Licensed Practical Nurse

🔍 North Zone, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie Public Health

📁: Nursing - Practical Nurse

📅   : ALB00204985 Requisition #

📅   : May 06, 2021 Post Date

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Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse

Union: AUPE AUX

Department: NZ GDPR CHC PrmDiseaseInjCmb91

Primary Location: Grande Prairie Public Health

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 1.00

Posting End Date: 17-MAY-2021

Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits

Date Available: 31-MAY-2021

Temporary End Date: 31-DEC-2021

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 12

Shifts per cycle: 57

Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends

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:

Successful completion of an approved immunization course within the first three months of employment. Proof must be provided within six months of start date in this role. The LPN working in Public Health is required to conduct work both in a clinic setting as well as community settings including in the school setting. External environmental considerations would impact working conditions. The PHN is required to pack, lift, move, and transport heavy and/or awkward supplies to various work sites. LPNs working in Public Health are required to perform physical duties including: gathering clinical supplies, accessing upper and lower cabinetry, moving clinical supplies to community clinics, home visits, bending, crouching to support feeding/immunization of young kids, moving up to 50 pounds at times, navigate awkward positions. Service delivery may require walking several blocks and climbing several flights of stairs, awkward and repetitive movements, sitting, standing, and/or bending for long periods of time. Working knowledge of computer applications including basic word processing, email, electronic charting, and data entry required. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay.

Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum 2 years recent Licensed Practical Nurse experience preferred. Related experience preferred, particularly in the community. Previous public health and health promotion experience an asset.

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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