| 1524 | Health Center Operations Special Projects Assistant | Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) Denver, CO |
| 1523 | Case Manager | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1521 | Chief Financial Officer | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1522 | Dentist | Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. Alamosa, CO |
Visit the CHAMPS Job Opportunities Bank for more!
This week Colorado Community Health Centers (CHC) along with Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) celebrate National Nurses Week, May 6-12. Nurses are an integral part of the CHC structure nationwide. In fact, the Health Resources and Services Administration reports in the May 2013 newsletter eNews that nationally there are “16,600 nurses working at health centers.”
According to CCHN’s 2012 survey data, CHCs in Colorado employ 301 nursing professionals, including:
These nursing staff members contribute to the health and well-being to 498,331 patients in Colorado. Nurses at Colorado CHCs contribute to patients by providing patient-centered care that includes coordinated comprehensive primary health care, patient involvement, and patient self-management support.
CHCs provide satisfying employment for nurses and all staff. CHCs offer robust benefits packages, high quality health care, greater scope of practice, teamwork with other employees, and a mission driven setting. Learn more about nursing job opportunities with CHCs by clicking on a link below.
| 1519 | Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1502 | Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1495 | Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) | Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. Monte Vista & Center, CO |
| 1496 | Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) | Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. Antonito & San Luis, CO |
| 1482 | Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) | Marillac Clinic Grand Junction, CO |
For more nursing opportunities, click here. Find detailed individual CHC information and job opportunities click here and select an individual website link.
From the CHAMPS job board, check out these great new jobs in community health:
| 1514 | Dentist | Plains Medical Center Strasburg, CO |
| 1512 | Clinic Director – Dental | Clinica Family Health Services Denver, CO |
| 1511 | Program Manager | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1508 | Senior Care Physician | Metro Community Provider Network Lakewood, CO |
| 1513 | Clinic Director | Clinica Familty health Services Thornton, CO |
| 1509 | Physician of Extended Care | Metro Community Provider Network Lakewood, CO |
We just produced a great video about Community Health Centers (CHC) in Colorado in partnership with the Hawai’i Primary Care Association. If you’ve ever wondered what a CHC is, or if you’re looking for an easy way to explain it to friends and family, this video is for you. We’re excited to share it with you and we encourage you to share it with anyone else who might be interested. Check it out:
Meanwhile…don’t forget to check out the newly posted jobs at Community Health Centers!
| 1508 | Senior Care Physician | Metro Community Provider Network Lakewood, CO |
| 1509 | Physician for Extended Care | Metro Community Provider Network Aurora, CO |
| 1507 | Resource Development and Marketing Coordinator | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1504 | Case Manager | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1500 | Health Operations Eligibility Associate | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1501 | Health Operations Associate | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1502 | Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1503 | Clinical Case Manager | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1495 | Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) | Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. Monte Vista & Center, CO |
| 1496 | Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) | Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. Antonito & San Luis, CO |
| 1497 | Family Practice Physician – OB Experience Required | Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. Center, CO |
On March 31, many Americans celebrated César Chávez’s birthday throughout the country. Chavez, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union with Dolores Huerta, is known for his activism supporting farmworkers’ rights. He strove to gain fair treatment, improved working conditions, and increased wages on behalf of farmworkers. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers serve a critical role not only to our economy but also to all Americans’ tables for the abundant food they help provide.
President Kennedy signed the Migrant Health Act into law in 1962 which established the Migrant Health Program that addresses the basic medical needs of farmworkers. In Colorado, CHCs provide affordable, high quality, primary health care to more than 12,000 hardworking migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
CHC services are located in regions throughout the state at High Plains Community Health Center in the Southeast Plains region; at Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc., in the Pueblo region; at Salud Family Health Centers in Metro Denver, Northern Front Range, Boulder/Broomfield, and Northeast Plains regions; at Sunrise Community Health in Northern Front Range and Northeast Plains regions; and at Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc., in the San Luis Valley, Western Slope, Central Mountains, Southwest, Arkansas Valley, Northeast Plains, and Southeast Plains regions.
To learn more about migrant health programs and jobs at these health centers, please click on their website links:
To view a map of Colorado CHC migrant services locations, click here.
Health professionals interested in providing health care to farmworkers may be interested in the upcoming 2013 National Farmworker Health Conference. The event will be held, May 8 – 9, 2013 in San Diego, California. The conference is sponsored by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) which advocates for health care needs on the behalf of millions of people served by Community Health Centers (CHC) located in all 50 states and U.S. territories. For more information, click here.
| 1494 | Clinical Case Manager | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1493 | Director of Managed Care | Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) Denver, CO |
| 1491 | Vocational Specialist/Job Developer | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1490 | Medical Director of Integrated Health Services | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1489 | Revenue Cycle Manager | Plains Medical Center Limon, CO |
| 1488 | Bilingual Clinic Nurse | Clinica Family Health Services Thornton, CO |
On March 21, The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) announced the opening of their Scholarship Program. The Scholarship Program (SP), unlike the Loan Repayment Program which is open to providers who have finished their training, seeks to select health professions students who are committed to providing care to underserved communities and who want to work in primary health care upon graduation and completion of training. For every year of financial support NHSC provides, the student commits to working at an NHSC approved site in a high-need area for a minimum of two years or up to four years.
Full-time students who are U.S. citizens or nationals must be accepted or enrolled in an NHSC eligible primary care discipline at an accredited school in the U.S. Primary care disciplines include:
Scholarship award recipients, referred to as scholars, receive tax-free educational payments for up to four years of expenses that include: tuition, required fees, and other reasonable education costs. Additionally, scholars receive a taxable stipend.
Once scholars complete training or graduate, with the help of NHSC staff, scholars choose to serve from a list of hundreds NHSC approved sites in a high-need areas in the U.S. These sites include Federally Qualified Health Centers (also known as Community Health Centers), Rural Health Clinics, Indian Health Service, State or Federal Correctional Facilities, Free Clinics, School Based Health Program sites and many more.
Applicants who would like to learn more about the NHSC SP application process, eligibility requirements, types of NHSC approved sites and required documentation, can visit the NHSC website at: http://www.nhsc.hrsa.gov/scholarships/overview/index.html. The application cycle will be open through Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
To learn more about working at Colorado Community Health Centers, visit http://www.cchn.org/health_centers.php.
| 1487 | Psychiatric Nurse (LPN) | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Denver, CO |
| 1485 | Center Management Director | Salud Family Health Centers Fort Collins, CO |
