PT (Nurse III) - Veterans Community Living Center Fitzsimons - Aurora, CO

State of Colorado•Denver, CO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Colorado Veterans Community Living Center (VCLC) at Fitzsimons is a 180-bed skilled nursing facility serving Colorado’s veterans. It provides long-term care, short-term rehab, and a secure memory care neighborhood. The House Supervisor position provides supervision and direction to RNs, LPNs, and CNAs on assigned shifts to ensure quality patient care. When acting as the on-call facility charge nurse, this role has ultimate responsibility for safe and adequate nursing coverage. As a Nurse III, responsibilities include directing, mentoring, and evaluating nursing staff, overseeing direct patient care, responding to crises, ensuring facility compliance with regulations, facilitating communication with multidisciplinary teams, maintaining medical records, championing quality improvement, and providing patient advocacy. The role also requires sustaining personal and team clinical competencies through continuing education.

Requirements

Current BLS or CPR card.
Colorado RN license in good standing.
Current, valid licensure as an RN 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.
State of Colorado residency at the time of application and throughout employment.
Must complete and pass TB test and any other vaccinations as required by the facility.

Nice To Haves

Two-plus years of long-term care experience.
Prior training with dementia.
Experience with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Experience working with veterans.
Relevant years of state service experience.

Responsibilities

Provide supervision and direction to RNs, LPNs, and CNAs on assigned shifts.
Assure the delivery of quality patient care through the nursing process.
Maintain safe, adequate nursing coverage for all or multiple residential neighborhoods when acting as the on-call facility charge nurse.
Direct, mentor, and evaluate a team of at least three nursing staff members.
Delegate duties, resolve conflicts, and participate in hiring.
Oversee and deliver direct patient care, including comprehensive nursing assessments, developing individualized care plans, and administering medications and treatments.
Assume round-the-clock accountability for the assigned facility neighborhood.
Act as the lead responder in crisis situations, managing medical and psychiatric emergencies, accidents, and facility disasters.
File all required incident reports.
Maintain and enforce strict facility compliance with state and federal regulations (CDPHE and VA standards), and internal policies and accreditation requirements.
Facilitate seamless communication across a multidisciplinary team.
Serve as the primary clinical liaison between shifts and management.
Maintain precise medical records and track key clinical systems.
Transcribe physician orders.
Ensure consistent daily and weekly staff charting compliance.
Champion quality improvement by monitoring shift-level metrics and presenting reports.
Select and advocate for residents at weekly Utilization Review meetings.
Provide patient advocacy by promptly communicating changes in physical or mental status to physicians and families.
Obtain necessary orders and maintain strict confidentiality.
Sustain personal and team clinical competencies through continuing education, literature reviews, clinical supervision, and participation in professional staff meetings.
Perform other duties as assigned.