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CLIENT CARE AIDE I - Temporary Aide - Homelake Veterans Community Living Center

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CLIENT CARE AIDE I - Temporary Aide - Homelake Veterans Community Living Center

Salary

$1,652.00 Biweekly

Location

Rio Grande County, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

ILB 80011

Department

Colorado Department of Human Services

Division

OAADS - Colorado State Veterans Center at Homelake

Opening Date

05/15/2025

Closing Date

5/26/2025 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

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Type of Announcement

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Primary Physical Work Address

3749 Sherman Avenue Monte Vista, CO. 81144

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt; position is eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

Joel Drahos - [email protected]

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

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

COLORADO STATE VETERANS COMMUNITY LIVING CENTER – HOMELAKE:

To ensure a safe, sanitary, well maintained, comfortable living and working environment for residents of a 60-bed skilled nursing home and 50-unit domiciliary, staff and visitors. The facility has embraced the Culture Change and Eden concepts. We strive to provide exemplary service to the residents by fulfilling daily and special requests that the residents may have. Exemplary care is given in cleaning and sanitizing and in keeping the resident rooms and their atmosphere clean, organized, homelike and safe. We need to provide the residents with the kind of service that they need and deserve.

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Description of Job

This is a full-time, temporary position estimated to end on 03/15/2026.

Please note: These working arrangements are subject to change.

This work unit exists to provide continuous 24-hour care to NH residents requiring skilled nursing services. The goal is to maintain residents at their highest level of functioning and provide quality nursing care.

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

+ ADL care to residents assigned including but not limited to i.e.: Sitter 1:1 with residents, ambulation, ROM, dressing, toileting, bathing, transferring, positioning, lifting, skin care and/or assist with feeding

+ Care of resident belongings, room care: organized and floor areas free of clutter, moisture

+ Follow proper infection control practices via the use of standard precautions. Communicates with others to ensure proper resident care and work completion

+ Maintains resident care and equipment such as cleaning oxygen concentrators, filling portable oxygen tank, maintain/disinfecting tubs, and showers, changing lift batteries etc

+ Report to charge nurse as to pertinent care issues: skin condition, falls, family concerns, and behaviors

+ Complete all documentation necessary for shift in the electronic heath record: including but not limited to, intake sheets, bath sheets, WEIGHTS, vital signs, bowel movement. Will occasionally transport resident, so will require a driver license

+ Performs other job related duties as assigned or required.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Special Qualifications:

+ Must possess valid CNA license from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies.

Minimum Qualifications

Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:

+ High school diploma or General Educational Diploma (GED)

Substitution:

+ A valid Certified Nurse Aide license (CNA) from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies will substitute for high school diploma or GED.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Experience assisting residents with their Assisted Daily Living (ADL) care in a long-term care setting

+ Experience in resident transfers

+ Experience in resident ambulation

+ Experience recording intake and output measurements

+ Experience in assisting residents during meals

Required Competencies:

+ Follow prescribed policies and procedures even if they may conflict with my "personal" preferences.

+ Ability to work with staff and patients of diversity to include social, economic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds in a long term setting.

+ Ability to assist clients with disabilities to do their personal care needs/activities of daily living.

+ Ability to assist clients with a range of moods and behaviors, while utilizing tactfulness and congenial personal manner.

+ Ability to work with long-term clients.

+ Dependability

+ Excellent Oral Communication Skills

+ Problem Solving

+ Participating as an Active Team Player

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)

+ A Tuberculosis Test (TB) will be required upon hire.

+ Shift Work : Weekends, Holidays, Nights, Days, Evenings

+ Must possess a current/valid and unrestricted US

+ Must possess and maintain a current and valid Colorado CNA license obtained from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies

+ Travel: Transporting SNF/DOM residents in a State Vechicle

+ 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.

Appeal Rights:

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email ([email protected]), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov ; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

Supplemental Information

How to Apply (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#how-to-apply)

The Assessment Process

For additional recruiting questions, please contact [email protected]

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 (https://www.colorado.gov/cdhs) (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 Plan www.copera.org 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 MotivateMe

+ 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

information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs .

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.

ADAA 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 ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at [email protected] or call 1-800-929-0791.

~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~

Toll Free Applicant Technical Support (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#technical-support)

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+ I am unable to access the links with this information on the job posting. (If you select this option, please contact the recruiter, whose information is listed on this announcement, so that they can send this information directly to you.)

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Your legal name is used in the hiring process for background checks. Did you use your full legal name in your application?

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+ No

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If you are a current or former State of Colorado employee, please list your employee number (starts with 997...) and/or the years that you were employed with the State.

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Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application. In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position.

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Do you currently possess an active CNA license from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies? If so, please attach your certification to this email.

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If you do not have an active CNA license, have you completed a board approved 80 hour CNA program?

+ Yes

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+ Not Applicable

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Please describe the depth and breadth of your professional experience as a CNA, explain what were some of your typical job duties/assignments. Do not type "see resume" in the box below. If this doesn't apply, type "N/A" in the box below.

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Do you possess long-term care or nursing home experience? If so, please describe this experience.

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Have you obtained a high school diploma or GED?

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I understand that a necessary qualification for this position includes having an active CNA license and without this license, I may be demoted to another classification or released from the position.

+ Yes

+ No

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This position requires the ability to perform various physical movements, including but not limited to lifting and transporting residents. By selecting yes, you are implying that you are physically able to perform the duties required for this position.

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+ No

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This position requires the following as conditions of employment: • Must pass TB test. • Must possess a Colorado Driver's License. • Must maintain a current CPR Card and perform CPR adequate compressions and ventilations per CPR guidelines. • This position is considered "Essential Service Designation" and therefore, you will be required to report without delay or interruption to provide essential or emergency services to ensure health, safety, and welfare. • This position has shift work: day, evening and night shifts to include holiday and weekends. • Full Background - Name check, TRAILS, CAPS and Fingerprinting Failure to meet these conditions of employment may result in termination of employment. I have read and understand the above conditions of employment.

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Are you willing to work in Monte Vista, Colorado?

+ Yes

+ No

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Are you willing and able to work, days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays?

+ Yes

+ No

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