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The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit Tribal health organization designed to meet the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. In partnership with the more than 171,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people that we serve and the Tribal health organizations of the Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC provides world-class health services, which include comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center, wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training and rural water and sanitation systems construction.
ANTHC is the largest, most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the United States, and Alaska’s second-largest health employer with more than 3,100 employees offering an array of health services to people around the nation’s largest state.
Our vision: Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world.
Benefits include:

• Generous Paid Time Off and holiday schedule with 4 weeks paid vacation per year to start and 12 paid holidays.

• More than 19 Federal healthcare plans with plans for employee, employee plus one, and employee plus family available. ANTHC covers 80% of all health insurance premiums and 100% of Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, and AD&D.

• 401(a) retirement plan; ANTHC will contribute 3% of your annual compensation to the plan account each year, with up to an additional 5% match with a 6-year vesting schedule.

• 403(b) retirement savings plan with pre-tax and Roth options. Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care and Dependent care are also available.

• Onsite Child Care is available in a brand new education facility.

• Onsite free gym access. Additional gym, rock climbing wall and salt-water pool available at the Alaska Pacific University for a small fee per semester. Steep discounts on outdoor equipment rentals for your Alaskan adventures!

• Tuition reductions for employees and their eligible dependents at the Alaska Pacific University.

• Knowledge of healthcare terminology, anatomy, physiology and concepts of disease.

• Knowledge and ability to utilize evidence based practice to develop the plan of care and interventions.

• Knowledge of the hospital environment and how the services and functions interact.

• Knowledge of the Alaskan culture.

• Knowledge of a shared governance environment with shared decision-making.

• Skill in providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

• Skill in assessing patient situations and taking effective courses of action.

• Skill in critical thinking to provide effective and compassionate nursing care.

• Skill in assessing patient situations and taking effective courses of action.

• Skill in assessing and prioritizing multiple requests by patients, families, and team members.

• Skill in evaluating health problems and making recommendations based on observations.

• Skill in operating a personal computer utilizing a variety of software applications.

• Current temporary permit as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of Alaska.

• Temporary permit is valid for up to 6 months, in which time the employee must pass the NCLEX exam. Employee will notify supervisor of the exam date and will inform supervisor of the outcome immediately upon posting of the results. If unsuccessful, the State of Alaska will revoke the temporary permit and the employee will no longer qualify for the Graduate Nurse position.

• Must be licensed by the State of Alaska as a Registered Nurse within 6 months of hire.

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) card required.

• May be required to work outside the traditional work schedule.

• May be called out to work off-shift in emergency situations.

• According to the needs of the organization, some incumbents in this job class may be required to obtain specific technical certifications and programming language skills.

Visit us online at www.anthc.org or contact Recruitment directly at HRRecruiting@anthc.org.

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium has a hiring preference for qualified Alaska Native and American Indian applicants pursuant to P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Act.

Summary: Following unit-based orientation commensurate with core standards, provides preceptor guided professional nursing services to accomplish the individual patient plan of care. Utilizes the nursing process to care for patients with subtle and sometimes unidentified needs consistently, safely, therapeutically, and efficiently. Supports the operations of the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) and programs.

Responsibilities: Use nursing education to collect patient health data, analyze the data to determine diagnoses, identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient, develop a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain the expected outcomes, implement the interventions identified in the plan of care, and evaluate the patient’s progress toward attainment of the outcomes, working collaboratively with the healthcare team.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES

• Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations, identifying short and long term professional goals.
• Utilizes the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements as the foundation for nursing practice.
• Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and others practicing in a Shared Governance model of nursing practice.
• Makes decisions and takes actions on behalf of patients are determined in an ethical manner, and care is delivered in a nonjudgmental and nondiscriminatory manner that is sensitive to patient diversity and maintains patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and other health care providers in the formation of overall goals and the plan of care, as well as in decisions related to care and the delivery of services.
• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, evidence based-practice, and cost when planning and delivering patient care. Assists the patient and family in identifying and securing appropriate and available services to address health-related needs.
• Delivers timely and effective nursing care according to established standards including physical, social and emotional care.
• Performs nursing assessments, interventions, and evaluations.
• Delegates tasks and directs the day-to-day activities of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA's), Patient Care Technicians (PCT’s), and Patient Observers (PO’s).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Other information:

Knowledge of nursing science, principles, techniques, and procedures for the care of patients. Knowledge of nursing science, principles, techniques, and procedures for the care of patients.

MINIMUM EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
An Associate’s Degree in Nursing or equivalent.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION
Specific experience may be required for each work area.

MINIMUM CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATION

• Current temporary permit as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of Alaska.

• Temporary permit is valid for up to 6 months, in which time the employee must pass the NCLEX exam. Employee will notify supervisor of the exam date and will inform supervisor of the outcome immediately upon posting of the results. If unsuccessful, the State of Alaska will revoke the temporary permit and the employee will no longer qualify for the Graduate Nurse position.

• Must be licensed by the State of Alaska as a Registered Nurse within 6 months of hire.

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) card required.

PREFERRED EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• May be required to work outside the traditional work schedule.

• Maybe called out to work off-shift in emergency situations.

• According to the needs of the organization, some incumbents in this job class may be required to obtain specific technical certifications and programming language skills.