Jab or no job: Southcentral Foundation, after firing unvaccinated employees, is giving bonuses for referrals for replacements

October 24, 2021

This is the 16th in a series of stories of people being fired from their jobs because they have declined to take the required Covid-19 vaccination. Send your story to [email protected].

Southcentral Foundation and Alaska Native Medical Center, having fired dozens of employees who would not succumb to the pressure of taking a Covid-19 vaccine, is now offering referral payments of $1,000 to $5,000 for finding new people to fill those jobs.

According to Southcentral, the referral bonuses are available to existing Southcentral Foundation employees who refer people who end up being hired. The terms are as follows:

Administrative Support Training Program – $1,000
Dental Assistant Training Program – $1,000
Dental Assistant – $1,000
Certified Medical Assistant – $1,000
Registered Nurse Case Manager – $5,000
Dental Hygienists – $5,000
Behavioral Health Consultant – $5,000
Clinicians (Behavioral Services Division) – $5,000
Clinical Supervisors (Behavioral Services Division) – $5,000
Clinical Directors (Behavioral Services Division) – $5,000

To receive a referral bonus, you must:

Be a current SCF employee.
Refer an applicant to a position eligible for a referral bonus.
Be listed as the referred by on the candidate’s job application upon submission.
Submit an Employee Referral Request through UKG Pro portal for approval.

If the candidate is hired and all requirements are met outlined in the Employee Referral Bonus Procedure, you will receive the corresponding bonus, once the referred employee has been employed with SCF for a minimum of 6 months.

Read: Part 1: Nurse losing job, after her medical exemption refused

Read: Part II: Pharmacist losing job

Part III: Southcentral Foundation employee losing job Oct. 15 over shot refusal

Part IV: Dozens of Alaskans come forward to tell their stories of being fired for not getting the shot

Part V: Military man getting discharged in Alaska for not taking jab

Part VI: Nurse says she sees too many blood clotting cases associated with jab, so she’s not taking it

Part VII: Bethel police investigator gets put on leave, won’t be returning to the force

Part VIII: Alaska Native man says unvaccinated patients are getting the shaft

Part IX: Sophies choice, between Moderna vaccine or childbearing?

Part X: Respiratory therapist describes growing underground of workers

Part XI: Supervisor says employees facing few options

Part XII: Founder of medical underground speaks about workers