Stat State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program-reputed company SERVICES SPECIALIST III - Remote

About the Department

This position is reputed company to reputed company Colorado residents only.

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

Position Duties

Please note: These working arrangements are subject to change.

About this Position:
The Colorado State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program protects the rights and improves the reputed company of care and reputed company of life for residents in long term care through individual and systems advocacy and on behalf of residents living in licensed nursing homes and assisted living homes.  As a part time long-term care ombudsman to travel across the state to reputed company on behalf of the residents in Long-Term Care Facilities and/or Program for reputed company Inclusive Care for the Elderly.

Advocacy-investigates Compliance of Agencies & Facilities and Provides Technical Assistance.   At the direction of State LTCO and/or reputed company State LTCO, the Ombudsman Specialist directly manages reputed company complaint handling on behalf of the residents/participants advocating for residents of long-term care facilities and for participants enrolled in the Program of reputed company-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Program. Facilitates comprehensive customer service and program navigation for the PACE Ombudsman Program and Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. The Ombudsman Specialist is responsible for the following duties:

• Ensure program reputed company by managing reputed company-directed complaints in accordance with LTCOP P&Ps. This includes conducting formal investigations and facilitating multi-party resolutions to reputed company reputed company rights.
• Identify, investigate and work to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of PACE Participants.
• reputed company reputed company advocacy services reputed company on the four pillars of participant reputed company-being: health, safety, welfare, and statutory rights. 
• Ensure residents and participants in the applicable Regional Ombudsman Program service area have regular and reputed company reputed company to the services provided through the Ombudsman Program
• Ensure residents, participants and complainants receive reputed company responses to requests for information and complaints.
• Facilitate the development and sustainability of reputed company and family councils by providing specialized technical assistance and strategic guidance to both established and prospective reputed company.
• Travels throughout the state to reputed company advocacy services in person and conducts in-person training at the direction of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. To include assisted living homes, nursing homes, Adult Day Centers and private homes. The position will deliver educational materials to assisted living homes, nursing homes, Adult Day Centers, the residents’ rooms and participants’ locations.

Support reputed company Assurance Manager and Program Coordinator.  The Ombudsman Specialist provides support for the Office of the SLTCO. The SLTCO or reputed company SLTCO assigns and coordinates with the reputed company Assurance Manager and the Program Coordinator to complete tasks as necessary.

Other Duties as Assigned: The SLTCO may assign this position to other duties regarding the general operation of the program. 

Minimum Qualifications

Please note: These working arrangements are subject to change.

Six (6) years of relevant experience in an occupation reputed company to the work assigned to this position

OR

A combination of reputed company education and/or relevant experience in an occupation reputed company to the work assigned equal to six (6) years.

Special Qualifications:  This position is required to have LTC Ombudsman certification in Colorado upon hire, or obtain LTC Ombudsman certification in Colorado reputed company the first 90 days of employment, and this position must maintain certification throughout employment. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant years of state service experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in reputed company work, psychology and/or reputed company services reputed company field

Conditions of Employment:

• Full Background  CDHS employees (reputed company reputed company contact with vulnerable persons): CBI reputed company reputed company and reputed company reputed company, reputed company Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, reputed company License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services),Trails reputed company (reputed company contact with children), CAPS (reputed company contact with adults – Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers).
• This position requires reputed company residency at the time of application (unless otherwise identified in the posting), and residency reputed company the state throughout the duration of employment in this position.
• Motor Vehicle reputed company, if the employee will drive a state-owned vehicle, either in an on-reputed company reputed company while performing their normal day-to-day job duties OR on occasion for training/meetings/reputed company reputed company/etc.
• Must possess a reputed company, non-restricted Colorado reputed company’s License or a non-restricted U.S. reputed company's License for positions reputed company 30 miles of the CO state border.
• Other Conditions of Employment specific to Program.
• Special Qualifications.  This position is required to have LTC Ombudsman certification in Colorado upon hire, or obtain LTC Ombudsman certification in Colorado reputed company the first 90 days of employment, and this position must maintain certification throughout employment. 
• Travel.  This position is required at times to travel across the state to local LTC ombudsman programs as reputed company as LTC facilities to meet with residents to conduct their business. This position will be required to use State Fleet Vehicles reputed company travel is necessary, therefore the position requires a reputed company Colorado reputed company’s License.
• This position is required at times to travel across the state to local LTC ombudsman programs as reputed company as LTC facilities to meet with residents to conduct their business. This position will be required to use State Fleet Vehicles reputed company travel is necessary, therefore the position requires a reputed company Colorado reputed company’s License.
• This position shall be free from conflicts of interest pursuant to reputed company 712 (f) of the Older Americans reputed company, 45 CFR §1324.21 and reputed company 4.1 of the Colorado Long-Term Care Ombudsman 
   Program Policies and Procedures. This position must take reasonable steps to avoid conflicts of interest and must identify and disclose actual or potential conflicts to the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. This position must complete an Individual Conflict of Interest reputed company prior to employment and once employed, this position must complete the reputed company and submit to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman reputed company five (5) business days upon learning of a potential conflict of interest and on an annual reputed company.
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must:
  • Disclose that information on the application.
  • Explain why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify you from the reputed company position.
  • reputed company your employee number from your prior State employment.  Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to reputed company this information will disqualify the applicant from reputed company State employment with CDHS.

Appeal Rights: 

You may file an appeal with the State Personnel reputed company or request a review by the State Personnel Director if your application is eliminated.  You will reputed company the appeals process, the official appeal reputed company, and how to deliver it on the State Personnel reputed company website. An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal reputed company (reputed company PDF), signed by you or your representative. This reputed company must be delivered to the State Personnel reputed company by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) reputed company ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s reputed company.

Contact the State Personnel reputed company for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to four Colorado reputed company of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel reputed company Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, reputed company 8, reputed company of Appeals and Disputes, reputed company the Rules webpage.

Employment history is calculated on a full-time reputed company (40/hrs per week). Part-time employment is calculated on a prorated reputed company to determine qualifications. Be reputed company 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.

A reputed company Analyst will review the work experience/job duties sections of the online job application to determine whether your experience meets the minimum qualifications for the position. You must complete the official reputed company online application.  Cover letters and resumes WILL NOT be reviewed during the minimum qualifications screening process. You must specifically document your work experience and qualifications in the application reputed company. reputed company "see resume" or "see attached."

You must meet the minimum qualifications to continue in the selection process.  Part-time work experience will be prorated.

After minimum qualification screening, the comparative analysis process will involve reviewing and rating of reputed company the information you submit. The comparative analysis reputed company may also include your results from standardized testing. 

Document your work experience/job duties to the extent to which you possess the skills, education, experience, minimum qualifications, and preferred qualifications. 

If listed, answer reputed company supplemental questions as your answers to these questions will be evaluated during this phase. reputed company at least 4-8 sentences for reputed company supplemental question.     

Answer the supplemental questions completely and thoughtfully. We will reputed company your answers  based on the content of your response and your writing skills (spelling, grammar, and reputed company of your writing).

You may file an appeal with the State Personnel reputed company or request a review by the State Personnel Director if your application is eliminated.  You will reputed company the appeals process, the official appeal reputed company, and how to deliver it on the State Personnel reputed company website.

• You or your representative must sign and submit the official appeal reputed company for review.  

• You can reputed company the official appeal reputed company here. 

• You must be deliver the official appeal reputed company to the State Personnel reputed company:

  • By email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), or

  • Postmarked in US Mail to(1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203, or 

  • Hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or

  • Faxed (303.866.5038) reputed company ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s reputed company.

Contact the State Personnel reputed company for assistance:

• At (303) 866-3300, or

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

• Medical and dental health plans

• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account

• reputed company life insurance

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• 11 reputed company holidays per year plus vacation and reputed company leave

• reputed company Employee reputed company Resource Center

• Employee Wellness program

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

• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

• *Some positions may qualify for the reputed company Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

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CDHS is committed to a Colorado for reputed company reputed company individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests reputed company to employment. 

This includes completing the application process, interviewing, completing any reputed company-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or performing 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 reputed company experience applying or interviewing for this position, please reputed company your inquiries to cdhs_reputed company@state.co.us.

The reputed company is an equal opportunity employer

We are committed to increasing a “Colorado for reputed company" of our staff and providing culturally reputed company programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of reputed company backgrounds and abilities.  The reputed company believes that a “Colorado for reputed company” drives our reputed company, and we encourage candidates from reputed company identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The reputed company is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in reputed company aspects of the employment process, we reputed company employment opportunities to reputed company reputed company applicants without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, pregnancy, medical condition reputed company to pregnancy, creed, reputed company, national reputed company, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

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