<p>This position is open to current Colorado residents only.</p> <p>Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies, both full-time and part-time, various shifts available.</p> <p>This position will receive a short-staffing temporary pay differential of (3.17%) from July 1st 2024 - June 30th 2025.</p> <p>Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!</p> <p>Office of Adult, Aging and Disability Services</p> <p>Colorado Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons</p> <p>Colorado Veterans Community Living Center (VCLC) at Fitzsimons is a beautiful 180-bed, skilled nursing facility serving Colorado's veterans. We strive to honor and respect those in our community through companionship and person-centered care while providing a comfortable and safe place to live. At Fitzsimons, we provide long-term care, short-term rehab and have a secured memory care neighborhood, and are conveniently located on the medical campus with UC Hospital and the Aurora VA Medical Center. Fitzsimons celebrates a low 18% staff turnover rate and substantial longevity among staff.</p> <p>Visit us online at: www.colorado.gov/cdhs/veteranshomes/fitzsimons</p> <p>Opt-in below to receive text message updates on CDHS recruiting events!</p> <p> </p> <p>CDHSCareers</p> <p>Additionally, as an LPN III, you can expect to: </p> <ul> <li>Plans and coordinates basic nursing care and provides a skilled level of nursing to residents </li><li>Reviews and audits specific care activities to determine compliance with policies and standards of care as part of a department quality assurance activity </li><li>Provides a broad range of medical and nursing treatments to residents as prescribed within the scope of practice and determines the most effective methods to ensure optimal outcomes.  </li><li>Competently administers medications to residents within the scope of practice while observing the five rights of safe medication administration, resident rights, infection control standards, and appropriate nursing policies </li><li>Appropriately identifies changes in resident's conditions that need to be assessed by a registered nurse </li><li>Notes changes in resident condition that need to be assessed by a registered nurse. Documents treatments and gathers data to determine response to treatment </li><li>Participates in work teams to establish best practice protocols for common treatments or procedures  </li><li>Provide infection control, implementing/using universal precautions, and disposal of waste.  Clean linen room and equipment, stock supplies, and complete supply forms.  Identifies high-risk residents for falls, skin breakdown, or other potentially harmful situations and assures appropriate interventions are initiated to correct problems </li><li>Correct use of safety/positioning devices, side rails, transfer belts, proper use of equipment, and attend ongoing staff education programs. Maintain updated skills, knowledge, abilities, and competencies necessary to the position through continuing education, clinical supervision, literature review, and participating in discipline and team development </li><li>Provide input and orientation for new employees </li><li>Performs other related duties as assigned </li></ul> <p>Special Qualifications:</p> <ul> <li>Required to obtain a CPR card and possess and maintain a Colorado LPN license in  good standing </li></ul> <p>Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:</p> <ul> <li>Current, valid licensure as an LPN from the Colorado Board of Nursing or any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) </li></ul> <p>AND</p> <ul> <li>Three years of professional experience in a long-term care environment  </li></ul> <p>Substitutions</p> <p>Appropriate education will substitute for up to two years of the required experience on a year-for-year basis</p> <p>Conditions of Employment:</p> <ul> <li>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) </li><li>Current, Valid US Driver's License  </li><li>May have to transport residents in state vehicles </li><li>Vaccinations as required by state and facility </li><li>Day, evening, and night shifts to include holidays & weekends as needed </li><li>Travel: May have to transport residents in state vehicles. </li><li>Required to obtain a CPR card. </li><li>Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant's prior State employment.  Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination, and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS. </li></ul> <p>Appeal Rights: </p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>How to Apply</p> <p>   Need help with your application? Click here.</p> <p>The Assessment Process</p> <p>For additional recruiting questions, please contact christine.koter@state.co.us</p> <p>About Us: </p> <p>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:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans</p> </li><li> <p>Medical and dental health plans</p> </li><li> <p>Employer supplemented Health Savings Account</p> </li><li> <p>Paid life insurance</p> </li><li> <p>Short- and long-term disability coverage</p> </li><li> <p>11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave</p> </li><li> <p>BenefitHub state employee discount program</p> </li><li> <p>Employee Wellness program</p> </li><li> <p>Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more</p> </li><li> <p>Remote work arrangements for eligible positions</p> </li><li> <p>Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more</p> </li></ul> <p>information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs.</p> <p>Our Values:</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.</p> <p>Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.</p> <p>We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.</p> <p>Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.</p> <p>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.  </p> <p>ADA 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 ADA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at  cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.</p> <p>~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~</p> <p> </p> <p>Toll Free Applicant Technical Support</p>