Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) Residential Care

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 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 sixty-five (65) elder residents.

Out of love and respect for our residents, we put their needs before staff convenience.

We are accountable to our residents, to their families and to each other. Accepting responsibility is essential as we plan and deliver care.

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 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 at the Sitka Pioneer Home, an assisted living home in the heart of downtown at 120 Katlian Street in Sitka, Alaska. Who We Are Looking For: Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of injuries, diseases, and deformities, including preventive health-care measures.

Advocacy | Develops and presents the client's, patients, and/or customer's interests in all matters.

Accountability | Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost- effective results. 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.

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

LPN, Nurse I, Nurse II

Minimum Qualifications LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

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.

Applicants who have or obtain a temporary permit issued under 12 AAC 44.320 may report for duty; Some positions may require the successful applicant to pass a background investigation, including fingerprinting, as a prerequisite to employment. NURSE I Eligibility for licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alaska.

Applicants who have or obtain a temporary permit issued under 12 AAC 44.320 may report for duty; Some positions may require the successful applicant to pass a background investigation, including fingerprinting, as a prerequisite to employment. NURSE II Eligibility for licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alaska;

Successful completion of a formal training plan as a Nurse 1 with the State of Alaska;

One year of entry level experience as a Registered Nurse. Examples of this experience include but are not exclusively limited to prior service as a Nurse 1, Corrections Nurse 1, or Psychiatric Nurse 1 with the State of Alaska or its equivalent with another employer.

Combinations of prior training and experience as a Registered Nurse 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.

Applicants who have or obtain a temporary permit issued under 12 AAC 44.320 may report for duty; Some positions may require the successful applicant to pass a background investigation, including fingerprinting, as a prerequisite to employment. 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 a copy of current CPR and First Aid certificate(s), if available