Assisted Living Aide On-Call

State of Alaska; Ketchikan (AK); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

The State of Alaska, Ketchikan Pioneer Home, is seeking on-call Assisted Living Aide staff to join a dedicated care team serving up to 45 residents in a 24-hour facility.

Candidates will provide high-quality personal care, assist with lifting, transfers, positioning, and mobility, and support residents' activities in a safe, respectful environment.

Applicants must complete required training, pass background checks, and be able to work flexible shifts in Alaska's interior communities.

Qualifications

• Experience assisting elderly residents in a care setting.
• Ability to lift, move, and transfer residents using safe techniques.
• Excellent communication and compassionate care approach.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality personal care to residents following care plans.
• Assist with mobility, transfers, positioning, and transport in bed or chair.
• Support activities and social interactions to promote well-being.

Skills

Teamwork

Interpersonal Skills

Physical Strength

Stress Tolerance

Job description

This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

The Ketchikan Pioneer Home (KPH) is recruiting for on-call Assisted Living Aide positions.

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 on‑call position is a member of an outstanding nursing and direct care staff and plays a vital role in providing person‑centered care and support in a safe environment for up to forty‑five (45) elders.

Our Division Values Are

• Positive Attitude: "We enjoy what we do." Optimism inspires open‑mindedness and creativity.
• Love: "We love who we serve." Out of love and respect for our residents, we put their needs before staff convenience.
• Accountability: "We do what we say." We are accountable to our residents, to their families and to each other. Accepting responsibility is essential as we plan and deliver care.
• Trust: "We say what we mean." Open and honest communication is crucial to earning the trust of our residents, their families, and our coworkers.
• Excellence: "We provide excellent care, every resident, every day every time." Our own excellence inspires excellence in others, including residents, families, and our coworkers.

What You Will Be Doing

Provide high‑quality personal care to assisted living home residents in a warm, supportive, and caring manner. Following the resident's Assisted Living Plan, this position assists residents with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and with transporting into and out of bed, wheelchairs, bathtubs, lifts, and using walkers and canes, etc. This position is also part of a team providing programs that promote physical well‑being and relationships by involving residents in activities where they engage in meaningful person to person social interchange with other residents, family, friends, and staff.

The Benefits to Joining Our Team

Joining our team will provide opportunities to make a positive impact on the quality of life for Alaskan elders by providing excellent person‑centered loving care and services. This position is surrounded by elderly residents with many years of life experiences and wisdom who are in varying stages of their life journey.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

This job is in the Ketchikan Pioneer Home, an assisted living home at 141 Bryant Street Ketchikan, AK 99901. Imagine reporting to work where you can enjoy a team‑oriented setting with an amazing view of the Tongass Narrows, off‑street parking and easy access to local amenities.

Who We Are Looking For

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Physical Strength and Agility: Ability to bend, lift, climb stand and walk for long periods of time; ability to perform moderately heavy laboring work.
• Stress Tolerance: Deals calmly and effectively with high stress situations (for example, tight deadlines, hostile individuals, emergency situations, dangerous situations).

Other Job Information

• This position is in support of the Pioneer Home, which is a 24‑hour facility.
• This Pioneer Home is an Eden Alternative facility, where the environment includes contact with plants, flowers, and pets including cats, dogs, fish, and birds.
• Employees of the Pioneer Home receive continual screening for tuberculosis and criminal history.

Physically capable of performing work that requires standing, walking, lifting, bending, and pushing.

Special Note

All Assisted Living Aides are required to successfully complete a medication distribution course approved by the Alaska Board of Nursing and under supervision of a registered nurse within 90 days of being appointed to the position and will not pass meds until the training is complete and signed off on by a registered nurse. All Assisted Living Aides must recertify medication pass training with the nurse every 90 days.

Some positions may require the successful applicant to pass a background investigation and fingerprinting as a prerequisite to employment.

Some positions require the successful applicant to operate State vehicles for the transportation of residents. Such positions require the applicant possess Alaska Driver’s License and the ability to obtain passes to military bases and hospitals.

All successful applicants must provide proof of freedom from active pulmonary tuberculosis at the time of hire. Employees are also required to undergo annual screening.

These requirements will be indicated at the time of recruitment.

At time of interview applicant must provide

1. Two (2) professional references (including work/supervisor‑related) and three (3) character references (personal) with current contact information.

If selected and prior to hire, applicant will be asked to

1. Submit to fingerprinting and criminal background check screening.
2. Provide current evidence to be free from active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with test results dated within the last 12 months prior to start date.
3. Provide a copy of current CPR and First Aid certificate(s), if available.

EDUCATION

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. (Unofficial are okay, please ensure that the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application, provided at the time of interview or if not provided, transcripts will be required prior to appointment.

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

The State’s online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role of an employer sponsor.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

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.

WORK EXPERIENCE

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.

NOTE

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.

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P. O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.

For specific information in reference to the position please contact the hiring manager at:

Name: Roni Hall, Administrative Assistant 3

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]