Psychiatric Nursing Assistant ; PCN

Psychiatric Nursing Assistant

The Alaska Psychiatric Institute's mission is to:
Provide compassionate healthcare to support Alaskans in living their best possible lives.

The Alaska Psychiatric Institute vision is:
An Alaska where everyone receives the care they need when they need it without judgment.

Our division values:

• Integrity
• Dignity
• Excellence
• Accountability
• Safety

If you are someone that embraces these values and wants to assist in the mission of API, we encourage you to apply today.

The Benefits of Joining Our Team: A position that offers a competitive salary with the opportunity for regular merit/longevity increases and overtime opportunities, professional certification in MANDT and CPR, opportunities for advanced training from specialists in advanced psychiatric and health care topics, comprehensive orientation, and annual training.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:
The selected candidate will work in an environment that is fast paced, busy and challenging at times, but embraces collaboration through working closely with supervisors, managers, and personnel to assist in providing services to Alaska Psychiatric Institute.

This position is located at 3700 Piper Street in the U-MED district of east Anchorage which offers several maintained walking trails, parks and nearby lakes. This area is filled with several restaurants, shopping stores, and has easy access to public transportation.

We are looking for a candidate with the following competencies:

• Integrity/Honesty:
  Behaves in an honest, fair, and ethical manner. Shows consistency in words and actions. Models high standards of ethics.
• Advocacy:
  Develops and presents the client's, patient's, and/or customer's interests in all matters.
• Adaptability:
  Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
• 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
• Reading:
  Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.

A cover letter is NOT required for this position. Your complete application, including supplemental questions, will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.