Entry-level positions, career growth, benefits ... and $3,250 just for signing on.
Are you looking for a rewarding career in healthcare? Do you enjoy helping people reach their full potential? We want you on our team! Our statewide facilities have openings for client care aides. These positions offer a great opportunity for people to begin and develop a career in healthcare. We offer entry-level and above positions with competitive wages, great state benefits, flexible hours, growth and other professional development opportunities. Browse through the list of openings below to see if any of these positions is a perfect fit for you.
Hiring bonuses will be given in three payments: within two pay cycles of when a new employee starts, their 180-day anniversary and their 270-day anniversary. These bonuses will be available to the first 1,000 new employees in select positions.
Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo
Pueblo
The Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo is a 516-bed acute care psychiatric hospital that provides inpatient behavioral health services for adults, adolescents and geriatric patients.
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Client Care Aide II
Job description: This position provides nursing care, which often revolves around assistance with activities of daily living, self-maintenance and hygiene. Responsibilities include patient observation and reporting, assisting with patient care as directed, and unit maintenance and security.
Minimum qualifications: One year of experience working as a CNA or performing similar duties.
Salary: $15.00 to $18.85 hourly + $3,250 hiring bonus
Personal Care Assistant
Job description: This position exists to deliver nursing care and therapeutic interventions under the supervision of a registered nurse. The job includes providing nursing care, which often revolves around assistance with activities of daily living, self-maintenance and hygiene.
Minimum qualifications: A high school diploma or GED; or a current valid certification as a CNA.
Salary: $16.88 hourly + $3,250 hiring bonus
Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan
Denver
The Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan is a psychiatric hospital serving Colorado residents with acute mental illnesses and/or court-ordered inpatient restoration treatment.
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Client Care Aide II
Job description: This position works under the supervision and direction of a registered nurse and assists with psychiatric and medical nursing care of mentally ill patients; observes, reports and documents patient's behavior, physical condition, and reactions to medications and treatment; and provides input into planning patient treatment plans.
Minimum qualifications: A high school diploma or GED; and one year of experience in a field related to the position.
Salary: $17.79 hourly + $3,250 hiring bonus
Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons
Aurora
The Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons is a 180-bed facility providing skilled nursing care and a specialized 21-bed short-term rehabilitation unit. The facility serves veterans, veterans' spouses/widows and Gold Star parents.
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Client Care Aide I
Job description: This position is in training to provide independent, 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, and performing basic assessments.
Minimum qualifications: A high school diploma or GED; or a current valid certification as a CNA.
Salary: $16.88 + $3,250 hiring bonus
Client Care Aide II
Job description: The purpose of this position is to provide a safe and therapeutic milieu by providing safety checks, taking measures to maintain individuals/staff safety, and actively participating in programming for the assigned home(s).
Minimum qualifications: A high school diploma or GED; and one year of experience as a CNA.
Salary: $15.00 to $18.85 hourly + $3,250 hiring bonus
Client Care Aide II
Job description: The purpose of this position is to provide a safe and therapeutic milieu by providing safety checks, taking measures to maintain individuals/staff safety, and actively participating in programming for the assigned home(s).
Minimum qualifications: A high school diploma or GED; and one year of experience as a CNA.
Salary: $15.00 to $18.85 hourly + $3,250 hiring incentive
Veterans Community Living Center at Homelake
Monte Vista
Veterans Community Living Center at Homelake is a nursing home that serves veterans, veterans' spouses/widows and Gold Star parents. It was established in 1889 as the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, providing a peaceful home for aging and disabled Civil War veterans.
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Client Care Aide I
Job description: Performing basic nursing care, which includes bathing, feeding, dressing, transferring, ambulating, positioning, lifting, assisting with range of motion, assisting with toileting, and providing skin care, etc.
Minimum qualifications: A high school diploma or GED.
Salary: $16.88 hourly + $3,250 hiring bonus
Client Care Aide II
Job description: Performing basic nursing care, which includes bathing, feeding, dressing, transferring, ambulating, positioning, lifting, assisting with range of motion, assisting with toileting, and providing skin care, etc.
Minimum qualifications: A high school diploma or GED; and one year of experience as a CNA.
Salary: $17.79 hourly + $3,250 hiring bonus
Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle
Rifle
The Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle is an 89-bed nursing home, with a 12-bed secure memory care unit. The facility serves veterans, veterans' spouses/widows and Gold Star parents.
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Entry-Level CNA (full-time)
Job description: 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.
Minimum qualifications: A high school diploma or GED.
Salary: $16.88 hourly + $3,250 hiring bonus
Entry-Level CNA (part-time)
Job description: 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.
Minimum qualifications: A high school diploma or GED.
Salary: $16.88 hourly + $2,600 hiring bonus
Client Care Aide II
Job description: Provide direct resident care including 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.
Minimum qualifications: A high school diploma or GED; and one year of professional experience as a CNA or performing similar duties.
Salary: $17.79 hourly + $3,250 hiring bonus
About CDHS
The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) connects people with assistance, resources and support for living independently in our state. We're the people who help people. Many of our services are provided by our 24/7 residential facilities, including two Mental Health Institutes, 15 Youth Services Centers, three Regional Centers, and four Veterans Community Living Centers.
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