Public Health Nurse 2 (PCN 061149)

About the role

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply.

Welcome to the Department of Health! We’d be delighted to have you join our team. If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today!

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only. Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What you will be doing

As a Public Health Nurse 2 within the Section of Epidemiology (EPI), you will play a key role in protecting the health of Alaskans through tuberculosis (TB) prevention, investigation, and treatment support. Based primarily in the Public Health Center, you will apply your public health nursing knowledge to support individuals with TB infection and disease, including helping ensure treatment completion. This position may also include travel to communities across Alaska to provide direct nursing services, education, and consultation in support of the Division’s statewide public health mission.

The benefits of joining our team

Working as a Public Health Nurse in Alaska offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the health and well-being of individuals and communities while helping to reduce health disparities. You will receive a comprehensive State of Alaska benefits package, including health insurance, retirement benefits, 12 paid holidays, leave accrual, and potential performance-based pay increases. This position also includes on-the-job training to support your professional development and growth.

Learn more about employee benefits here: https://drb.alaska.gov/

The working environment you can expect

Fairbanks Public Health Center provides a one-of-a-kind working environment that blends professional growth with an immersive natural experience. As a member of our team, you will work in a supportive and friendly environment that encourages a work-life balance with a hybrid work option, allowing you time to explore outdoor activities like hiking, fishing, and wildlife viewing.

Who we are looking for

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

• Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.

Special Notice

This position requires frequent travel (1 to 3 times a month) to remote areas of Alaska via small aircraft. A valid Driver's License is required at the time of appointment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Eligibility for licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alaska;
• AND
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited college or university or Direct Entry Master of Science (MSN) in Nursing from an accredited college or university.

Additional Required Information

• To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, 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 used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.
• If the education is completed in a foreign college or university, it 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 the 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. The omission of the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application, and you will not receive further consideration.
• When using work experience not documented in your application, please provide the employer's name, job title, employment dates, and whether you worked full-time or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are 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 you are applying for.
• If you have currently or 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 minimum qualifications 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. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.