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Salary: $43.80 Hourly
Location : Denver, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: IIC 07285 07/21/26
Department: Colorado Department of Human Services
Division: OBH - CMHIFL
Opening Date: 08/05/2026
Closing Date: 8/21/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Type of Announcement: This position is open only to Colorado state residents.
Primary Physical Work Address: Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan3520 W. Oxford Ave. Denver, CO 80236
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt; position is eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information: curtis.padilla@state.co.us
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.
Department Information
This position is open only to Colorado state residents.
New Compact Rule:
Starting Jan. 2, 2024, if you have a multistate license and change your primary state of residence to another state within the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC), you must apply for a license in that state within 60 days.
If this latter step is not completed within the allotted time frame, your previous license may expire. This puts you at risk of practicing without a license. As an example, if you are a registered nurse with a multistate license from Arizona practicing in Colorado and you move to Colorado, you have 60 days to apply to Colorado's Board of Nursing for a new multistate license. These changes were part of the final rules passed by the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators at its annual conference in August. The eNLC allows for mobility and creates a more robust workforce by allowing nurses to practice in Colorado with licenses from other compact states.
Please note: This posting will be used to fill multiple postings. Position shifts available for: Days, Nights, Weekend, and Float.
Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!
About Fort Logan:
The Colorado Mental Health Hospital at Fort Logan (CMHHIFL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHHIFL is to provide the highest quality mental health services to persons with complex, serious, and persistent mental illness within the resources available. Our mission is to support those individuals in achieving their recovery goals and reaching their full potential. CMHHIFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between the ages of 18-59. The hospital currently has 138 adult inpatient beds, over six treatment milieus serving civil and forensic individuals. Medical services, occupational therapy, neuropsychological-rehabilitation services, and trauma-informed care services are available for all patients throughout the hospital.
Through our core values listed below, CMHHIFL staff is committed to:

• Individual dignity and respect.
• Person-centered, evidence-based care.
• Trauma informed recovery.
• Multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Diversity and inclusion.
• Strong family and community partnerships

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Description of Job
About the Position:
This position provides educational instruction, assessment, training, mentorship, and support for nursing staff and nursing students at CMHHIFL based on current standards of care, CMHHIFL policy, and Nursing Department Procedures. The instruction/training provided includes but is not limited to Nursing Employee Orientation, Nursing Behavioral Electronic Health Record (BEHR), Nursing Mentorship Program, Just-In-Time (JIT) training, and discipline-specific training as requested by the Nurse leadership. This position reports to the Nursing Educator.
Nursing Staff Classroom & Nursing Student Instruction:

• This position is responsible for instruction and training for Nursing Orientation, ongoing training and nursing student Instructions.
• Ensures that nursing education promotes the development of a competent, confident nursing workforce, a healthy work environment, and a safe, reliable, patient-centric experience of care within the forensic, mental health practice setting.
• Teaches, trains, coaches, mentors, and supports new and existing nursing staff in all aspects of nursing education to provide high-quality, psychiatric, forensic and medical nursing care in the classroom and on patient care units.
• Provides direct class monitoring and teaching to train, orient, and prepare new nursing staff to effectively work in direct care units, including all levels of acuity and patient populations from adolescent, adult, to geriatric.
• Informs nursing staff of learning and performance expectations.
• Stays current on CMHHIFL Policy, Nursing Department Procedure, and the standard of care to recognize and report any needed changes/discrepancies in the training curriculum to the Nurse Educator.
• Creates an atmosphere that fosters teamwork and open communication among the nurse education team.
• Models effective behaviors as facilitator, mentor, and coach, and embodies CMHHIFL mission, vision, and values to include attributes of a growth mindset.
• Creates a working environment that promotes safety, retention, positive employee engagement, adherence to company policies, effective communication, collaboration, innovation, optimal productivity, and continuous learning.
• Evaluates nursing staff understanding of policy/procedure and nursing competencies via demonstrated competency check-offs.
• Assesses level of competence with documentation in Electronic Health Record (EHR), nursing skills, and all competencies for CCAs, CNAs, LPTs, LPNs, Nursing MHCs, and RNs.
• Selects, reviews, and evaluates class exams and provides on-unit paperwork.
• Completes sign-offs and thorough documentation of all training records for individual nursing staff to include all required forms, including signed competency check-off forms.
• Ensures rosters are complete and accurate for each training class provided.
• Provides a safe and respectful learning environment by monitoring interactions and assessing compliance with program expectations.
• Debriefs on-unit orientation experience and shares feedback with Nurse Educator.
• Promotes a team spirit and demonstrates enthusiasm for teaching.
• Provides in-the-moment coaching and gentle correction during training.
• Reports any ongoing competency or conduct concerns to the Nurse Educator immediately and documents concerns appropriately.
• Reports any allegations of hostile workplace, patient mistreatment, abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation per policy.

Mentorship Program Coordination:

• Coordinate and maintain structure for the newly hired CMHHIFL nursing staff to improve their sense of belonging, confidence, job satisfaction, and competency at the unit level through their first 90 days of employment
• Develop the Nursing Department Mentorship Program welcome packet in partnership with Nursing Leadership.
• Meet and welcome all new CMHHIFL Nursing staff, and provide the approved welcome packet with discussion and expectations of the program.
• Provide new nursing staff with contact information. Be responsive and answer questions during onboarding and while providing direction, guidance, support, and general information.
• Develop and maintain trackers to ensure all CMHHIFL nursing staff receive the 30/60/90 day surveys via email and provide calendar reminders to Nursing Supervisors to meet with their assigned nursing staff at the 30/60/90-day interval.
• Maintain and organize program documents in a shared folder with Nursing Leadership access.
• Audit records regularly, then follow up with Nurse Managers and ADONs if 30/60/90 day meetings are delayed or missed.
• Maintain, file, share, and update the New CMHHIFL Staff Assessment Mentor Tool, which is used on-unit to assess nursing staff competency.
• Demonstrate professionalism, communicate and uphold CMHHIFL and CDHS Mission and Values, and display a positive attitude with a retention-mindset in all interactions with new CMHHIFL nursing staff.
• Regularly participate as an active member in at least 2 CMHHIFL committees or Quality Improvement projects.

On-Unit Assessment, Support, & Staff Development:

• Partner with new CMHHIFL nursing staff to clarify expectations, provide resources, and guide nursing staff through the 30/60/90 day timeline and expectations during on-unit assessments.
• Check in with new nursing staff every two weeks to assess high-risk competency areas utilizing the New CMHHIFL Staff Assessment Mentor Tool.
• Check in with the Charge RN and identify self and role prior to assessment of competency.
• Follow all unit safety requirements, location of emergency equipment, evacuation routes, and pertinent patient safety information when following up with new CMHHIP nursing staff on unit.
• Communicate any training deficiencies or competency concerns to the assigned Nurse Manager or supervisor and Assistant Director of Nursing.
• This position is responsible for acting as a resource for nursing staff. Provides direction and support to the newly hired CMHHIFL nursing staff.
• Provide nursing staff education, coaching, guidance, mentorship, and resources in the moment, utilizing the standard of care and/or approved policy, procedure, and guidelines, including CMHHIFL Active Treatment Program Manual.
• Provide education in-the-moment as appropriate, including Nursing Education-approved handouts.
• Serve as a resource to nursing staff when on the units, demonstrating professionalism, communicating and upholding CMHHIFL and CDHS Mission and Values, and displaying a retention-mindset in all interactions with new CMHHIFL nursing staff.
• Refer CMHHIFL nursing staff to their Nurse Managers with any payroll, human resources, or other concerns that do not pertain to competency. Alert the Nurse Manager via email.
• Utilize Nursing Department-approved current nursing theory in conjunction with Form 1052 to determine nursing staff competency stages.
• Report any abuse allegations and communicate immediately to the supervisor, appointing authority and public safety while keeping the Nursing Educator apprised of the situation..
• Report medication variances through established procedures. Elevate any patterns of misuse immediately to nursing leadership while keeping the Nursing Educator apprised of the situation..
• Assists with regulatory surveys, including escorting surveyors, nursing staff support in the moment, and response/follow-up.
• Follows all regulatory guidelines.

Other Duties as Assigned:

• Any other duties that may need to be completed for the shift/unit and or department

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Minimum Qualifications:
Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:
Current, valid licensure as a Registered Nurse from the Colorado Board of Nursing or any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC)
No Substitutions
Special Qualifications:

• Due to the juvenile population served at the MHI facilities, incumbents of this position must be at least 21 years of age.

Conditions of employment:

• Full Background check and reference check required
• Shift Work - may work days, evenings, or nights
• Essential Services Designation - Required to report without delay or interruption to provide essential or emergency services to ensure health, safety, and welfare
• must possess a valid, unrestricted CO Driver's License
• must be at least 21 years of age or older
• may be exposed to bodily fluids or caustic chemicals
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination, or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

Conditions of Employment:

1. Disclose that information on the application.
2. Explain why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify you from the current position.
3. Provide your employee number from your 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.

CDHS Selection Process Explanation:
Employment history is calculated on a full-time basis (40/hrs. per week). Part-time employment is calculated on a prorated basis to determine qualifications. Be sure your application specifically addresses your qualifications, experience, work products, and accomplishments as they relate to the position and minimum requirements.

• Preferred Qualifications & Competencies:
• Relevant years of state service experience.

Minimum Qualification Screening Process
A Human Resources Analyst will review the work experience/job dutie