Licensed Practical Nurse On-Call (PCN 06N20005)

About the role

This on-call part-time position is a member of and outstanding nursing and direct care staff at the Juneau Pioneer Home and plays a vital role in providing person-centered support in a safe environment for up to forty-nine (49) elder residents.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality personal care to assisted living home residents in a warm, supportive, and caring manner.
• Provide clinical and medication administration to residents and clinical support to the care teams.
• Focus on quality resident care, the growth, development, and empowerment of health care teams, and the promotion of assisted living philosophy and statutes.

Requirements

• A diploma or certificate from an accredited school in practical nursing and eligibility for licensure as a practical nurse with the State of Alaska.
• Physical strength to lift, assist and transfer patients.

Qualifications

• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information effectively, takes into account the audience and nature of the information; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• 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.
• Physical Strength and Agility: Ability to bend, lift, climb, stand, and walk for long periods of time; ability to perform moderately heavy laboring work.
• 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.

Skills

• None specified in the job posting.

Benefits

• Opportunities to make a positive impact on the quality of life for our Alaskan elders by providing excellent person-centered loving care and services.
• The working environment includes contact with plants, flowers, and pets including cats, dogs, fish and birds.
• Employees receive continual or regular screening for tuberculosis, criminal history, and for COVID-19 as required by the facility.

Pay

$35.78 hourly

Schedule

On Call

Additional Required Information

• Two (2) professional references (including work/supervisor-related) and three (3) character references (personal) with current contact information.
• 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 current evidence of negative results to COVID-19 testing performed within 1 week prior to start date.
• Submit to regular COVID testing as required by the facility.

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

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 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.

Recruitment Scope

This position is open to All Applicants.

Multiple Vacancies

This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.