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Client Care Aide II - Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan (Denver)

State of Colorado

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Aug 2026

💰 $65,064/yr($46,464/yr – $65,064/yr)

About the role

Posting number: IIC-07368 07/30/26

Department: Colorado Department of Human Services

Division: OBH - CMHIFL

Job classification: Client Care Aide II

Posting type: Open

Categories: Health Services, Mental Health, Public Health, Nursing, Allied Health, Health Care Support

Summary

This position is open to current Colorado residents only

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies (morning, afternoon, and evening shifts).

This position is on-site only

We offer pay differentials for Nights and Weekend between 14 – 20% above base pay!

Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefits package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!

About Fort Logan:

Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan (CMHHFL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHHFL is to provide the highest quality mental health services to persons with complex, serious, and persistent mental health illnesses within the resources available. Our mission is to support those individuals in achieving their recovery goals and reaching their full potential. CMHHFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between the ages of 18-49. The hospital has 94 adult inpatient beds, and over four treatment units and opened an additional 44 beds (two units) in December 2022, with one unit currently occupied, the other unit awaiting occupancy. These two forensic units will be dedicated to providing psychiatric stabilization and restoration treatment to individuals who opined incompetent to proceed as a result of their mental illness. Medical services, occupational therapy, neuropsychological-rehabilitation services, and trauma-informed care services are available for all patients throughout the hospital.

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Examples of duties

About the Position:

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 patients’ behavior, physical condition (including vital signs, blood pressure, weights, patient reports of pain, etc.), and reactions to medications and treatment; and provides input into planning patient treatment plans; monitors and intervenes to ensure a safe and therapeutic patient milieu; and provides immediate crisis intervention when indicated. Provides basic hands-on care in a safe, clean, infection-controlled manner, including bathing, dressing, grooming, personal hygiene, skin care, range of motion, positioning, ambulating, transferring, toileting, feeding, transporting, and assistance with patients’ laundry, safety checks and documenting all of the above. Duties in this position include:

Provide Therapeutic Patient Care:

Under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse, engage with patients to establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship that supports the patient’s psychiatric recovery and mental health.
Supports and assists patients in accomplishing activities of daily living (ADLs) through monitoring, teaching, supporting, and direct assistance, when needed. Provides direct patient care including bathing & showering, personal hygiene, shaving, brushing teeth, care of personal items, laundry, toileting, dressing, undressing, assisting in and out of bed, feeding programs, toileting programs, range of motion, transporting, and interacting socially to meet patients’ basic needs
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