Licensed Practical Nurse

🔍 Edmonton Zone, Edmonton, U of A Hospital

📁: Nursing - Practical Nurses

📅   : ALB00540113 Requisition #

📅   : Jan 07, 2026 Post Date

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Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse

Union: AUPE AUX

Unit and Program: Short Stay Surgery

Primary Location: U of A Hospital

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 0.80

Posting End Date: 16-JAN-2026

Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits

Date Available: 09-MAR-2026

Temporary End Date: 09-MAR-2027

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 6

Shifts per cycle: 24

Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $27.58

Maximum Salary: $36.13

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

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:

Certification and current experience with IV initiation and phlebotomy. Demonstrated excellent assessment, organizational leadership, and patient care skills. Ability to communicate findings (verbal and written) in a concise and accurate manner. Strong interpersonal, problem solving, and conflict resolution skills. Proven reliability/dependability. Capable of working in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment with patients of varying mobility and high acuity. Must have the ability to deal with patients who are acutely ill in an unpredictable and stressful environment. Physical demands and requirements include: prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking; lifting, positioning, pushing and/or transferring of patients; reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching. Ability to see, hear, and stand (continuously for 5.5-7 hours per shift). Walking continuously for 5.5-7 hours per shift and lifting up to fifty pounds. Must have advanced knowledge of caring for patients who have had procedures where regional anesthesia and neuroaxial anesthesia has been utilized. Participated in patient care quality improvement and quality assurance programs. Responsible to provide proof of active registration with the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA) and to maintain registration throughout the duration of employment. Five years of current adult surgical nursing experience and caring for patients in phase II recovery (within the past 3 years).

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced knowledge of multi-modal analgesia and chronic pain is an asset. Advanced knowledge regarding ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery), STOPBang/OSA Screening, Infection Control, and Health Promotion strategies are an asset. Computer literacy and experience with Connect Care 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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