Operating Room Technician - Licensed Practical Nurse
Your Opportunity:
An Operating Room Technician is required for the OR Level III, an exciting and dynamic 18-theatre Surgical Suite Unit. Challenging experience in neurosurgery, organ transplant, trauma, urology, plastic surgery, ENT, general surgery, and orthopedics will be provided to the successful applicant. The Operating Room Technician is an integral perioperative member of the patient care team. Assists with the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care. Performs other related duties as required. PLEASE NOTE: This posting is scheduled to close at 23:59 of the posting end date but may be filled earlier if a Regular Employee who holds a position within this workplace expresses their interest in this vacancy by 23:59 on the 5th calendar day following the posting date. In the event that no Regular Employee from this workplace expresses their interest by the deadline, the vacancy shall be filled under the provisions of the collective agreement.
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.
- Classification: OR Technician
- Union: AUPE AUX
- Unit and Program: Level III Adult Operative Services
- Primary Location: U of A Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 24-JUN-2024
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 04-JUL-2024
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 8
- Shifts per cycle: 40
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $28.93
- Maximum Salary: $37.90
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
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:Post- Grad Perioperative Certification required. OR Completion of a CLPNA approved perioperative course. Current OR experience within the previous year in an adult OR environment with demonstrated scrub and circulating skills is required. Demonstrates excellent assessment, organizational and patient care skills with the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team. Strong interpersonal and critical thinking skills are required. Successful completion of Perioperative Nursing course is required or one-year current experience in an adult operating room in a level 1 trauma center is advantageous. Specific advanced authorization from CLPNA to practice in the operating room is required.
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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