Registered Nurse - 10886

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• Additional Requirement
• Valid driver’s license required. This requirement may be waived, if necessary, based on overall candidate experience and current needs of the business and/or role.

Coalition Benefits • Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options

• full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan.
• Vision insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses.
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members.
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting.
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year.

The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.

• Essential Job Functions
• Provide skilled nursing care that meets community standards, ensuring patient care aligns with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) protocols and guidelines.
• Deliver patient-centered care within an integrated, trauma-informed, harm-reduction model, focusing on the physical, emotional, and social needs of each patient.
• Conduct rapid and accurate triage assessments, both in-person and via telephone, providing appropriate care recommendations based on SSHC nursing protocols.
• Educate patients about managing chronic and acute health conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, nutrition, wound care, and disease prevention.
• Safely administer medications, including immunizations and injections, following established protocols and provider orders.
• Work closely with a multi-disciplinary team, including medical assistants, primary care providers, behavioral health providers, and others, to deliver holistic care.
• Facilitate patient access to internal programs such as the Health Outreach Program, Housing First, and Medication Assisted Treatment Program.
• Serve as a member of the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment team, providing case management, crisis intervention, and individual counseling related to medication-assisted treatment.
• Oversee the care of patients with transitional, chronic, and complex health conditions, ensuring continuity of care and appropriate follow-up.
• Mentor and guide new nurses and nursing students, providing on-the-job training and support to build their clinical skills and confidence.
• Accurately document all patient care activities in the electronic health record (EHR), ensuring compliance with legal and organizational standards.

Qualifications

• Summary
• Current licensure in the State of Colorado to practice as a Registered Nurse.

Certification in Basic Life Support.

• Education & Experience
• A degree in nursing (ADN, BSN or MSN) from an accredited college or university is required.
• Experience in ambulatory, public, community, mental health, emergency, or critical care nursing is preferred.
• Pediatric nursing experience is highly desirable.
• Experience or familiarity with serving diverse or marginalized communities, including those experiencing homelessness, is preferred.

\n $37.40 - $44 an hour where a candidate is placed in the compensation range depends on total relevant years of experience \n

• Employee must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of self or others.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.
• Employee will perform job according to applied laws.
• The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• We offer a full suite of benefits for our eligible employees and their dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.
• Health Insurance - HMO or PPO
• Dental plans, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, supplemental life insurance
• Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 403(b) retirement savings matching,
• Extensive paid time-off, including holidays, sick leave, and vacation

The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is committed to delivering services, making employment-related decisions, selecting volunteers, and selecting vendors without regard to age over 40, race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, military status, or any other applicable status protected by law.