Licensed Practical Nurse
Your Opportunity:
We are seeking a dedicated and skilled individual to join our dynamic team as an Oncology Nurse at the Grande Prairie Cancer Center. In this pivotal role, you will provide compassionate and professional care to patients and their families, aligning with the organization's philosophy, objectives, and standards of care. Key Responsibilities: Comprehensive Patient Care: Assess, develop, implement, and evaluate personalized oncology nursing plans of care for patients, ensuring their unique needs are met with the highest level of attention. Work closely with all members of the healthcare team to deliver safe, and individualized care, fostering a collaborative environment. Adaptability and Certification: Thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment while maintaining multiple certifications as required. Clinical Expertise: Assist in medical, malignant hematology, and radiation clinics, administering high-risk systemic therapy medications to patients. Respond promptly to hypersensitivity reactions and patient events. Side Effect Management: Contribute to the effective management and treatment of side effects related to chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted, hormonal, and radiation therapy. Patient Support and Education: Provide essential patient education for symptom control, emotional well-being, rehabilitation, cancer prevention/detection, and engage in research activities to advance our oncology care. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of cancer patients, thrive in a collaborative healthcare setting, and are dedicated to advancing oncology care, we invite you to apply for this rewarding position. Join our team and be part of a community that is committed to excellence in cancer care.
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.
- Transition Company: Cancer Care Alberta
- Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse
- Union: AUPE AUX
- Unit and Program: Systemic Radiation Therapy Clinic
- Primary Location: Grande Prairie Rgnl Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.60
- Posting End Date: 27-OCT-2025
- Employee Class: Regular Part Time
- Date Available: 06-NOV-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 6
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $27.58
- Maximum Salary: $36.13
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of an accredited 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: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:As required.
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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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.
