Nurse 3

Family & Community Services; Palmer (AK); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

The Alaska Veterans & Pioneers Home in Palmer, AK is seeking an on-call registered nurse to join a dedicated nursing and direct care team. You will provide person-centered care, perform nursing duties, administer medications, and support care teams in a 24-hour facility serving up to 79 residents.

Qualified applicants must hold Alaska RN licensure eligibility and have at least two years of professional RN experience, with at least one year at full-performance level.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Combinations of prior training and experience in other nursing specializations will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care to residents in a warm, supportive environment.
• Perform a full range of nursing duties including medication administration and clinical support to care teams.
• Focus on resident safety, quality of care, and empowerment of health care staff.

Skills

RN licensure eligibility

Two years RN experience

Patient care

Education

RN licensure eligibility

Job description

Job Description

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

The Alaska Veterans & Pioneers Home is recruiting for an on-call nonpermanent position in the Supervisory Bargaining Unit.

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 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 seventy-nine (79) elder 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:

Provide high-quality care to assisted living home residents in a warm, supportive, and caring manner. This position will perform a full range of nursing duties requiring established knowledge of nursing principles and procedures. 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.

The Benefits to Joining Our Team:

This position is part of an amazing team with 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 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 Alaska Veterans & Pioneers Home, at 250 E Fireweed Ave in Palmer, Alaska; part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The home is near parks and surrounded by beautiful views of the Chugach and Talkeetna Mountain Ranges, the massive Knik Glacier, and is within walking distance to shops and restaurants.

Who We Are Looking For:

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

• Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of injuries, diseases, and deformities, including preventive health-care measures.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.

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.

A cover letter is NOT required for this position.

Your complete application, including supplemental questions, will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.

To view the general description and example of duties for this position, please go to the following link:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/alaska/classspecs/891444?keywords=nurse%203&pagetype=classSpecifications

Minimum Qualifications

Eligibility for licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alaska.

AND

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 2, Corrections Nurse 2, or Psychiatric Nurse 2 with the State of Alaska or its equivalent with another employer.

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.

Special Note:

Applicants who have or obtain a temporary permit issued under 12 AAC 44.320 may report for duty; however, the job offer will remain conditional, for a

timeframe

not to exceed six months, pending the applicant showing proof of licensure during their

initial

probationary period.

Some positions may require the successful applicant to pass a background investigation, including fingerprinting, as a prerequisite to employment. These requirements will be

indicated

at the time of recruitment.

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. These requirements will be

indicated

at the time of recruitment.

Additional Required Information

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, applicant 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.
• Provide State of Alaska Nursing License or proof of eligibility for licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alaska.
• Provide a current Driver’s License.

Please read the below information carefully. This applies to your application submission.

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.

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