Nurse 3 (PCN 027110)

State of Alaska • Sitka, AK

15h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is a member of an outstanding nursing and direct care staff at the Sitka Pioneer Home and plays a vital role in providing care and support in a safe environment for up to sixty-five (65) elders. The mission of the Division of the Alaska Pioneer Homes is: "Providing elder Alaskans a home and community, celebrating life through its final breath." This position provides clinical and medication administration to residents and clinical support to the care teams. Focus will be on quality resident care, the growth, development, and empowerment of health care teams, and the promotion of assisted living philosophy and statutes. This position is part of an amazing team with opportunities to make a positive impact on the quality of life for our Alaskan elders by providing excellent person-centered loving care and services. This position is surrounded by elder residents with many years of experience and wisdom who are in varying stages of their life journey.

Requirements

• Eligibility for licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alaska.
• Two years of professional experience as a Registered Nurse, one of which must have been at the full performance/journey level.
• Examples of this latter experience include but are not exclusively limited to prior service as a Nurse II, Corrections Nurse II, or Psychiatric Nurse II with the State of Alaska or its equivalent with another employer.
• Candidates not currently licensed by the State of Alaska, who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alaska and requisite qualifying experience, may apply for vacancies in this job class.
• Proof of licensure will be required prior to final appointment and reporting for duty.
• Some positions may require the successful applicant to pass a background investigation, including fingerprinting, as a prerequisite to employment.
• Some positions may require the successful applicant to provide proof they are free from active pulmonary tuberculosis at the time of hire.
• Employees are required to be tested annually.
• At time of interview applicant must provide: Two (2) professional references (including work/supervisor-related) and three (3) character references (personal) with current contact information.
• If selected and prior to hire, applicants will be asked to: Submit to fingerprinting and criminal background check screening.
• Provide current evidence to be free from active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with test results dated within the last 12 months prior to start date.
• Provide a copy of current CPR and First Aid certificate(s), if available.
• For your application to be evaluated you must answer the Supplemental Questions.
• To verify education being used to meet the required minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application.
• If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed.
• Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials being used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position and are required with each application.
• Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable.
• If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university.
• It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
• Omission of required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application and you will not receive further consideration.
• When using work experience not already documented in your application, please provide the employer’s name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time.
• Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met.
• Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application.
• If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.
• A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position in which you are applying.
• If you are currently or have previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position, please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level.
• Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position.
• This is required as there are minimum qualifications that require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered.
• If this information is not accurately reflected in your application this may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed.
• Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety.
• Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
• The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.
• This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Nice To Haves

• Medicine: Knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of injuries, disease, and deformities, including deformities, including preventive health care measures
• Leadership : Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
• Accountability : Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately
• Evidence-Based Practice : Integrates best research practices with clinical and/or subject matter expertise and patient values for optimum care and participates in learning and research activities to the extent feasible.
• Substitution: Combinations of prior training and experience in other specializations of nursing care (e.g., Psychiatric, Corrections, Public Health, Critical Care, Surgical) will be evaluated for comparability on a case-by-case basis.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care to assisted living home residents in a warm, supportive, and caring manner.
• Provides clinical and medication administration to residents and clinical support to the care teams.

Benefits

• This position is part of an amazing team with opportunities to make a positive impact on the quality of life for our Alaskan elders by providing excellent person-centered loving care and services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level