About this Job
Donald McCandless The State Veterans Community Living Center is a skilled nursing facility run and owned by the State that is committed to helping those who have served our country. We work hard to satisfy customers and respect and honor resident preferences for things like showering, getting up, bedtimes, and other private matters. Our guiding principle is to offer our inhabitants a place where life and love are abundant.
Job Description
The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies needs a CNA license for this full-time, on-site essential services designation position. Must be able to work a variety of shifts, including graveyard (night) shifts, day shifts, evening shifts, weekend shifts, and holidays as needed.
The purpose of this position is to provide direct, hands-on nursing care to facility residents, including assistance with daily living activities, documentation of care, awareness of residents' psychosocial and physical needs, and safety. All work must be done in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements as well as the standards of the profession.
Typical Job Duties Involve:
Provider Care
- Giving hands-on help or other direct resident care as needed throughout daily activities. Provide for environmental needs by organizing and modifying food, clothes, and/or other personal care products, as well as any physical environment requirements (wheelchair, walker, etc.). As required, gently assist and train individuals in self-care activities.
- Helps new CNAs get acquainted with the facility, residents, regulations, and routines while serving as their preceptor. The CCA II serves as a resource to the CCA I for advice and recommendations about the treatment of residents who are resistant.
- Ascertain any adjustments in the sort of regular care that the resident needs as a result of a change in the resident's condition or observation of their health state.
Care for nutrition and hydration
- When it is necessary for a particular resident, the caregiver assists with eating and drinking by chopping up food and feeding the patient, thickening drinks, and reminding the patient of the right swallowing methods and tactics recommended by the therapist.
- Records on the hydration flow sheets the percentages of meals and liquids consumed by the occupants.
- Recommends keeping an eye out for any residents who might need to switch from their usual food to a pureed one or from ordinary liquid to a thickened one.
- To provide high-quality nursing care, plan your daily tasks so that the necessary attention is given despite unforeseen circumstances.
Health and Safety
- Keep an eye on residents' locations, interactions, and conditions, and if required, refer to the charge nurse.
Health Care
- Work together with the charge nurse and other nursing staff to provide information on resident care status, assess the efficacy and appropriateness of the treatment care plan, and alert the charge nurse to any refusals of hygiene care.
- Record your observations and the care you gave each resident in their records.
Mental health, transportation, and educational requirements
- By making direct, personal contact with residents and their significant others, attend to their psychological needs.
- It will be necessary for this job to use a State vehicle to carry lab specimens, and residents to doctor's appointments, or hospitals (if not carried by ambulance).
- As required by state law, VA rules, and facility policy and procedures, keep your knowledge up to date by attending necessary and optional in-services and seminars.
Minimum requirements, substitutions, employment conditions, and appeal rights
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Education and Work History: A GED or high school diploma and 1 year as a certified nurse assistant
The calculation of employment history is done on a full-time basis (40 hours per week). Prorated calculations are used to assess credentials for part-time work. As they pertain to the position and minimal criteria, make sure your application explicitly highlights your credentials, experience, work products, and successes.
Substitutions:
- The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies will accept a current, valid nursing aide license (CNA) in lieu of a high school diploma or GED.
- The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies or any state that is a member of the Nurse Licensing Compact will accept current, valid licensing as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in place of the experience requirement.
Required Abilities
- Ability to start, carry out, and finish given tasks when providing care for residents.
- Have effective listening, speaking, and writing skills while interacting with residents, relatives, and members of interdisciplinary teams.
- Showed the capacity to conduct themselves professionally at all times when interacting with residents, families, other staff members, and the general public.
- The ability to always retain secrecy has been shown.
- Experience in nursing homes or long-term care is greatly desired.
- Ability to solve problems effectively
Preferred Abilities
- Knowing how to provide assigned residents with care that is suitable for their situations, being able to utilize judgment, and effectively identifying, reporting, and documenting pertinent resident information.
- Knowing and being able to convey to colleagues with less experience the allocated resident care best practices
- Having the knowledge and skills necessary to spot urgent or emergency resident care circumstances, ask the RN and/or Supervisor/DON for advice and instruction, and start the necessary emergency actions when told to.
- Understanding of quality guidelines, rules, and methods
- Understanding of specialized client care that is relevant to the workplace
- Ability to plan and administer high-quality care successfully while collaborating with personnel from various work units and a resident population with a range of physical, mental, and emotional capacities.
Employment Requirements:
- A flexible schedule, including day, evening, and graveyard (night) shifts, as well as weekends and holidays, must be allowed to be worked as a condition of employment.
- The ability to execute a variety of physical tasks, including but not restricted to lifting and transferring residents, is necessary for this role.
- Must have a driver's license issued in Colorado.
- Through the Department of Regulatory Agencies, a current, valid CNA license
- Must pass a TB test, which will be provided before hiring and will be paid for by the employer.
- The person in this job is required to report to work without delay or interruption in order to deliver vital or emergency services to safeguard the customers' health, safety, and welfare.
- Fingerprinting, TRAILS, CAPS, and full background checks
- Former State workers who were disciplined dismissed or resigned in lieu of termination must state this information on the application and give justification for why they should not be disqualified from the present post given their prior termination or resignation. Absent unusual circumstances, the candidate will be ineligible for future State employment with CDHS if they had previously been disciplined terminated, or resigned in lieu of termination.
Rights to appeal:
If you learn that your application has been rejected for this post, you may appeal the decision to the State Personnel Board or ask the State Personnel Director to conduct a review.
You or your authorized representative must sign the official appeal form before submitting an appeal or review. Within ten (10) calendar days of your receipt of notice or acknowledgment of the department's action, you must submit this form to the State Personnel Board via email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked US Mail, hand delivery (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or fax (303.866.5038).
Visit spb.colorado.gov, call the State Personnel Board at (303) 866-3300 for assistance, or look up Chapter 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures at spb.colorado.gov under Rules for more details on the appeals procedure, the official appeal form, and how to submit it to the State Personnel Board.
What We Do:
Consider joining the hardworking staff of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) if your objective is to develop a career that matters. Our staff works hard to plan and provide top-notch human and healthcare services that increase Colorado residents' security, self-reliance, and general well-being. In addition to a fantastic workplace and fulfilling employment, we provide:
- Strong, safe, yet adaptable retirement benefits are available, including 401(k) and 457 plans, a PERA Defined Benefit Plan, or a PERA Defined Contribution Plan (www.copera.org).
- Programs for medical and dental care
- Health Savings Account with employer contributions
- Bought life insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 11 paid holidays each year, in addition to vacation and sick days
- State employee discount program with BenefitHub
- Program for Workplace Wellness MotivateMe
- Excellent programs for balancing work and life include flexible scheduling, training, and more.
- Remote working options for professions that qualify.
Our Principles
- We follow a people-first philosophy, and in order to serve the people of Colorado, we build a work culture and atmosphere that inspires and energizes a workforce that is ready to provide Coloradans their very best.
- Quality of life is created by maintaining a healthy balance: We want our team to be resilient by providing a welcoming environment that prioritizes employee involvement, health and wellness, and flexibility.
- We are responsible for our own activities, programs, and outcomes, and we hold ourselves accountable for the state of Colorado's health and human services.
- It's important to be open and honest with everyone, including coworkers, business partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the general public.
- We act ethically by doing what is right rather than what is convenient for those we serve.
- We work collaboratively with all partners, staff members, and clients to produce the greatest results for Coloradans. This helps us rise together.
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