Restorative Aide

Department Information

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details

Office of Adult, Aging and Disability Services

CO State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle

The 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 an 18-bed Special Care Unit for residents with Alzheimer's Disease or related conditions. Serving veterans, their spouses, 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.

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Description of Job

**May be part-time and full-time positions available.**

The Client Care Aide II will provide direct restorative care and formalized therapy tasks as assigned. Performing tasks accurately, safely and in a timely manner. Specific care to ensure and perform passive and active range-of-motion, ambulation, special positioning techniques, splints, assistive feeding devices/adaptive equipment, ADL training, bowel and bladder management and training, restorative dining and restraint reduction.

Additionally, as a Client Care Aide II, you can expect to:

Perform basic assessments, including monitoring vital signs, taking blood pressure, measuring weight, intake and output, and basic skin assessments.

• Perform basic nursing care: bathing, feeding, dressing, transferring, ambulating, positioning, lifting, range of motion, toileting, skin care, interacting socially to meet residents' basic needs, and FMP Programs
• Assist and mentor nursing staff in resident safety, importance of Park and Walk programs, resident transfer and mobility, assistive devices, mobility aids, equipment and gait belts. Perform CPR as needed.
• Safety of residents and others by use of correct lifting techniques, monitoring the environment and resident whereabouts/activities, use of safety devices such as lifts, etc.
• Perform basic resident assessments such as weights, bowel and bladder incontinence, intake and outputs, vital signs, and records the same. Records hall sheet data each shift.
• Implement proper infection control practices via the use of standard precautions. Equipment checks, equipment maintenance, and placement of equipment, i.e. mattresses on beds, foot cradles, etc.
• Communicates with others to ensure proper resident care and work completion. Inform RN's and LPN's of findings and changes in resident condition.
• Maintain therapeutic milieu through appropriate interpersonal skill use, monitoring of environments and assisting residents to maintain rooms and possessions.
• Maintain resident care and equipment such as cleaning oxygen concentrators, filling portable oxygen tank, maintain/disinfect tubs and showers, changing lift batteries, etc.
• Participate in restorative meeting/GAPA meetings
• Transports residents for medical appointments, etc. in state vehicles when the need arises.
• Attend educational training and staff meetings to maintain current on techniques and policies. Provide adequate inter-shift communication
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Special Qualifications

• Current & active Certified Nurse Aide License (NA)- renewal required.

Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:

• High school diploma or General Educational Diploma (GED)
• One year of experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position

Substitutions:

• Current, valid certification as a Nurse Aide (CNA) from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies will substitute for the high school diploma or GED
• Current, valid licensure as a Practical Nurse (LPN) from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies or any state participating in the Nurse Licensure Compact will substitute for the experience requirement

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and ability to appropriately carry out assigned resident care based on the residents' conditions; to use judgment and to accurately recognize, report and record relevant resident information.
• Knowledge and ability to recognize urgent or emergent resident care situations, seek assistance of the RN and/or MD/DON, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed.
• Knowledge of quality standards, procedures, and protocols
• Knowledge of specialized client care applicable to the work situation
• Skill in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to residents.
• Ability to effectively work with an elderly patient population of varying physical, mental and emotional abilities and staff from multiple work units in the facility to achieve quality care planning and delivery
• Ability to observe, identify and respond to the resident's needs for care, including medication, equipment-assisted care and patient/family education.
• Superior verbal, listening and written communication skills with all health care providers, residents, families and general public.
• Demonstrated ability to display professional conduct at all times when dealing with fellow staff members, patients, families and the general public.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Long-term care/nursing home experience is highly desirable
• Effective problem solving skills

This position requires the following as conditions of employment:

• CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons):
  
  CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services),Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adults – Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)
• This position must maintain a current CPR Card and perform CPR to provide adequate compressions and ventilations per CPR Guidelines
• Must pass TB test.
• Shift Work: Day, evening, and night shifts to include holiday & weekends as needed
• Current/Valid and unrestricted US Driver's License
• Travel: May have to transport residents in state vehicles.
• This position is considered "essential service designation" and therefore, this position will be required to report without delay or interruption to provide essential or emergency services to ensure health, safety, and welfare.
• On-call Status: May sign up for on-call
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

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About Us:

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution 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
• BenefitHub state employee discount program
• Employee Wellness program
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

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Our Values:

We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADA Accommodations:CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at or call

~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~

Salary : $40,000 - $80,000