Staff Development / Trainer (HEALTH PROFESSIONAL III) Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado/jobs/newprint/4974165) Apply  Staff Development / Trainer (HEALTH PROFESSIONAL III) Salary $5,394.00 - $6,474.00 Monthly Location Denver, CO Job Type Full Time Job Number IIC 05476 6/13/2025 Department Colorado Department of Human Services Division OBH - CMHIFL Opening Date 06/13/2025 Closing Date 6/29/2025 11:59 PM Mountain FLSA Determined by Position Type of Announcement This position is open only to Colorado state residents. Primary Physical Work Address 3520 W Oxford Ave, Denver, CO 80236, USA Hiring Pay Rate Please note that appointments are typically made at or near the range minimum. FLSA Status Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation. Department Contact Information Magalie.Chapman@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. + Description + Benefits + Questions Department Information Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies. Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details! (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/state-of-colorado-employee-benefits) Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) connects people to assistance, resources and support for living independently in our state. We are the people who help people. Colorado has a state-supervised and county-administered human services system. Our mission is collaborating with our partners, our mission is to design and deliver high-quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. Our vision is that the people of Colorado are safe, healthy, and prepared to achieve their greatest aspirations. Through our core values listed below, CDHS staff is committed to: + Make decisions with, and act in the best interests of, the people we serve, because Colorado's success depends on their well-being. + Share information, seek input, and explain our actions because we value accountability and transparency. + Manage our resources efficiently because we value responsible stewardship. + Promote a positive work environment to support and develop employees, because their performance is essential to Colorado’s success. + Meaningfully engage our partners and the people we serve because we must work together to achieve the best outcomes. + Commit to continuous learning because Coloradans deserve effective solutions today and forward-looking innovation for tomorrow. The Staff Development Department provides competence-based staff education utilizing various teaching strategies suitable to the individual's level of expertise, needs, and desired outcomes, to ensure patient and staff safety, increase staff competence, and provide quality patient care. The department is responsible for streamlining all training including new employee orientation, the annual competency training for all hospital staff, and training for new programs, interventions, and initiatives and implementing training that is an interactive and dynamic process designed to deliver essential information in a variety of formats to increase staff competency to meet performance standards. The department also provides audio-visual support hospital-wide for training and in-services. It maintains and distributes training records to managers to assist in tracking the completion of competency components and compliance with hospital standards Description of Job This position is responsible for instructing staff utilizing adult learning principles for New Employee Orientation (NEO), Annual Training, Webinars, and other training programs for all hospital employees. This position tracks and supports the operation of Cornerstone, the hospital-wide Learning Management System education software to protect and maintain the database of all hospital employee-training records. Provides media and audiovisual services to support the hospital and outside agencies. Controls inventory, selects and purchases updated technological systems and educational materials, and maintains equipment in good working condition. Maintains, orders, and manages media and staff development materials; establishes schedule/tracking system to prevent loss, anticipates problems. Serves as the backup for Auditorium AV equipment and needs. Participates in the development and delivery of curriculum including NEO, annual, and other training programs to meet the needs of the entire facility. Develops learning materials, or edits and further develops content provided by Subject Matter Experts (SME) and creates learning objectives that are measurable, achievable, and compliant with competency requirements. Actively contributes and supports the Electronic Health Record curriculum development and functions as a Super User and resource to staff. Educational Database Management + Inputs and maintains hospital employee training records consistent with regulatory requirements, including, the requirements from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid, the Office of Civil and Forensic Mental Health, 27-65 Regulations, and the Department of Public Health and Environment. + Establishes scheduling and a tracking system to ensure that all new employees and current employees receive the required training in a timely fashion. + Supports, updates, and maintains the entire hospital employee training records for supervisors, individuals, and regulatory agencies. + Assists in creating reports for various departments or assisting supervisors with pulling and generating their team reports. + Creates and maintains training login credentials. Media and Audio Visual Services + Ensures service availability: Controls inventory, selects and purchases appropriate educational technology, and maintains equipment in good working order. + Sets and maintains standards: chooses proper medium and utilizes its potential, conceptualizes, plans, and produces audiovisual materials incorporating educational media principles, (digital formats, still photography, displays, laminated material, illustrative handout materials) using current production techniques to create aesthetically acceptable products. + Produces print materials: edits or re-formats existing materials, brochures, announcements, and posters, utilizing various desktop publishing software programs. + Acts as the hospital photographer/videographer for new employee photos, employee of the month, and hospital-wide events. + Provides media and audiovisual services and support when requested. + Follows Policy and Procedure: protects patents and copyrights, follows safety and operating procedures and gives appropriate warnings to users, follows guidelines, and utilizes Policy and Procedure when uncertain. + Maintains laminating equipment. Instructor/Training Programs + Conducts implements and evaluates training programs utilizing adult learning principles for New Employee Orientation, Annual Training, and other training programs for all hospital employees. + Assists new employees in completing their orientation, advises and counsels them to resolve scheduling issues, and completes training within acceptable guidelines. + Research, review, and update classes with new information regarding the content of Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) as a certified instructor. + Assists with developing learning objectives for current and new classes. + Serves as backup for organizing the training schedules and scheduling trainers from all disciplines within the hospital, and outside trainers as indicated. + Maintains certification in BLS and CPI to have the appropriate credentials to teach these programs effectively. + Maintains skills/competency and remains educated in changes implemented in all training programs. + Maintains, and updates training material for all classes and updates as needed. + Creates the monthly Staff Development calendar and provides it for use in the Fort in Short Newsletter. Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights Class Code & Classification Description: C7C3XXHEALTH PROFESSIONAL III (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4enHpLSVk4eZHJHQUdJblU4U1E/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-DeQJyG0XsviUUkTsbNl0gw) MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Experience Only: Six (6) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position OR Education and Experience: A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position equal to six (6) years Preferred Qualifications: + Bachelor's degree or higher in the clinical field of Counseling, Psychology, Nursing, or Social Work. + Five or more (5+) years of experience working in a clinical or hospital setting. + Behavioral health experience + Experience training adult learners in a variety of formats + Experience with Google Suite Applications Conditions of Employment: + Full background check and reference check required + Tuberculosis (TB) is required. Annual influenza and other vaccinations as required by the State of Colorado + 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 applicant’s 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. Residency Requirement: This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application. Appeal Rights: (Updated) An applicant who has been removed from an employment list or removed from consideration during the selection process may request a review by the State Personnel Director. As an applicant directly affected by the results of the selection or comparative analysis process, you may file a written appeal with the State Personnel Director. Review of the completed, signed and submitted appeal will be timely on the basis of written material submitted by you, using the official appeal form signed by you or your representative. This form must be completed and delivered to the State Personnel Board by email at dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the Department’s action. For further information on the Board Rules, you can 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/board-rules . Supplemental Information How to Apply (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#how-to-apply) Need help with your application? Click here. The Assessment Process (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#assessment-process) For additional recruiting questions, please contact Magalie.Chapman@state.co.us 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 (https://www.colorado.gov/cdhs) (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 (https://coloradostateofhealth.com/) + Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more + Remote work arrangements for eligible positions *Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs . 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. ADA 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 ADA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791. ~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~ (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#eoe) The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information: www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/benefits Please note that each agency's contact information is different; therefore, we encourage all applicants to view the full, official job announcement which includes contact information and class title. Select the job you wish to view, then click on the "Print" icon. 01 Discuss your computer skill level and ability with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google. 02 Discuss your previous experience in public speaking and presenting information to large groups, and your demonstrated ability to facilitate groups/training. Please be sure this is included in the Work Experience section of your application as well. 03 Discuss your experience with E-Learning platforms (LMS), such as Cornerstone, Moodle, Blackboard. Please be sure this is included in the Work Experience section of your application as well. 04 Discuss your experience in creating training content and what strategies you might use to make it engaging both in person and online. Please be sure this is included in the Work Experience section of your application as well. 05 Describe any relevant experience you have in making training content digitally accessible. Please be sure this is included in the Work Experience section of your application as well. 06 The bottom of this job announcement provides links to additional information on how to apply, the assessment process, toll free applicant technical support, and about how the State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer. Please acknowledge below that you have read the information provided in these links. + This information is available to me and I have read this information. + I am unable to access the links with this information on the job posting. (If you select this option, please contact the recruiter, whose information is listed on this announcement, so that they can send this information directly to you.) 07 If you are a current or former State of Colorado employee, please list your employee number (starts with 997…). Failure to provide this requested information may render your application incomplete, and you may no longer be considered for the position. 08 Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application. In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position. 09 If you are a former or current state employee, please identify what state agency you work(ed) with and how many years of relevant state service you have related to the position you are applying for. (Ensure this is listed on your application under work experience). Required Question Employer State of Colorado Address See the full announcement by clicking the "Printer" icon located above the job title Location varies by announcement, Colorado, -- Website https://careers.colorado.gov/ Apply Please verify your email addressVerify Email