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Client Care Aide I (CNA) - PT & FT Positions - Fitzsimons Veterans Community Living Center.
State of Colorado
Aurora (IL)
On-site
USD 10,000 - 60,000
Full time
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Job summary
The State of Colorado is hiring for the role of Client Care Aide I (CNA). This position offers both part-time and full-time opportunities at the Fitzsimons Veterans Community Living Center, providing essential daily care to veterans. Qualified candidates must possess an active CNA certification and have a caring attitude towards residents. The role includes responsibilities such as personal care, health monitoring, and assisting with daily living activities in a supportive environment with a strong focus on team dynamics.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Must hold active CNA certification.
- Current BLS Healthcare Provider Card required.
- Experience in long-term care environment preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct care including bathing and dressing.
- Assist residents with personal hygiene and feeding.
- Perform basic health assessments like vital signs.
Skills
Education
Job description
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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,
including both part-time and full-time positions.
This position will receive a short-staffing temporary pay differential of 4% from July 1st 2025 - June 30th 2026
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
Colorado Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons
Colorado Veterans Community Living Center (VCLC) at Fitzsimons is a beautiful 180-bed, skilled nursing facility serving Colorado’s veterans. We strive to honor and respect those living in our community through companionship and person-centered care while providing a comfortable and safe place to live. At Fitzsimons, we provide long-term care and short-term rehab and have a secured memory care neighborhood. We are conveniently located on the medical campus with UC Hospital and the Aurora VA Medical Center. Fitzsimons celebrates a low 14% staff turnover rate and substantial longevity among staff.
Department Information
This position is open to current Colorado residents only.
Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies, including both part-time and full-time positions.
This position will receive a short-staffing temporary pay differential of 4% from July 1st 2025 - June 30th 2026
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
Colorado Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons
Colorado Veterans Community Living Center (VCLC) at Fitzsimons is a beautiful 180-bed, skilled nursing facility serving Colorado’s veterans. We strive to honor and respect those living in our community through companionship and person-centered care while providing a comfortable and safe place to live. At Fitzsimons, we provide long-term care and short-term rehab and have a secured memory care neighborhood. We are conveniently located on the medical campus with UC Hospital and the Aurora VA Medical Center. Fitzsimons celebrates a low 14% staff turnover rate and substantial longevity among staff.
Visit us online at: www.colorado.gov/cdhs/veteranshomes/fitzsimons
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Description Of Job
This position is in training to provide basic hands-on patient/resident care in a safe, clean, infection controlled environment by bathing, dressing, grooming, hygiene, skin care, range of motion, positioning, ambulating, transferring, toileting programs, feeding programs, transporting, performing basic assessments (vital signs, blood pressures, weights, etc.), and charting/documenting all of the above.
Job Duties Include, But Are Not Limited To
- Under the direction of nursing staff in training provide direct resident care to include bathing, dressing, undressing, assisting in and out of bed, performing personal hygiene, feeding programs, toileting programs, range of motion, transporting, and interacting socially to meet residents’ basic needs. Explaining patient care before, during and after contacts; answering call lights; and assessing basic resident care needs; and updating noted resident changes
- Under the direction of nursing staff perform basic assessments, vital signs, blood pressure, weight, intake and output, basic skin assessments
- Under the direction of nursing staff provide infection control, implementing/using universal precautions, and disposal of waste. Clean linen room and equipment, stock supplies, complete supply forms
- Under the direction of nursing staff performs correct use of safety/positioning devices, side rails, transfer belts, proper use of equipment, attend on-going staff education programs.
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Must hold and maintain an active CNA certification in good standing from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, as well as a current BLS Healthcare Provider Card.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or General Educational Diploma (GED).
- Current, valid certification as a Nurse Aide (CNA) from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies will substitute for the high school diploma or GED.
- Experience in a long-term care/assisted living environment
- Experience transporting/driving residents
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Relevant State of Colorado experience
- Full Background 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)
- TB Test/Flu Vaccine
- Must be willing to obtain vaccinations, as required by the State and facility
- Must possess a valid, unrestricted U.S. driver's license
- May be required to travel/transport residents in state vehicles
- Required to have a current, valid BLS Healthcare Provider Card
- Shift Work: While every effort will be made for the schedule to reflect the shift/days agreed upon by my supervisor and me, I understand I may be scheduled on different days/shifts based on facility need. While leadership will ask for overtime volunteers as a first-line strategy to relieve staffing shortages, I understand that I may be required to work overtime as a part of this position. Shift work includes weekends, nights, holidays
- May require on-call status, if needed, per the pay plan for this position
- 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.
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 (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), 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 acknowledgment 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
The Assessment Process
For additional recruiting questions, please contact melissa.critchfield @state.co.us .
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 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
- Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more
- Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more
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 cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.
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