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Activities Department Assisted Living Aide/Certified Nurse Aide 1 PositionThe Alaska Veterans & Pioneers Home is recruiting for an Activities Department Assisted Living Aide/Certified Nurse Aide 1 position. Assisted Living Aide $20.36 Certified Nurse Aide 1 $23.01 This is a multiple class position. This position will be filled based on the qualifications of the successful candidate. 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) elders. 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. This position is part of the Activities Department and will aid in the coordination and implementation of 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. 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 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: We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies: Physical Strength and Agility: Ability to bend, lift, climb, stand, and walk for long periods of time; ability to perform moderately heavy laboring work. 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. Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy. 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 or regular screening for tuberculosis, and criminal history.
Worksite address
palmer, AK, 99645, US
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