Rocky Mountain Health Care Services consistently ranks among the top workplaces among Colorado Springs' largest employers, ranking in the top three each of the past three years, including third place this year.
Last year, the nonprofit ranked as the second best place to work among employers with 300 or more employees and in 2021 as a top place to work in the Very Large Employers category. Rocky Mountain was also recognized as a Best Place to Work in 2020, but it did not rank there. Top 3 people. When Nathan Olson took over as CEO in 2017, he wanted to make the Rockies the city's best workplace, said Debbie, who joined the nonprofit a year later as director of people experience.・Bohm said.
“Once he arrived, I knew I wanted to work for this organization,” Boehm said. “Yay! He started something here. Our company offers great benefits, generous paid time off, training days, holiday parties and holiday bonuses, boot camps for leadership development, service anniversary bonuses, We do a lot for our employees, including an employee recognition rewards program. We want to be a place where great people come to work and stay.” You will also receive an annual bonus of $100 for each year of service. This bonus is distributed during the monthly service awards event held during the month of service anniversary.
The year-long leadership boot camp includes 12 to 15 training sessions per year with coaching to develop talent, and each participant pitches a project to Rocky Mountain's executive leaders in a “Shark Tank” style format. and develop projects. Roughly one-third of nonprofit leaders have experienced camping.
An employee recognition program called Kudos allows Rocky Mountain employees to recognize each other on platforms like Facebook for going “above and beyond” their jobs and living the organization's core values. can do. Those honored can earn points toward gift cards or cash donated to nonprofit organizations.
Rocky Mountain has a nearly $100 million contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance to operate PACE (Program of Comprehensive Care for the Elderly) in the Colorado Springs area. Under this program, the nonprofit organization provides a wide range of medical and social services to her approximately 1,000 clients ages 55 and older who require nursing home care.
The organization employs 438 people, including physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, behavioral health specialists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, dietitians, home health coordinators, transportation and other roles. doing. They provide services through their adult day care center, Rocky Mountain, from primary, specialty, and emergency care to meals, transportation, and prescription medications. The facility operates at 2502 E. Pikes Peak Ave.
The nonprofit will spend $3 million renovating the building to open a second center at 8595 Explorer Drive in the Briargate neighborhood earlier this year, and a second center near Broadmoor World in late next year or early 2025. The company is spending $6 million to open a third center in the Quail Lake Loop. Arena. Boehm said Rocky Mountain has applied to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance to add Falcon to its service area.
Rocky Mountain also distributes a tablet computer called the GrandPad. The tablet computer connects to a wireless network for free and allows all customers to see a virtual doctor, send and receive emails, take photos, listen to music and participate in virtual bingo.
Rocky Mountain was founded in 1976 as Homemaker Services, a home health care provider with four employees in a small office at Grace Episcopal Church. The organization merged with the Diabetes Education and Support Agency in 1993 and added a brain care program and a program to evaluate clients to determine whether they qualify for long-term care. The nonprofit changed its name to Rocky Mountain Health Care Services in 2003 and won its first PACE contract in 2008.
