Criminal Justice Technician ; PCN

Overview

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply. 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.

Help lead our team in the Background Check Unit, where we conduct thorough national screenings of criminal and civil records for individuals linked to licensed or certified healthcare facilities under the Department of Health and Department of Family & Community Services. Your leadership responsibilities will include processing variances, assisting the Program Coordinator, meticulously monitoring audited and scanned fingerprint cards, conducting in-depth research, and providing public support via phone, email, and fax.

Be a vital part of ensuring safety and compliance in healthcare.

Step into the tranquil setting of the Division of Health Care Services - Background Check Unit, where each day is spent in the peaceful confines of our office, meticulously processing background checks for individuals employed in licensed and/or certified facilities. Join our dedicated and versatile team as we unite towards the overarching mission of delivering top-tier services to Alaska s most vulnerable communities.

Your role here isn t just a job—it's an opportunity to make a meaningful impact every single day.

Dive into intricate, detail-oriented tasks within a serene and predictable environment. Here, you have the freedom to enhance your workflow with personal headphones—whether it s music, audio books, or podcasts—that keep you in the zone while you work.

Located at 4601 Business Park Blvd, Bldg. K, in Anchorage, our workplace offers easy access to shopping, dining, and commuting routes, ensuring a seamless work-life balance. Plus, enjoy the added convenience of free parking. Join us and elevate your professional experience in a setting designed for productivity and peace.

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

• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Teaches Others: Helps others learn; identifies training needs; provides constructive reinforcement; coaches others on how to perform tasks; acts as a mentor.
• Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.

Special Notice
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• The successful candidate must pass a comprehensive background investigation, which includes a criminal history check.

Competencies include the following, in addition to any minimum qualifications for the job class. The competency description(s) below promote a common understanding of essential elements of the job class and are used as guidelines.

• Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
• Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account…