Health Care Technician I - Rifle, Colorado

**This position is open to current Colorado residents only.** Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies. **Full-time position available** [**Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!**](https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/state-of-colorado-employee-benefits) **Office of Adult, Aging and Disability Services** **CO State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle** The Colorado State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle is located on Colorado's western slope in the scenic Colorado River valley. Rifle offers a mild climate, with plenty of clean mountain air and beautiful blue skies. Amidst this setting, the State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle provides 89 beds of skilled nursing care, including a 18-bed Special Care Unit for residents with Alzheimer's Disease or related conditions. Serving veterans, their spouse and eligible "Gold Star" parents, we are committed to caring for the whole person by addressing the personal and social needs of each resident, as well as their physical and medical requirements. All staff members of Rifle are committed to providing a life of qualify and dignity for every resident. At the Colorado State Veterans Community Living Center at Rifle, our staff is known for showing love and compassion to our residents. Giving residents a hug, holding their hand or sitting next to them on them on the arm of a chair are just a few of the ways we give care that comes from the heart. You are required to work at your assigned work location during your scheduled work times. Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Please note: Work arrangements are subject to change at any time. The position exists to assist the Medical Records Technician in performing all functions of the health record program. This position schedules all health care appointments and coordinates the transportation schedule, as well as provide notification to family/resident of appointments. Follows up with physician offices to obtain reports for records. Maintains census reporting in absence of Medical Records Technician. Tracks physician visits (Regulatory and History & Physicals) needed to be performed by physicians on a monthly basis **Client care in medical clinic/outside appointments:** • Transports residents to and from appointments outside the facility • Communicates information with medical providers and appropriate facility staff regarding the current status of person served. • Administers oxygen and monitors vital signs of client. • Supervises clients in the medical clinic individuals until the appointment is completed. • Prepares residents for examination such as transferring residents out of their wheelchairs unto an exam bed and obtaining vital signs (temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiration rate) and weighing the resident. • Protects the rights of persons served and enhances their quality of life **Direct Resident Care:** • 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. • Explaining patient care before, during and after contacts; answering call lights; and assessing basic resident care needs; updating noted resident changes; recommending routines and schedules to IDT Team. Report to the charge nurse resident’s change of condition. **Basic Observation:** Perform basic resident observations, vital signs, blood pressure, weight, intake and output, basic skin assessments **Infection Control:** Provide infection control, implementing/using universal precautions, disposal of waste. Clean linen room and equipment, stock supplies, complete supply forms. **Devices and Training:** • Correct use of safety/positioning devices, side rails, transfer belts, proper use of equipment, attend on-goi…