Registered Nurse (RN) - Employee Health Clinic
Fairbanks, Alaska
Posted Jul 21
What the listing says
Role
- Setting
- Clinic
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Alaska is $44/hr, across 52 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents nursing care of patients in a non-acute environment. Provides care in accordance with organizational policies, and in accordance with standards of professional nursing practice, utilizing the framework for professional nursing practice and development. Is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by self or others who are under his/her direction. Utilizes specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills necessary to assess data, plan, provide, and evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age of assigned patients.
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree preferred. Professional certification preferred.
Benefits
- medical
- vision
- dental
- 401k with employer match
- Relocation Assistance up to $7,500
- Temporary Housing 90 Days
- Shift Differential
- Annual Increases
Place
- City
- Fairbanks, Alaska
- Median rent
- $1,496/mo
- Local household income
- $73,534/yr
- Metro price level
- 3% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Fairbanks area index 103.2, where 100 is the national average.
Fairbanks sits in Alaska's interior, where subarctic winters deliver spectacular northern lights and midnight sun summers erase the concept of nighttime. The Chena River threads through downtown, and the University of Alaska campus anchors the community. RNs who crave true frontier living—and don't mind forty below—will find a tight-knit, adventurous patient population.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You would be walking into Fairbanks Memorial Hospital at 1650 Cowles Street—the non-profit heart of Foundation Health Partners and the main referral center for interior Alaska. The campus is Joint Commission-accredited, roughly 152–162 beds, with Women and Infant Services running…
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- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
