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RN I Float Pool FT- Denver- $14,000 Sign On Incentive! Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan
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RN I Float Pool FT- Denver- $14,000 Sign On Incentive! Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan
Salary
$3,435.20 Biweekly
Location
Denver, CO
Job Type
Full Time
Job Number
IIC 02980 8/1/24
Department
Colorado Department of Human Services
Division
OBH - CMHIFL
Opening Date
08/01/2024
Closing Date
8/11/2024 12:00 AM Mountain
FLSA
Determined by Position
Primary Physical Work Address
Colorado Mental Health Hospital at Fort Logan 3520 W. Oxford Ave. Denver, CO 80236
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt; position is eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information
Jazzma. Gamboa@
Type of Announcement
A residency waiver has been granted for this announcement. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.
How To Apply
Please submit an online application for this position at Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.
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Department Information
*$14,000 Sign on Incentive*
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.
Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.
Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details! ()
About Fort Logan:
Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan (CMHHFL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHHFL is to provide the highest quality mental health services to persons with complex, serious, and persistent mental health illness within the resources available. Our mission is to support those individuals in achieving their recovery goals and reaching their full potential. CMHHFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between the ages of 18-49. The hospital has 94 adult inpatient beds, over four treatment units and opened an additional 44 beds (two units) in December 2022, with one unit currently occupied, the other unit awaiting occupancy. These two forensic units will be dedicated to providing psychiatric stabilization and restoration treatment to individuals opined incompetent to proceed as a result of their mental illness. Medical services, o ccupational therapy, neuropsychological-rehabilitation services, and trauma-informed care services are available for all patients throughout the hospital.
Through our core values, CMHHFL staff is committed to:
Individual dignity and respect
Person-centered, evidence-based care
Trauma informed recovery
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Diversity and inclusion
Strong family and community partnerships
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Description of Job
About this Work Unit:
Each treatment unit provides psychiatric treatment services to adult clients through the use of a Milieu Treatment Program based on models of milieu therapy and group therapy. The focus of treatment is ongoing assessment and interventions designed to assist individual clients to resolve the specific problems that brought them to the hospital and to return them to the least restrictive environment in the community. Approaches are strength-based, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented enabling patients to learn more effective coping and living skills in order to function more effectively in the community upon discharge from the hospital. The psychiatric care and treatment modalities include milieu management, group therapy, activity therapy, health education, and medication management with the goal of providing a consistent and safe environment for clients and assisting them with the amelioration of presenting problems and symptoms and improving problem-solving and coping skills.
Summary of Duties:
This position exists to provide therapeutic work in the psychiatric care of mentally ill patients hospitalized at the CMHIFL. Duties included maintaining a therapeutic environment and monitoring group climate by providing input at treatment planning sessions, case conferences, and related meetings as well as participating in identifying client problems and establishing approaches to client treatment, providing one-to-one counseling, delivering direct nursing care and teaching daily living skills and supervising daily activities, acting as patient advocate by giving support and education on patient rights and resolving or referring patient rights issues. May assume the role of medication nurse, charge nurse, or milieu manager depending on the scheduling needs of the unit. Responds to crisis situations by adhering to nursing standards and hospital policies and procedures as well as detecting and correcting safety violations in patient care areas. Performs other duties as assigned.
Work environment:
Sometimes difficult customers/patients, locked units, interactive, fast-paced, dynamic, and team-oriented, requirement to make immediate and critical decisions and a high level of accountability for patient care. High level of professional responsibility for the employee to 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.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Minimum Qualifications:
Valid Registered Nurse License from the State of Colorado (DORA)
Substitutions:
None
Preferred Qualifications:
1 year of full time inpatient psychiatric nursing experience.
Conditions of Employment:
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