Psychiatric Nurse​/Medical Nurse Case Manager; PCN

Job Description

This position is open to all applicants. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

The Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) is recruiting for a Psychiatric Nurse 2/Medical Nurse Case Manager. What you will be doing:
This position provides direct clinical nursing care, conducting comprehensive patient assessments, identifying abnormal findings, and triaging medical needs. The nurse administers medications, performs diagnostic point-of-care testing, assists with procedures, and monitors patient responses to treatments. They manage clinical workflows such as specimen handling, medication reconciliation, and urgent escalation of clinical changes. The role includes coordinating care with providers, specialists, and community resources to support continuity and chronic disease management.

Our organization, mission, and culture:
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 are:
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 position also offers meaningful work in supporting the mission of API and will allow you to grow your skills and advance your career.

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:
Oral Communication (*):
Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Written Communication:
Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience. Decision Making:
Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change. Listening:
Receives, attends to, interprets, and responds to verbal messages and other cues such as body language in ways that are appropriate to listeners and situations. Decisiveness:
Makes well-informed, effective, and timely decisions, even when data are limited or solutions produce unpleasant consequences; perceives the impact and implications of decisions.

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.