Assisted Living Aide On-Call (PCN 06N18029)

About the role

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 to provide elder Alaskans a home and community, celebrating life through its final breath.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality personal care to assisted living home residents in a warm, supportive, and caring manner.
• Assist residents with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and with transporting into and out of bed, wheelchairs, bathtubs, lifts, and using walkers and canes, etc.
• Participate in 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.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

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 Drivers License and the ability to obtain passes to military bases and hospitals. Some positions may require the successful applicant to provide proof they are free from active pulmonary tuberculosis at the time of hire.

Skills

• Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with ambiguity.
• Physical Strength and Agility: Ability to bend, lift, climb, stand, and walk for long periods of time; ability to perform moderately heavy laboring work.
• Listening: Receives, attends to, interprets, and responds to verbal messages and other cues such as body language in ways that are appropriate to listeners and situations.
• Interpersonal Skills: Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect. Considers and responds appropriately to the needs and feelings of different people in different situations.

Benefits

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 elderly residents with many years of life experiences and wisdom who are in varying stages of their life journey.

Pay

The wage for this position increased by 3% effective July 1, 2026. The wage listed in this job posting reflects the increase.

Schedule

This job is in the Ketchikan Pioneer Home, an assisted living home at 141 Bryant Street Ketchikan, AK 99901. The working environment includes an amazing view of the Tongass Narrows, off-street parking and easy access to local amenities.