Certified Nurse Aide 2 (PCN 027554)

State of Alaska; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

This position is located at the Anchorage Pioneer Home, part of the Division of the Alaska Pioneer Homes. It involves providing person-centered care in a safe setting for up to 177 elders and leading related Aide and CNA I staff.

Anchorage Pioneer Home emphasizes values of positive attitude, love, accountability, trust and excellence while delivering high-quality care around the clock to residents in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to bend, lift, climb, stand, and walk for long periods.
• Demonstrates integrity and ethical conduct in all duties.
• Strong interpersonal skills and empathy for residents and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality personal care to assisted living residents in a warm, supportive environment.
• Lead responsibility for multiple Assisted Living Aide and CNA I positions, assign duties, review performance, and provide training and counselling.
• Make recommendations for disciplinary actions as necessary.

Skills

Physical strength and agility

Integrity

Interpersonal skills

Job description

This position is open to Alaska Residents Only

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 is a member of the Anchorage Pioneer Home and plays a vital role in providing person-centered support in a safe environment for up to one hundred seventy-seven (177) elders residents.

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

This position is part of a team that provides high quality personal care to assisted living home residents in a warm, supportive, and caring manner; and has lead responsibility for multiple Assisted living Aide and Certified Nurse Aide I positions to assign duties and tasks, review and provide recommendations for evaluation of work performance, provide training and professional counselling, and provide recommendations for disciplinary actions as necessary.

The benefits to joining our team

Joining our team will provide 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 life experiences and wisdom who are in varying stages of their life journey.

The working environment you can expect

This job is located in the Anchorage Pioneer Home, an assisted living home at 923 W 11th Ave in Anchorage, Alaska. It overlooks an area known as the Park Strip with views of the Chugach Mountains easily visible from most floors of the home. This position works under the direction of a registered nurse as part of our direct care staff and is responsible for providing assistance and personal care to the residents living in the home.

Who we are looking for

Position-specific knowledge, skills and abilities that are desired or contribute to the success in this position:

• Physical Strength and Agility: Ability to bend, lift, climb, stand, and walk for long periods of time; ability to perform moderately heavy laboring work.
• Integrity: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
• 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.

Other Job information

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