Registered Nurse Case Manager - 1821

This position will be posted for a minimum of 5 days

Coalition Mission

The mission of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of homelessness throughout Colorado. 

The Coalition advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services to improve the health, well-being, and stability of those it serves.

Our Philosophy of Service

We believe all people have the right to adequate housing and health care. We work to remove the barriers that restrict access to these rights. Society benefits when adequate housing and healthcare are available to everyone.

We create lasting solutions to homelessness by:

1. Honoring the inherent dignity of those we serve, affirming their capabilities, and fostering their hope that a better life is possible;
2. Building strong, caring, and trauma-informed communities through the integration of housing, health care, and supportive services;
3. Advocating for social and racial equity, inclusion, and diversity and challenging the status quo in partnership with our workforce members and those we serve;
4. Achieving excellence through continuous quality assurance, innovation, and professional development;
5. Using resources judiciously and effectively.

The Nurse Case Manager primarily provides services in the community within the framework of the nursing scope, professional nursing ethics, and state and federal laws and regulations. This is a field-based position with most services provided to patients in settings outside primary health center sites. The Nurse Case Manager collaborates with other integrated health and supportive housing service team members to deliver care to clients living on the streets and in supportive housing communities.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide skilled nursing care according to community standards and CCH protocols.
• Conduct rapid and accurate triage assessments, providing appropriate care recommendations.

• Educates and empowers patients by providing appropriate health education and information, addressing common chronic and acute health conditions such as diabetes management, hypertension management, nutrition, wound care, infectious disease, gender-affirming care, family planning including parenting, adoption, abortion, and disease prevention.
• Administer medications safely and effectively as per protocols.
• Collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure holistic patient care.
• Facilitate access to internal programs such as health outreach, The Stout Street Health Center, and The Stout Street Recuperative Care Center.
• Oversee care for patients with transitional, chronic, and complex health conditions.
• Mentor new nurses and nursing students, enhancing their clinical skills and confidence.
• Engage in continuous professional development and participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Delivers comprehensive patient-centered care within an integrated, trauma-informed, culturally aware, harm-reduction model, addressing the physical, emotional, and social needs of patients.

• Ability to perform quick and accurate triage assessments with appropriate recommendations of care as outlined in SSHC nursing protocols via telephone or in-person.

• Collaborate with other members of the multidisciplinary health care team and coordinate care with internal programs.

• As a member of an OBH licensed Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment team, provide treatment services such as case management, crisis services, initial intake program screenings, individual medication-assisted treatment (MAT) counseling, and administering scales to assess withdrawal.
• Provide nursing services as needed to all CCH programs and facilities.

• Ability to work day, evening, or weekend clinics as scheduled or appropriate.

Education

• Associates, Bachelors or Masters degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university.
• Current Registered Nurse licensure in the State of Colorado.
• Basic Life Support certification.

Experience

• Experience in ambulatory, public, community, mental health, emergency, SUD, or hospice nursing is prefered.
• Familiarity with diverse or marginalized communities are highly desirable. 
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred.

Coalition Benefits:

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.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to the health or safety of themselves or others. CCH is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any characteristic protected by law.