Assisted Living Aide​/Certified Nurse Aide

Mission:
Providing elder Alaskans a home and community, celebrating life through its final breath.

This on-call position is a member of the Sitka Pioneer Home providing person-centered support in a safe environment for up to sixty-five (65) elders.

• 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.

Provide high-quality personal care to assisted living home residents in a warm, supportive, and caring manner. Following the resident’s Assisted Living Plan, this position assists residents with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting into and out of bed, wheelchairs, bathtubs, lifts, and using walkers and canes, etc. This position is also part of a team providing 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.

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. It offers a supportive environment surrounded by elder residents with many years of life experiences and wisdom who are in varying stages of their life journey.

This job is located in the Sitka Pioneer Home, an assisted living home in downtown Sitka, Alaska at 120 Katlian Street. The campus features beautiful waterfront scenery and aromatic rose hedges.

• Teamwork:
  Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
• Flexibility:
  Open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with ambiguity.
• Physical Strength and Agility:
  Ability to bend, lift, climb, stand, and walk for long periods; ability to perform moderately heavy labor.
• Listening:
  Receives, attends to, interprets, and responds to verbal messages and cues such as body language.
• Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Treat others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect; considers and responds appropriately to needs and feelings of different people in different situations.

Some positions may require successful applicants to pass background investigation and fingerprinting as a prerequisite to employment. Some positions require the successful applicant to operate state vehicles for transportation of residents, requiring an Alaska driver’s license and the ability to obtain passes to military bases and hospitals. Some positions require proof that applicants are free from active pulmonary tuberculosis at the time of hire;

employees are required to be screened annually.

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call in Juneau or TTY:
Alaska Relay 711 or or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P. O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK . The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.

Name:
Jessica Cabico

Title:

Administrative Assistant 3
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
Jessica.

Cabico