CDOC Nurse Supervisor - Denver

State of Colorado; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PERA retirement plan

401K and 457 plans

Health and dental plans

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Holidays and leave

Wellness & training

Job summary

State of Colorado’s Denver Correctional Complex seeks a Nurse III (Nurse Supervisor) to oversee professional nursing care for incarcerated offenders across outpatient clinics, infirmaries, or specialized units. The role may involve unit supervision, shift work, weekends, and holidays, with on-call duties as needed.

Responsibilities include documenting medical records, patient education, and delivering care tailored to inmates’ needs while ensuring safety and security in the clinical setting and

Responsibilities

• Documents inmates' medical records handwritten or electronic in a timely and accurate manner.
• Delivers patient education on self-care techniques and potential treatment side effects.
• Provides patient care in clinic, infirmary, or specialized unit tailored to diagnoses and needs.
• Performs routine and emergency assessments of inmates during triage and emergencies using nursing skills.
• Maintains safety and security of the clinical environment through item control and monitoring.
• Manages payroll, scheduling, PMP, and oversees nursing staff, orientation, and shift coverage.
• Recommends and enforces policies; serves as on-call supervisor and arranges coverage/overtime.

Job description

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference and builds greater public confidence in good government, consider joining the dedicated people of the State of Colorado. Our professionals strive to support state government and the citizens of Colorado. Customer service is a key component for every position in state government as is the focus on ideas and ways to redesign the delivery of services in making state government more effective and efficient.

In addition to a great agency and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:

• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the state system;
• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined;
• Contribution Plan plus 401K and 457 plans. Member Contribution Rates. Correctional Officers I-IV qualify as "Safety Officers" and are eligible for increased PERA benefits;
• Medical and dental health plans;
• Short and long term disability coverage;
• Paid life insurance;
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave;
• Wellness program, tuition reimbursement, training opportunities and more;
• Visit State of Colorado Employee Benefits for more information;
• This position is compensated on a bi-weekly pay cycle.

Who May Apply:

This position is only open to Colorado state residents.

Job Location:

Denver Correctional Complex

The resulting eligibility list may be used to fill future vacancies at this location.

The Nurse III (Nurse Supervisor) position supervises, guides, and directs professional skilled nursing care for the incarcerated offender in either an outpatient clinic, infirmary, or specialized cell house setting for acute care, chronic support and emergency assessment and interventions as indicated. This position may be a unit supervisor responsible for a smaller clinic, a shift within a larger complex facility, or a supervisor in a specialized clinical treatment unit. This position may be required to work any shift, weekends, and holidays, and to perform nurse on-call or call-back duties. Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Documents both handwritten or electronically in an accurate and timely manner to provide comprehensive inmate medical records.
• Delivers patient education toinclude demonstrating and explaining self-care techniques, anticipating possible complications of treatments, informing about desired and undesirable side effects of medication and treatments, and listening to offender concerns.
• Delivers patient care in a clinic, infirmary, or specialized cell house setting individualized to offenders' diagnoses and needs.
• Performs routine and emergency physical and emotional assessments of inmates during triage, sickline, and emergency situations using basic nursing skills, physical assessment skills, and nursing protocols.
• Promotes and is accountable for safety and security of the clinical environment through conscientious observations and sensitive item/contraband control including counting syringes, needles, narcotics, instruments, and key control.
• Responsible for payroll, scheduling, and Performance Management Plans (PMP);accountable for completion of shift responsibilities for 8-16 hours per day; point person for daily operations and decisions in a work setting; assigns nursing staff, coordinates staff orientation, and rearranges and reorganizes unit routines, assists in hiring, participates in promotional examinations and disciplinary recommendations.
• Recommends, implements, and monitors compliance with policies and procedures; functions as an on-call supervisor and as such arranges for coverage and approve overtime.

Residency Requirement:

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Class Code & Classification Description:

C