Registered Nurse ; Part-time-Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan-Denver

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The Colorado Mental Health Hospital at Fort Logan (CMHHIFL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHHIFL is to provide the highest quality mental health services to persons with complex, serious, and persistent mental illness within the resources available. Our mission is to support those individuals in achieving their recovery goals and reaching their full potential.

CMHHIFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between the ages of 18‑59. The hospital currently has 138 adult inpatient beds, over six treatment milieus serving civil and forensic individuals. Medical services, occupational therapy, neuropsychological‑rehabilitation services, and trauma‑informed care services are available for all patients throughout the hospital.

Location:

3520 W Oxford Avenue, Denver, CO 80236
Part‑Time, On‑Site
Position shifts available for:
Days, Nights, Weekend, and Float.
Multiple vacancies may be filled.

This position provides nursing leadership and direction for staff and provides therapeutic work in the psychiatric care of mentally ill patients hospitalized mary responsibilities are applications of knowledge, expertise and experience in providing safe and effective nursing care to patients. Duties in this position include:

• Assesses plans, coordinates, provides, and evaluates nursing care of patients with psychiatric and medical conditions, documenting all pertinent data
• Utilizes nursing theory and concepts to develop nursing plans of care and therapeutic interventions to support patients’ recovery, such as individual counseling, psycho educational and teaching groups, and milieu management
• Communicates the nursing plan of care to the interdisciplinary team
• Assures that appropriate documentation is completed and that essential information is shared from shift to shift and makes rounds to assess patients’ psychiatric and medical statuses
• Notifies medical staff (physicians and licensed independent practitioners) of changes in patient condition and need for evaluations and orders
• Reports patient care concerns to supervisor and physicians, as indicated
• Directs, coordinates and implements medical and psychiatric crisis intervention in clinical emergencies assuring compliance with nursing standards and policies/procedures (e.g., de‑escalation, seclusion/restraint, cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
• May escort patients to activities and appointments on grounds and in the community, including driving patients to appointments
• Assumes responsibility for paperwork, assuring confidentiality
• Determines whether the needs of a patient returning from a general hospital can be safely met by the nursing staff in terms of staff competency, appropriate equipment and level of staffing during own shift and proximal shifts
• Collaboration with Nurse Manager and treatment team, recommends a change in program scheduling to benefit patients

• Assures a safe, therapeutic environment for patients using nursing theory and judgment by planning and implementing milieu management techniques such as pro‑actively anticipating problems, planning interventions strategies and assigning responsibilities
• During specific shifts, functions in the role of Charge Nurse and provides clinical and administrative supervision of nursing staff on duty. Assures that the care provided meets or exceeds community and professional standards. Coordinates provision of replacement staff and extra staff for high acuity, as indicated.

• Evaluates and administers medication in terms of need, effectiveness, side effects and drug interactions using nursing judgment, standards of care and policy and procedure
• Follows all policies and procedures for medical order…