, occupational therapy, neuropsychological-rehabilitation services, and trauma-informed care services are available for all patients throughout the hospital..
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About the Position: This position exists to provide supervision, clinical/administrative nursing consultation, and direction to registered nurses and nursing assistive personnel on the assigned shift to assure the delivery of quality patient care through the nursing process in accordance with the nursing and hospital wide standards. This position serves as a resource or guide by advising others on how to use processes within a system or as a member of a collaborative problem-solving team. Duties in this position include:
Supervision and Coordination of Patient Care:- Coordinates patient care in collaboration with nursing staff and other disciplines
- Directs and consults with other RN III’s and subordinate staff in their provision of patient care
- Assures the provision of adequate staff coverage across the hospital on off-hour shifts. Makes frequent rounds to each of the inpatient units and dining area. Covers on units when necessary
- Reassigns staff to other units when situation dictates
- Obtains coverage for call-offs or when additional staffing is required due to acuity
- Provides support for the delivery of patient care and provides clinical leadership. Communicate with multiple departments, such as dietary, operator, lab, hospital security, and housekeeping
- Functions as a liaison between off-hour nursing staff and nursing service administration and communicate incidents, injuries, and critical incidents to nursing and hospital administration
- Participates in staff meetings and hospital/nursing committees
- Assist staff in handling complications about off-hour admissions
- May escort patients to activities and appointments on grounds and in the community, including driving patients to appointments
- Assumes responsibility for paperwork, assuring confidentiality.
Staff Supervision and Development:- Promotes staff development and training at shift level by supporting staff compliance with hospital-wide mandatory training, (i.e., CPR, infection control, safety, medication review and seclusion/restraint), attending Code Blue events and drills, fire drills and in-services.
- Assures ongoing assessment of staff training needs and provides in-the-moment training as needed
- Coordinates with Nurse Managers to provide employee orientation to new staff
- Provides direct supervision for 4-8 internal float pool staff. Participates in job interviews and provide input into decisions about hiring staff
- Monitors for compliance with standards of nursing practice and standards of patient care
- Monitors staff performance, coaching and counseling and performance management reviews
Responds and Provides Leadership in Emergent Situations: - Assumes leadership role in crisis situations
- Responds immediately to all psychiatric and medical emergencies, i.e., Code Blue, accidents, injuries, fires and all other disasters
- Proactively identifies the potential impact of non-routine or non-predictable events have on the usual routine, i.e., suicide attempts, serious assaults, admissions or discharges, and makes changes to address these events safely and appropriately
- Oversees the utilization and appropriate implementation of seclusion/restraint, emergency medications, etc.,
- Notifies appropriate personnel of incidents, injuries, etc...
- Assists staff in handling angry or impaired visitors
Document Reports and Record Maintenance:- Ensures iNotify documentation is completed and documentation of incident is in the patient’s medical records as needed.
- Transcribes physician’s orders, gives shift report, and charts medication and their effectiveness when providing coverage on the team
- Completes the Off-hour Nursing Supervision report for each shift worked, assuring that the report is sent to Hospital Management and other staff, as indicated.
Other Duties as Assigned: - Maintains updated skills, knowledge, abilities and competencies necessary to the position through continuing education, clinical supervision, clinical/administrative supervision, and literature review to ensure that nursing practice is evidence-based, best practice and within the standards of professional nursing practice
- Monitors for quality care, assuring delivery of patient care according to nursing, hospital and accreditation standards, completing specific quality improvement monitors/audits for Nursing Service office, and keeping staff informed of changes in hospital and division policies
- Provides nursing leadership, consultation and guidance for nursing staff throughout the hospital by participating in center-wide and nursing discipline committees
- Represents the hospital in select community projects, speaking engagements, consultation and education.
- May need to transport patients to appointments
- May need to cover for nurses on treatment teams
- Other duties as assigned for this position
Minimum Qualifications:Current, valid licensure as a Registered Nurse from the Colorado Board of Nursing or any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
ANDThree years (3) of professional experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.
Substitution:- There is no substitution for the required license.
- A master's or doctorate degree from an accredited college or university in nursing may substitute for up to two years of required experience on a year-for-year basis.
Preferred Qualifications: Conditions of employment:
- CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adults – Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)
- Must have a valid U.S. Drivers License
- May be exposed to bodily fluids or caustic chemicals
- Willing and able to travel
- 2-step TB (tuberculosis) screening is required of all new employees upon hire;
- Annual influenza vaccination.
- Shift Work- May be required to work evening or weekend shifts, holidays, voluntary or mandatory overtime both in the clinic, or on patient units throughout CMHIP
- 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.
- Must pass a Colorado Bureau of Investigations and a Federal Bureau of Investigations background check as a condition of employment. Included in the background check is a current and/or previous employer check. Your current and/or previous employers within the past 10 years at a minimum must be listed on your job application (most recent in descending order), even if the job or duties are unrelated to the position for which you are applying. Incomplete employer information (address, phone number, and supervisor) or omission of former employers may result in a disqualification of your application.
APPEAL RIGHTS:
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for the position, you may protest the action by filing an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the date you receive notice of the elimination.
Also, if you wish to challenge the selection and comparative analysis process, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the receipt of notice or knowledge of the action you are challenging.
Refer to Chapters 4 and 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, 4 CCR 801, for more information about the appeals process. The State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures are available at www.colorado.gov/spb.
A standard appeal form is available at: www.colorado.gov/spb. If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination.
How to Apply
The Assessment Process
For additional recruiting questions, please contact Jazzma.Gamboa@state.co.us
Sign-On Incentive:
Upon approval, a sign-on incentive based on position of $25,000 (prorated if a part-time position), will be given in five payments over the course of one year:
$5,000 upon hire
$5,000 at three months of employment (90 days)
$5,000 at six months of employment (180 days)
$5,000 at nine months of employment (270 days)
$5,000 at twelve months of employment (365 days)
These incentives will be available on a funds-available basis
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 ADAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.
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