NURSE III - Rifle Veteran's Community Living Center

Department Information

CDHSCareers. This position will receive a short-staffing temporary pay differential of 4% from July 1st 2025 to June 30th 2026.

Office of Adult, Aging and Disability Services. CO State Veterans Community Living Center  Colorado State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle is located on Colorado's western slope in the scenic Colorado River valley. Rifle offers a mild climate, with plenty of clean mountain air and beautiful blue skies. Amidst this setting, the State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle provides 89 beds of skilled nursing care, including a 18-bed Special Care Unit for residents with Alzheimer's Disease or related conditions.

Serving veterans, their spouse and eligible "Gold Star" parents, we are committed to caring for the whole person by addressing the personal and social needs of each resident, as well as their physical and medical requirements. All staff members of Rifle are committed to providing a life of quality and dignity for every resident. At the Colorado State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle, our staff is known for showing love and compassion to our residents.

Giving residents a hug, holding their hand or sitting next to them on the arm of a chair are just a few of the ways we give care that comes from the heart.

Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home at Rifle is a 89-bed, long-term care facility serving the nation's veterans. It provides skilled nursing services 24/7 and maintains quality of life, safety, and effective care for a diverse and complex population of men and women with varied medical and psychosocial issues.

This House Supervisor position exists to provide 24-hour accountability for management and oversee the delivery of nursing services on a day-to-day basis. This position will assist in the coordination of care for residents who have acute/chronic health problems, physical and/or mental limitations and are unable to live independently or at a more independent level of care. This position participates in facility-wide oversight as designated by the Director of Nursing Services/designee.

Supervise and direct subordinate staff in their delivery and directing of patient care. Examples: define job expectations, provide feedback in individual and group supervision, assess individual learning needs and provide staff training, resolve staff conflicts, act as a resource, refer staff to appropriate programs, prioritize and delegate job duties according to patient needs and staff qualifications, participate in job interviews, maintain compliance with standards of nursing practice, develop performance plans and complete appraisals (PMP), referrals for personnel actions.

Maintain compliance with Colorado Department of Public Health and Environmental Services (CDPHE) and US Department of Veteran's Affairs regulations.

Collaborate in the provision of patient care with a multidisciplinary team. Maintain documentation of various systems, which include, but are not limited to skin, falls, weight loss, and others. Examples are: notify appropriate physician of changes in patients mental or physical condition, obtain necessary physician's orders, facilitate shift reports, act as liaison between shift, head nurse and other clinical management staff, communicate incidents and injuries, attend professional staff meetings, communicate with dietary, operator, lab, hospital, security, housekeeping, etc.

Assumes leadership in crisis situations. Examples include: respond immediately to all psychiatric and medical emergencies, i.e., Code Red, accidents, injuries, fires and all other disasters; notify appropriate personnel of incidents, injuries; file appropriate reports in compliance with regulations.

Includes 24-hour accountability for delivery of nursing care for each neighborhood. Takes on-call rotation as defined in the facility protocol. Monitor quality improvement at shift and neighborhood level by: taking responsibility for the delivery of patient care according to nursing, nursing home and accreditation standards,…