Licensed Practical Nurse

Job title: Licensed Practical Nurse

Company: Alberta Health Services

Job description: Your Opportunity:

Wainwright is a vibrant and friendly community of around 7,000 located in east central Alberta on highway 14 and 41. Wainwright is a major service centre for the agriculture and oil and gas industries and is home to Canadian Forces Base Wainwright. Wainwright is a community of delightful contrasts, boasting a variety of attractive and comfortable neighborhoods from charming older districts lined with trees to steadily expanding new residential subdivisions. You will be conveniently close to inviting parks, modern playgrounds and numerous recreational amenities including the Peace Memorial Multiplex with walking track and climbing wall, pool, weight training facilities, dance studio, meeting rooms and banquet halls. The quality of lifestyle in this community is enhanced by an excellent choice of schools for children, extensive health care facilities and an unlimited array of year-round recreational opportunities. Wainwright is located in a rural setting where Licensed Practical Nurses work within a multidisciplinary team to provide family focused nursing care. This environment is suitable for candidates who have recent medical/surgical, emergency and labour & delivery room experience.

Description:

As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), you are part of an interprofessional health care team utilizing nursing processes, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills. You will be guided by your education, experience, demonstrated skill level and AHS policies and procedures. You will play a key role in providing safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS.

• Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse
• Union: AUPE AUX
• Department: CZ WNWRGHT HOSP NU09 CmbMdSurg
• Primary Location: Wainwright Health Centre
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.82
• Posting End Date: 01-FEB-2021
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
• Date Available: 11-FEB-2021
• Temporary End Date: 13-JUL-2021
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 49
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $26.45
• Maximum Salary: $34.63
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of an accredited Licensed Practical Nurse education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). Additional Required Qualifications:

– Ability to meet the physical demands of position required. – Competence in relevant technical nursing skills and a willingness to learn new skills as required. Preferred Qualifications:

– Effective communication and interpersonal skills fundamental. – Experience in an Acute Care setting with Obstetrics is preferred. – Certification NRP, CAM B, CAM A, LEAD II are preferred. – Experience with Spacelabs/Telemetry Cardiac Monitoring preferred. – Good communication skills and the ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships. – Demonstrated ongoing responsibility for maintaining own continuing competence.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 of the posting end date indicated.

Important:

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is committed to ensuring the safety of staff and patients and requires all NEW employees to provide a satisfactory criminal record check (CRC) and/or Vulnerable Sector Search(VSS) prior to the start of their employment. The CRC/VSS must be specific to the role at AHS and must be dated no more than 90 days prior to the date on your written offer from AHS.

Healthy Albertans. Healthy Communities. Together.

We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff and physicians who promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.

Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.

We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Expected salary:

Location: Wainwright, AB

Job date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:55:39 GMT