Occupational Therapist II - Fort Logan

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The Colorado Mental Health Institute in 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 and 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.

The Occupational Therapist position works in the 24-hour State psychiatric hospital with individuals voluntarily and involuntarily committed for treatment. Patients receiving treatment at CMHHIFL have severe and persistent mental illness and may have traumatic brain injury, trauma disorders, and other complex dynamics. Each treatment team is multidisciplinary, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, addiction specialists, nurses, physicians, and mental health clinicians; Therapeutic Activities Department therapists (e.g., therapeutic recreation specialists (i.e., CTRS)) also provide therapy on each treatment unit. In addition, the hospital offers dietary, peer, and chaplain services.

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This position exists to provide services as an Occupational Therapist (OT) through occupational therapy assessment, treatment, programming, and consultation throughout the hospital. Direct care services may be provided through therapeutic group interventions, specialized assessments, individual interventions, and community outings when indicated. OT theories and practices are applied to person-centered treatment, including administration of a variety of assessments including functional cognition (e.g., Allen Cognitive Disabilities Model battery), occupational performance, and other standardized tools (e.g., KELS, Sensory Profile) and non-standardized assessments (e.g., I/ADLs). Treatment planning and implementation as well as consultation and indirect care are performed in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams throughout CMHHIFL. This position is required to regularly document in the behavioral electronic health record (BEHR) for treatment, quality assurance, and billing purposes. The OT incorporates findings into occupational therapy treatment, completes individualized treatment plans, provides safe treatment, and provides services routinely on weekdays, select evenings, and possibly weekends (as deemed necessary). This position ensures the maintenance of equipment and supplies and engages in formal quality and performance improvement activities. This position participates in the established Occupational Therapy Internship Program offered at CMHHIFL. Other duties include:

Primary Job Duties

Treatment Implementation:

• Treatment implementation is conducted according to Clinical Services department procedures, standards of practice, and ethics to ensure treatment quality, safety, and effectiveness.
• Utilizes hospital-approved low-level and crisis management techniques across teams. Treatment is reviewed, changed, modified, and/or terminated based on patient response to treatment or significant change in the patients functioning.
• May provide group and individual treatment, as well as community reintegration sessions and/or outings when clinically indicated throughout the week.

Assessment and Planning:

• Treatment teams may refer individuals to the OT for services, and/or the OT practitioner may identify individuals in need of such services.
• When appropriate, the OT determines the most appropriate assessment measures to utilize, develops approved interventions to meet adult inpatient treatment needs, and encourages the utilization of occupational therapy concepts in the patients recovery.
• Assessment develops specific treatment interventions to meet individualized treatment needs not addressed by the overall program.
• Collaborates in a multi-disciplinary manner for inclusion in the patients care planning. Treatment goals and objectives are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-specific (SMART).

Documentation:

• As an individual contributor to assessments, re-assessments, and treatment, progress, and discharge planning are completed within the BEHR and according to hospital and Clinical Services department policy and procedures, CO OT practice act, and national standards of practice.
• Documentation must be individualized, capture the progress of each individual, and be directly linked to specific treatment goals and interventions. In addition to EHR documentation.
• Contributes to budgeting as indicated to facilitate programming and activity needs.

Clinical Services and Hospital Consultation:

• Consults hospital-wide for all OT-related patient needs and referrals.
• Consultation is rooted in discipline specific theories, frameworks, and/or models of practice. Consultative services may lead to direct or indirect care of the patient, and as such interventions are created, reviewed, modified, or discontinued.
• Consults with the multidisciplinary team and provides education, training, and modeling regarding OT related interventions for a group or population (e.g., wheelchair positioning for transfers).
• Consults with hospital-wide colleagues on a variety of client population matters such as occupational performance and the environment (e.g., DME and shower room access). This position may help contribute to coordinating and facilitating hospital-wide activities and training.

Other Duties as Assigned:

• Other duties as assigned include hospital-wide ad hoc activities, milieu support, etc.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:

• Current, valid Colorado State licensure or certification related to the work assignment
• One (1) year of professional experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position

No substitutions.

Special Qualifications:

• Must possess and maintain an unencumbered OT license to practice in CO via the CO Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). Must obtain a CO OT license before hire.
• Due to the juvenile population served at the MHI facilities, incumbents of this position must be at least 21 years of age

Preferred Qualification:

• Graduated from an ACOTE accredited program with a degree in occupational therapy.

• Experience working as a licensed Occupational Therapist with the adult SMI (or SPMI) population in civil and/or forensic inpatient treatment settings.

• Experience with the recovery model and trauma-informed care approaches (preferred).

• Experience working with the adult population of people with mental illness diagnoses and/or other brain disorders (e.g., dementia, I/DD, history of TBI) who also had co-occurring physical conditions compromising their functional mobility.

• Current or previous State employee

Conditions of Employment:

• Incumbents of this position must be at least 21 years of age
• Must possess a cuurent/valid, unrestricted U.S. Driver's License
• Travel- May travel to attend training, court hearing, patients to appointment and other related activities
• 2-step TB (tuberculosis) screening is required of all new employees upon hires, and an Annual influenza vaccination
• Other vaccinations as required by the State of Colorado
• Full Background check - CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks (Skill Survey), Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adults Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicants 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.

Appeal Rights:

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (...), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed ...) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgment of the departments action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov ; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at ...; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

How to Apply

The Assessment Process

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About Us:

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans

• Medical and dental health plans

• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account

• Paid life insurance

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

• BenefitHub state employee discount program

• Employee Wellness program MotivateMe

• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

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Our Values:

We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans .

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at ... or call ....

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