Nurse Practitioner
Your Opportunity:
A Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an advanced practice nurse (APN) who integrates clinical skills associated with nursing and medicine to assess, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe treatment, and perform procedures to manage and meet the health needs of patients (International Council of Nurses, 2020; CNA, 2019). NPs have a broad and autonomous scope of practice with the ability to provide a full range of comprehensive health services to individuals across their lifespan. The nurse practitioner role requires advanced knowledge and decision-making skills gained through further clinical practice, education, and experience that enables them to perform additional interventions that are not considered part of the registered nurse scope of practice (CRNA, 2017). With graduate-level education, NPs contribute to collaborative inter-professional care through the advanced practice nursing competencies of advanced clinical practice, education, nursing leadership, and research. NP utilization of advanced practice nursing competencies has demonstrated benefits for increasing care quality and promoting appropriate use of health services, as well as informing and influencing healthcare systems (CNA, 2019). In the clinical setting, the NP role may be utilized in a variety of care models and has been shown to improve access to healthcare, reduce wait times, and optimize health outcomes (CNA, 2019). Clinical care delivery models include the NP providing care as a Most Responsible Health Care Practitioner (MRHP); as the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner (PCHNP); as the Attending Most Responsible Prescriber (Attending MRP); and as the Ambulatory Most Responsible Nurse Practitioner (Ambulatory MRNP).
Description:
As a Nurse Practitioner (NP), you will provide a full range of comprehensive health services to individuals across their lifespan. You will be responsible for integrating clinical skills associated with nursing and medicine to assess, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe treatment, and perform procedures to manage and meet the health needs of patients. Additionally, you will utilize advanced practice nursing competencies related to Clinical Practice, Leadership and Optimizing Health Systems, Education, and Research to increase care quality, promote appropriate use of health services, and inform and influence healthcare systems. PLEASE NOTE: This position is unionized and represented by the Alberta Union of Nurse Practitioners (AUNP). For more information on this union, please contact AUNP: https://www.aunp.ca/
- Recovery Alberta: N
- Classification: Nurse Practitioner
- Union: AUNP
- Unit and Program: PCU 58, 59, Vascular Clinic
- Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 17-DEC-2024
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 27-DEC-2024
- Temporary End Date: 31-MAR-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 20
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $62.74
- Maximum Salary: $72.00
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program, with a minimum of a Master's degree. Active registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) on the Nurse Practitioner Registrar, including Provisional Graduate Nurse Practitioner licensure. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).
Additional Required Qualifications:A keen, self-learner willing to work as a member of the Vascular Surgery team. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. Strong team player with the proven ability to diffuse difficult situations. Strong computer skills with a preference for knowledge of Connect Care.
Preferred Qualifications:Vascular Surgery and NP experience is 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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