Clinical Therapist II - Fitzsimons Veterans Community Living Center - Aurora

Colorado Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.
This is a full-time position. Please note:
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.
Office of Adult, Aging and Disability Services:
Colorado Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons.
Colorado Veterans Community Living Center (VCLC) at Fitzsimons is a beautiful 180-bed, skilled nursing facility serving Colorado’s veterans. We strive to honor and respect those in our community through companionship and person-centered care while providing a comfortable and safe place to live. At Fitzsimons, we provide long-term care, short-term rehab, and a secured memory care neighborhood, and are conveniently located on the medical campus with UC Hospital and the Aurora VA Medical Center.

Fitzsimons celebrates a low 14% staff turnover rate and substantial longevity among staff.

You are required to work at your assigned work location during your scheduled work times. The shifts covered by this position may vary to include weekends, evening shifts, and holiday coverage. Shifts are Monday through Saturday or Sunday through Thursday (as available).

Please note:

Shifts are subject to change based on the needs of the facility. The purpose of this position is to enable individuals to enhance their lives utilizing leisure and recreational skills. This is done through assisting individuals to identify their leisure values, attitudes, needs, and goals. To keep the residents functioning at the highest level possible in all dimensions of life – cultural, educational, physical, psychological, social, and spiritual.

Leisure and recreational pursuits promote independence and provide opportunities for socialization. Recreational interests are important to their physical health and provide opportunities for residents to make a contribution to others and eliminate boredom. The recreational calendar also provides multiple opportunities for residents to make choices.

• Plans, facilitates, and evaluates a diversified program of recreation and leisure that is designed to meet the interests and needs of each individual resident and/or neighborhood
• Develops calendar with assistance from staff
• Ensure programs include cognitive stimulation, cultural, social, educational, recreation, physical, spiritual, psychological, and creative endeavors
• Provide 1:1 visits with residents per care plan
• Completes daily documentation for resident participation
• Conducts and assists with outings
• Completes initial assessments, quarterly/annual reviews, writes/reviews care plans, and completes MDS
• Coordinates services for programs with dietary and/or housekeeping
• Secures coordinating supplies for programs
• Other duties as assigned

• Five (5) years of experience working with seniors/memory care, and/or in a long-term care setting
• AND
• A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position equal to five (5) years. (i.e., Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Recreation, Social Work, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, or a closely related field of study
  ** AND
  * * one year of experience).
• Substitutions:
  None

• 5+ years experience in memory care, long-term care, and/or assisted living care center
• Experience facilitating or assisting with programming for seniors (or any population) with recreational activities
• Experience in art therapy and/or music therapy
• Experience in documentation, charting, and writing skills
• Experience with electronic medical records

• Full background check:
  This position will have direct contact with vulnerable persons (as defined by C.R.S.27-90-111). Includes face‑to‑face care, training, supervision, counseling, consultation, or medication assistance to vulnerable persons.
• Full background checks include: CBI & FBI fingerprint check, Colorado Court Database check, Medicare Fraud Database, TRAILS Database check
• Provides direct care to vulnerable adults requiring a CAPS check (as defined by C.R.S. 26‑3.1‑101)
• Requires State of Colorado residency at the time of application and…