Nurse I - Bruce McCandless Veteran's Community Living Center
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Nurse I - Bruce McCandless Veteran's Community Living Center
Salary
$43.79 Hourly
Location
Fremont County, CO
Job Type
Temporary Part Time (9 mos or less)
Job Number
ILC 80926 8/8/2025
Department
Colorado Department of Human Services
Division
OAADS - Bruce McCandless State Veterans Home at Fl
Opening Date
08/12/2025
Closing Date
Continuous
FLSA
Determined by Position
Primary Physical Work Address
903 Moore Drive Florence, CO 81226
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt; position is eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information
melissa.hamilton@state.co.us
Type of Announcement
This is a temporary position. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.
How To Apply
Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. 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
Bruce McCandless Veterans Community Living Center in Florence, Colorado
Bruce McCandless State Veterans Community Living Center is a State-owned and operated skilled-nursing facility dedicated to serving those who have served us. Our Eden Mission is to honor and respect those living and working in our home through companionship, empowerment and individualized care while providing a comfortable and safe place to live.
This job posting may be used to fill multiple positions.
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Description of Job
Examples of Essential and Important Duties:
Neighborhood nurse on an assigned shift. Ensures compliance with facility policies and procedures by monitoring neighborhood staff, instruction and training staff, and ensuring resident needs are met.
Documents current, accurate and pertinent information, e.g. care and treatment provided to individual residents, indicates specific change in status, medications and physicians orders. Reports abnormality in residents health status indicative of signs, symptoms, vital signs and laboratory reports.
Performs prescribed, specialized treatments and ensures safe and accurate medication administration.
Perform both admission and ongoing assessments during clinical stay, identifying critical incidents, emergencies, acute illnesses, behavior changes and implementing nursing interventions and physician referrals.
Evaluation of daily workload and prioritizing assignments with available staff. Assists in the delegation of duties to provide the most effective coverage to ensure quality and continuity of care.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
This is a temporary, part-time position.
Please Note: this schedule is subject to change based on the needs of the program.
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)
Conditions of Employment:
Full Background: CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, CAPS (direct contact with adults - Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)
Must pass a TB test.
This position is considered "essential service" and you will be required to report without delay or interruption to provide essential or emergency services to ensure health, safety, and welfare.
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 (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#how-to-apply)
The Assessment Process
For additional recruiting questions, please contact melissa.hamilton@state.co.us
*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 ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.
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