Temporary Client Care Aide I - Homelake Veteran's Community Living Center - Monte Vista, CO

Department Information

This position is open to current Colorado residents.

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

COLORADO STATE VETERANS COMMUNITY LIVING CENTER - HOMELAKE:

To ensure a safe, sanitary, well maintained, comfortable living and working environment for residents of a 60-bed skilled nursing home and 50-unit domiciliary, staff and visitors. The facility has embraced the Culture Change and Eden concepts. We strive to provide exemplary service to the residents by fulfilling daily and special requests that the residents may have. Exemplary care is given in cleaning and sanitizing and in keeping the resident rooms and their atmosphere clean, organized, homelike and safe. We need to provide the residents with the kind of service that they need and deserve.

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Description of Job

Shift Information: Temporary Position. Hours to include days, evenings, nights, weekends and/or holidays (a CNA licensure is required for this position)

Duties required may include, but not limited to:

• ADL care to residents assigned including but not limited to i.e.: ambulation, ROM, dressing, toileting, bathing, transferring, positioning, lifting, skin care and/or assist with feeding.

• Care of resident belongings, room care: organized and floor areas free of clutter, moisture.

• Will follow proper infection control practices via the use of standard precautions.

• Communicates with others to ensure proper resident care and work completion.

• Maintains resident care and equipment such as cleaning oxygen concentrators, filling portable oxygen tank, maintain/disinfecting tubs, and showers, changing lift batteries etc.

• Report to charge nurse as to pertinent care issues: skin condition, falls, family concerns, and behaviors.

• Complete all documentation necessary for shift in the electronic heath record: including but not limited to, intake sheets, bath sheets, WEIGHTS, vital signs, bowel movement.

• Will occasionally transport resident, so will require a driver license.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Education:

High School Diploma or GED

Special Qualifications:

Must possess valid CNA license from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies upon entry into this position or have completed an accredited CNA program and obtain a CNA license within four months of completion.

Substitution:

A valid Certified Nurse Aide License (CNA) from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, or proof of completion of a board approved CNA program will substitute for the high school diploma or GED.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in assisting residents during meals.

• Dependability

• Excellent Oral Communication Skills

• Problem Solving

• Participating as an Active Team Player

• Experience working in a long-term care setting.

• Experience in resident transfers, ambulation and recording intake and output measurements.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Shift work required to include, days, evenings, nights, weekends, and/or Holidays.

• Must submit to a Full background check - Name check, TRAILS, Drug Screen and Fingerprinting

• Must possess a valid, unrestricted Colorado Driver's License

• 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.

Supplemental Information

How to Apply

The Assessment Process

For additional recruiting questions, please contact annette.torrez@state.co.us

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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