Nurse - Veterans Community Living Center Fitzsimons, Aurora.

Department Information

This position is open only to State of Colorado residents. This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies. This position will receive a short-staffing temporary pay differential of 4% from July 1st 2025 through June 30th 2026. Office of Adult, Aging and Disability Services.

Colorado Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons, a 180-bed skilled nursing facility serving Colorado veterans. The center is located on the medical campus with UC Hospital and the Aurora VA Medical Center. The facility offers long‑term care, short‑term rehab, and a secured memory care neighborhood.

While in this position, you are required to work at your assigned work location during your scheduled work times. Work arrangements are subject to change at any time. This position exists to provide professional clinical services to facility residents, including assessment and specialized nursing care consistent with standards of the profession, legal and regulatory requirements, and facility and division standards, protocols and policies.

• Plan and coordinate basic nursing care and provide a skilled level of nursing to residents.
• Administer specialized and routine nursing services such as medication and nursing treatments as prescribed within the scope of practice, and determine the most effective methods to ensure optimal outcomes. Review and audit specific care activities to determine compliance with policies and standards of care as part of the department’s quality assurance activity. Administer IV fluids (if IV certified) as prescribed by a physician.
• Perform admission and daily assessments during residents’ clinical stay. Document current, accurate, and pertinent information regarding care and treatment provided.
• Detect abnormalities in the resident’s health status indicated by symptoms, vital signs, assessment, and laboratory results, and report information to the physician.
• Participate in work teams to establish best practice protocols for common treatments or procedures.
• Explain patient care before, during, and after contacts. Provide active listening, communication, support, and encouragement to residents and families regarding their concerns by phone and personal contact.
• Competently administer medications to residents within the scope of practice while observing the five rights of safe medication administration, resident rights, infection control standards, and appropriate nursing policies. Document all medications given and justification for scheduled medications not given.
• Direct and implement nursing care to residents by ensuring compliance with accepted standards of nursing care, departmental and facility policies and procedures, and VA and State of Colorado regulatory requirements.
• Identify problems with medication administration, interactions, reactions, and compliance. Participate in medication/pharmacy work teams to ensure quality improvement and optimal practice, and direct subordinates to ensure these standards are met.
• Provide infection control, implementing and using standard precautions, and disposal of waste. Clean equipment, stock supplies, and complete supply forms.
• Identify high‑risk residents for falls, skin breakdown, or other potentially harmful situations and ensure appropriate interventions are initiated to correct problems. Ensure correct use of safety/positioning devices, side rails, transfer belts, proper use of equipment, and attend ongoing staff education programs.
• Maintain updated skills, knowledge, abilities, and competencies necessary to the position through continuing education, clinical supervision, literature review, and participation in discipline and team development. Provide input and orientation for new employees.
• Communicate concerns to appropriate staff to prevent further complications or to ensure timely, appropriate intervention.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Current, valid licensure as a Registered Nurse from the Colorado Board of Nursing or any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).

• Required to obtain a CPR card and possess and…