CDHS - OAADS​/RIFLE VCLC - Nurse II

Summary of Position

This position exists to provide professional services to the facility residents, which include assessment and specialized nursing care consistent with the standards of the profession and legal and regulatory requirements.

• Standard Assessments – Performs admission and daily assessments during clinical stay, identifies critical incidents, emergencies, acute illnesses, and behavior changes. Identifies and implements appropriate nursing interventions, treatment care plans, and physician referrals. Documents current, accurate, and pertinent information regarding care and treatment provided to individual residents in Electronic Health records and paper documentation as per policies. Indicates specific change in status, medications, and physicians' orders.
  
  Detects abnormality in resident’s health status indicated by symptoms, vital signs, and laboratory results and reports information to physician. Requires driving a state vehicle to do off‑site pre‑admission assessments or to take a resident to the doctor or hospital if not taken by ambulance.
• Regulatory Compliance – Directs and implements nursing care to residents by assuring compliance with accepted standards of nursing care, departmental and facility policies and procedures, and VA and State of Colorado regulatory requirements. Directs subordinates to ensure these standards are met. Reviews and audits physician orders, MARS, CNA flow sheets, bathing schedules, and BM sheets to determine compliance with policies and standards of care as part of a department quality assurance activity.
• Medication and Treatment Administration – Performs prescribed, specialized treatments and ensures safe and accurate medication administration.
• Safety Identification and Intervention – Monitors the clinical, physical and environmental safety of all residents through assessments and regularly scheduled rounds. Identifies and implements appropriate clinical, physical and environmental interventions, performs necessary documentation for regulatory compliance and makes appropriate notification to family, physician, NHA and DON.
• Training, Resource Team Member and Delegation – Serves as resource to subordinate staff to assure timely and proper care of residents. Trains subordinate staff and assures that competencies are completed and submitted. Provides input to management on the direct care performance, documentation, attendance and interpersonal skills of subordinates for the purpose of evaluation. Evaluates daily workload and prioritizes assignments with available staff.
  
  Delegates duties to provide the most effective coverage to ensure quality and continuity of care.
• Communication – Provides active listening and communication, support and encouragement to residents and families regarding their concerns by both phone and personal contact.

Current, valid licensure as a Registered Nurse from the Colorado Board of Nursing or any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) and two (2) years of professional experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position. Appropriate education may substitute for up to two (2) years of the required experience on a year‑for‑year basis.

This position must maintain a current CPR Card and perform CPR to provide adequate compressions and ventilations per CPR Guidelines.

• Must complete a full background check to include CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, reference checks, professional license verification, drug screen, PREA, Trails check, CAPS checks.
• Pre‑employment Physical/Tests: TB Test.
• Shift Work:
  Day, evening, and night shifts to include holiday & weekends as needed.
• Must possess a valid Registered Nurse License (RN) from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies or any state participating in the Nurse Licensure Compact in good standing. Qualification cannot be obtained during probationary/trial service period. A Colorado RN license is necessary to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Must maintain a…