Assistant Nurse Manager - Nurse III (Internal Pool) - Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan

State of Colorado•Denver, CO

63d•Onsite

About The Position

The Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan (CMHIFL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHIFL 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. CMHIFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between 18-59. The hospital currently has 138 adult inpatient beds, and 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. Through our core values listed below, CMHIFL staff is committed to: Individual dignity and respect; Person-centered, evidence-based care; Trauma-informed recovery; Multidisciplinary collaboration; Diversity and inclusion; Strong family and community partnerships This position exists to provide supervision, clinical/administrative nursing consultation, and direction to registered nurses and nursing assistive personnel on the assigned shift to assure the delivery of quality patient care through the nursing process per the nursing and hospital-wide standards. Responsible for maintaining safe, adequate coverage for the inpatient units on the assigned shift. Serves as a resource or guide by advising others on how to use processes within a system or as a member of a collaborative problem-solving team.

Requirements

Current, valid licensure as a Registered Nurse from the Colorado Board of Nursing or any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC)
Three (3) years of professional experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position
Maintains active and unencumbered Colorado Registered Nurse License
Must possess a valid, unrestricted US Driver's License.
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)
Shift Work: May work days, evenings and nights
Use, Handling, or Exposure to hazardous materials: May be exposed to bodily fluids or caustic chemicals
Travel: May need to travel to other state locations; transport patients to appointments within the community
Special Qualifications - Explain: Maintains active and unencumbered Colorado Registered Nurse License. Due to the juvenile population served at the MHI facilities, incumbents of this position must be at least 21 years of age.
Must maintain a current CPR Card and perform CPR adequate compressions and ventilations per CPR guidelines.
This position is "Essential Service Designation": you will be required to report without delay or interruption to provide essential or emergency services to ensure health, safety, and welfare.
Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant's prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

Nice To Haves

Experience in long-term care or assisted living facility; experience with staff development.
Experience as a supervisor
Experience working with individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities;
Experience working with individuals with mental health diagnoses.
Experience multi-tasking and prioritizing assignments;
Caring, supportive, accountable leader;
Willing to work on an interdisciplinary team and problem-solve solutions to improve services.

Responsibilities

Supervision and Coordination of Patient Care:
Coordinates patient care in collaboration with nursing staff and other disciplines.
Directs and consults with other RN III's and subordinate staff in their provision of patient care.
Provides support for the delivery of patient care and provides clinical leadership.
Assures the provision of adequate staff coverage across the hospital on off-hour shifts.
Makes frequent rounds to each of the inpatient units and dining areas. Covers on units when necessary.
Reassigns staff to other units when the situation dictates.
Obtains coverage for call-offs or when additional staffing is required due to acuity.
Communicate with multiple departments, such as dietary, operator, lab, hospital security, and housekeeping.
Functions as a liaison between off-hour nursing staff and nursing service administration and communicates incidents, injuries, and critical incidents to nursing and hospital administration.
Participates in staff meetings and hospital/nursing committees.
Assist staff in handling complications about off-hour admissions.
May escort patients to activities and appointments on the grounds and in the community, including driving patients to appointments.
Assumes responsibility for paperwork, assuring confidentiality.
Staff Supervision and Staff Development:
Promotes staff development and training at shift level by supporting staff compliance with hospital-wide mandatory training, (i.e., CPR, infection control, safety, medication review, and seclusion/restraint), attending Code Blue events and drills, fire drills, and in-services.
Assures ongoing assessment of staff training needs and provides in-the-moment training as needed.
Coordinates with Nurse Managers to provide employee orientation to new staff.
Provide direct supervision for 4-8 internal float pool staff.
Participates in job interviews and provides input into decisions about hiring staff.
Monitors for compliance with standards of nursing practice and standards of patient care.
Monitors staff performance, coaching and counseling, and performance management reviews.
Responds and Provides Leadership in Emergency Situations:
Assumes leadership role in crises.
Respond immediately to all psychiatric and medical emergencies, i.e., Code Blue, accidents, injuries, fires, and all other disasters.
Proactively identifies the potential impact of non-routine or non-predictable events on the usual routine, i.e., suicide attempts, serious assaults, admissions, or discharges, and makes changes to address these events safely and appropriately.
Oversee the utilization and appropriate implementation of seclusion/restraint, emergency medications, etc.
Notifies appropriate personnel of incidents, injuries, etc.
Assists staff in handling angry or impaired visitors.
Monitors Quality of Patient Care:
Monitors for quality care, assuring the delivery of patient care according to nursing, hospital, and accreditation standards.
Complete specific quality improvement monitors/audits for the Nursing Service office.
Keep staff informed of changes in hospital and division policies.
Document reports and maintain records:
Ensures iNotify documentation is completed and documentation of the incident is in the patient's medical records as needed.
Transcribe physician's orders, give shift reports, and chart medication and their effectiveness when providing coverage on the team.
Complete the Off-hour Nursing Supervision report for each shift worked, assuring that the report is sent to Hospital Management and other staff, as indicated.
Maintains Skills/Competency:
Maintains updated skills, knowledge, abilities, and competencies necessary to the position through continuing education, clinical supervision, clinical/administrative supervision, and literature review to ensure that nursing practice is evidence-based, best practice, and within the standards of professional nursing practice.
Other duties as assigned:
May need to cover for nurses on treatment teams.
Other duties as assigned for this position.

Benefits

Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Planwww.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
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.