Registered Nurse

🔍 North Zone, Peace River, Peace River Comm Hlth Ctr

📁: Nursing - Nurse/Psych Nurse

📅   : ALB00021534 Requisition #

📅   : Mar 16, 2019 Post Date

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Classification: Registered Nurse

Union: United Nurses of Alberta

Department: NZ PCRVR CHC Prm/Dis/Inj Cmb

Primary Location: Peace River Comm Hlth Ctr

Multi-Site: At or Out of (UNA only)

FTE: 0.00

Posting End Date: 25-MAR-2019

Employee Class: Casual/Relief

Date Available: 04-APR-2019

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: Varies

Shifts per cycle: Varies

Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends

Days Off: Other

Minimum Salary: $36.86

Maximum Salary: $48.37

Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

Required Qualifications:

Completion of an accredited nursing education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).

Additional Required Qualifications:

Public Health nursing experience including immunization, Healthy Beginnings, and Child Health Clinic. Other desirable recent nursing experience includes maternal/postpartum and newborn assessment. Minimum 2 years’ experience within the last 5 years working in a public health nursing unit performing duties supporting: Communicable Disease Control, immunization, Healthy Beginnings, and Child Health Clinic Is preferred. Other recent nursing experience including: pre-natal, labor and delivery, postpartum, or working with young families or pediatric population. Other maternal/newborn certifications such as breastfeeding courses, lactation consultant, and childbirth education are an asset. Must possess strong assessment, communication, organizational, problem solving, and counseling skills. Must be able to work as a part of an interdisciplinary team. Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision in a complex dynamic environment. Effective communication skills required, oral and written. Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills. Ability to work in a fast paced, independent and changing environment. Public Health Nursing (PHN) requires individuals to conduct work both in a clinic setting as well as community settings including in homes of clients. External environmental considerations would impact working conditions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Baccalaureate degree in nursing is preferred. Other relevant skills and experience relevant to nursing practice in the community sector will be considered. Public Health Nurses 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, can move up to 50 pounds at times, navigate awkward positions.

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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