Child Care Worker

CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region is committed to building healthier communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen—both inside our hospitals and out in the community. With locations throughout Colorado, Utah, and Kansas, we deliver the same high standard of care to our employees as we do to our patients. Our 20 hospitals, emergency and urgent care centers, home care and hospice, Flight for Life Colorado^TM , telehealth and over 240 physician practices and clinics offer endless opportunities! Here, you can grow your career and impact the people in the communities you serve.

CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.

You have a purpose, unique talents and now is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

The Childcare Worker is responsible for supporting the Lead Teacher in each classroom. Supervise and attend to students needs as directed by the Lead Teacher. To assist with planning to help meet the physical, social, emotional and intellectual needs of each child. Attend in-services and/or trainings as required by licensing and CommonSpirit. Perform other duties as assigned.

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• Child development knowledge.
• Excellent general health, mobility (including lifting, bending, stooping, reaching) and dexterity sufficient to work with young children, verbal ability to enhance language development in children and effectively
  communicates with parents.
• Documentation of any experience in the care and supervision of four or more children under six years of age who are not related to the individual and ability to pass both Central Registry Inquiry and Colorado
• Bureau of Investigation fingerprint check. Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint check is also required if employee has not lived in Colorado for a year
• CPR
• First Aid Certificate

Medium Work - exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10
lbs. constantly

This Child Care worker role is fully benefifted.  Our center is open Monday through Friday.  This role would work 40 hours a week.   We are able to train but prefer applicants to have childcare experience.  We are able to help train individuals to be teacher-qualified as well.  

We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness.

Mercy Hospital is an 82 bed, acute care hospital located in the scenic southwestern Colorado town of Durango. It is the only hospital in Colorado to be rated by Medicare with five stars for overall hospital quality. It is recognized for excellence in orthopedic and spine surgery and for outstanding patient experience and patient safety. Mercy has also received ten consecutive ‘A’ grades for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group. Our providers use state-of-the-art technology in an environment designed to promote wellbeing and healing of body, mind, and spirit.

Among the many specialty services available at Mercy are emergency care (Level III trauma designation), surgical care, cardiac care (including interventional), Orthopedic and Spine Centers of Excellence, a Family Birthing Center, home care, hospice care more. Durango offers an exceptional quality of life with small town charm, excellent schools, and year-round, world-class outdoor recreation opportunities including snow sports, river sports, hiking, biking, camping and more.

We believe investing in our employees lets them know they truly matter. Your Total Rewards package includes compensation, benefits, retirement, wellness, leave, and other programs. Designed with your well-being in mind, we offer: 

• Several Medical, Dental, & Vision options.
• Spending Accounts including a Dependent Care FSA that can include an employer contribution
• Retirement account options with a generous employer match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Forgiveness, and so much more!

View more on our benefits HERE.

$18.00 - $27.77 / hour