Licensed Practical Nurse

🔍 Edmonton Zone, St. Albert, Sturgeon Community Hospital

📁: Nursing - Practical Nurse

📅   : ALB00115005 Requisition #

📅   : Sep 17, 2019 Post Date

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Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse

Union: AUPE AUX

Department: NW-Unit 18 General Med-EDM

Primary Location: Sturgeon Community Hospital

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 0.40

Posting End Date: 26-SEP-2019

Employee Class: Regular Part Time

Date Available: 06-OCT-2019

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 12

Shifts per cycle: 24

Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $26.45

Maximum Salary: $34.63

Vehicle Requirement: N/A

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:

This is a front line nursing position on a busy and diverse medical unit. Once trained and with the proper experience, the incumbent must be willing to work on all Medicine units. Shift work is required. The LPN must be able to work within a team environment and to effectively contribute to patient/client planning processes. Excellent communication skills, a compassionate and caring attitude, and attention to detail are necessary. The incumbent must show leadership and decision making ability and be able to exercise sound clinical judgment and use initiative. The ability to cope and effectively perform in stressful and/or emergency situation is essential. This position is physically demanding, including (but not limited to) standing, walking, lifting, pulling, pushing, stooping, carrying, twisting, bending, kneeling, crouching, overhead lifting, mobilization and repetitive movements. The incumbent must have the ability to assist with all levels of care for bariatric patients, as well as the ability to handle 21-50 pounds frequently. The candidate must possess strong communication skills utilizing a variety of modalities and the ability to adapt communication style to meet the needs of patients/family, relay patient information to primary health care provider(s), on and off-site, in a timely, concise, accurate manner, in order to facilitate the primary health care provider’s treatment decisions. 2 years of recent acute adult experience is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Palliative nursing care experience would be an asset. Computer experience is preferred.

Please note:

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

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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