Physician Assistant/Advanced Practice Registered Nurse 1

Job Description

Welcome to the Department of Health!

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today!

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

Please check out the

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

As an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) for Public Health Nursing, you’ll provide advanced clinical services and consultation to Public Health Centers across Southeast Alaska, helping ensure broad access to high-quality preventive, reproductive, sexual, and public health care. You’ll serve as a trusted clinical resource for Public Health Nurses while partnering with community and healthcare organizations. If you’re passionate about promoting consistent, evidence-based practice across a diverse region, we’d love to have you on our team.

Mission and Values/Culture:

As a member of the Section of Public Health Nursing, you will contribute every day to the improvement of the health of Alaskans and their families. The Division of Public Health exemplifies these values:

Accountability:

We are committed to responsible use of human, financial, and environmental resources.

Respect:

We provide services without discrimination or judgment.

Human potential:

We are committed to developing each Alaskan’s potential as a healthy individual as well as fostering strong, healthy communities.

Integrity:

We are honest and ethical in all we do.

Scientific Excellence:

We are committed to adding to and contributing to the body of scientific knowledge and using the best available knowledge and data to set public health policy.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Become a member of an innovative team that collaborates with communities across Alaskan cities and villages to create meaningful contributions to the public’s health. Learn and grow in the remote areas of Alaska while making a difference where we live, work, and play. State of Alaska employees are eligible for benefits such as 12 paid holidays, leave accrual, annual/bi-annual pay increases, and many more. For more in-depth benefit information, please visit:

https://drb.alaska.gov/employee/

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The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is based in a Public Health Center and provides clinical services in a collaborative, community-focused environment. The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) will also travel periodically to Public Health Centers and outreach locations throughout the region, including both urban and rural communities.

Who We Are Looking For:

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

Evidence Based Practice

: Integrates best research practices with clinical and/or subject matter expertise and patient values for optimum care and participates in learning and research activities to the extent feasible.

Partnering

: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.

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.

Leadership

: Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.

Adaptability

: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.

Special Notice:

A valid Driver's License is required at the time of appointment.

Alaska Registered Nurse License and certification as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive Authority are both required at time of appointment, per Alaska Nurse Practice Act: Nursing Statutes AS08.68, Nursing Regulations 12 AAC 44.

Current CPR Certification is also required.

Registered as a Medicaid provider at time of appointment.

Ability to travel by small plane or boat.

Minimum Qualifications

Eligibility for licensure to practice as a Physician Assistant or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Alaska.

Special Note:

Candidates not currently licensed by the State of Alaska, who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for licensure as a Physician Assistant or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Alaska may apply for vacancies in this job class. Applicants qualifying under this option may receive a conditional job offer; however, proof of licensure will be required prior to final appointment and reporting for duty.

Some positions require the successful applicant to pass a background investigation, including fingerprinting, as a prerequisite to employment. These requirements will be indicated at the time of recruitment.

Some positions require the successful applicant to provide proof they are free from active pulmonary tuberculosis at the time of hire. Employees may be required to be screened annually. These requirements will be indicated at the time of recruitment.

Shift assignments and on-call availability may be required.

Some positions require application for and renewal of a DEA Registration Number with various designation(s) from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to write prescriptions for a variety of controlled substances as a government health care provider. These positions will additionally register with the Alaska Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.

In addition to maintaining Physician Assistant or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse licensing requirements, some positions may require maintenance of Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Basic Life Support, registration with a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, National Provider Identifier number, and others as appropriate.

Additional Required Information

At the time of the interview, please provide the following:

Three (3) professional references whom we may contact by phone, one (1) of whom must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application

A copy of current nursing license (from any state)

A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial are okay, please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) to verify that you meet the minimum qualifications

If chosen for the position, the candidate will be required to provide the following items before employment:

Proof of Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap), Mumps, Measles, & Rubella (MMR) vaccination, and Varicella immunization records.

Proof of Hepatitis B (immunity or a signed declination statement)

Annual influenza vaccination or a signed declination statement

Proof of Tuberculosis screening within the past 12 months

A copy of current driver’s license

EDUCATION

To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application  If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed  Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application  (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts)  Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at le