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

Overview

Position:
Nursing Leadership & Clinical Staff at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital, Fort Logan.

Location:

3520 W Oxford Avenue, Denver, CO 80236 – on‑site (part‑time). This posting may be used to fill multiple shift positions (days, nights, weekend, float).

• Assess, coordinate, provide, and evaluate nursing care for psychiatric and medical patients, documenting all pertinent data.
• Utilize nursing theory to develop nursing plans of care and therapeutic interventions, including individual counseling, psycho educational groups, and milieu management.
• Communicate the nursing plan of care to the interdisciplinary team.
• Ensure appropriate documentation and information exchange from shift to shift; conduct rounds to assess patients’ psychiatric and medical statuses.
• Notify medical staff of changes in patient condition and needed evaluations and orders.
• Report patient care concerns to supervisor and physicians as indicated.
• Direct, coordinate, and implement medical and psychiatric crisis intervention in emergencies, ensuring compliance with nursing standards and policies (e.g., de‑escalation, seclusion/restraint, CPR).
• Escort patients to activities and appointments on grounds and in the community, including driving as necessary.
• Assume responsibility for paperwork while ensuring confidentiality.
• Determine whether a patient returning from a general hospital can be safely managed by the nursing staff, considering competency, equipment, and staffing levels.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Manager and treatment team to recommend program scheduling changes that benefit patients.
• Assure a safe, therapeutic environment through proactive anticipation, intervention planning, and responsibility assignment.
• Serve as Charge Nurse during specific shifts, providing clinical and administrative supervision of nursing staff on duty and ensuring care meets or exceeds community and professional standards.
• Evaluate and administer medication, monitor effectiveness, side effects, and drug interactions; follow policies for medical order transcription and documentation.
• Delegate work assignments to licensed and unlicensed assistants, ensuring timely completion and providing clinical leadership and teaching.
• Assess and teach patients preventive health care, illness management, coping skills, social skills, living skills, and medication indications/side effects.
• Provide nursing input as part of the interdisciplinary team in treatment planning and unit programming.
• Serve as liaison between patient, family, physicians, and other health professionals, facilitating information exchange and clarifying rationales for plans and interventions.
• Maintain updated skills, knowledge, and competencies through continuing education, clinical supervision, literature review, and participation in discipline and team development.
• Other 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).
• At least 21 years of age.
• No substitutions allowed.

• Retirement benefits: PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401(k) and 457 plans.
• Medical and dental health plans.
• Employer‑supplemented Health Savings Account.
• Paid life insurance.
• Short‑ and long‑term disability coverage.
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave.
• Access to State of Colorado Employee Benefit Hub Resource Center.
• Employee Wellness program.
• Work‑life programs such as flexible schedules and training.
• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions.
• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (some positions).

The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing a “Colorado for ALL” of its staff. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado believes that “Colorado for ALL” drives our success and provides employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, military status (with preference to veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.