Original job description
Your Opportunity:
The Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital offers acute and outpatient care including 24-hour emergency services. You will be a member of an integrated service delivery team providing care and treatment to clients in the Emergency Department, using professional knowledge, clinical judgment, technical and interpersonal skills. You will provide care to patients within the guidelines and standards of CLPNA. You will work with a high functioning team who collaborate to share information and support each other and you will gain inclusive and approachable leaders who emphasize training, orientation and professional development. You will be able to advance your clinical skills in multiple areas of practice. The LPN provides safe and effective nursing care according to hospital policies and nursing care standards. Working within the full scope of practice, the LPN observes, monitors, reports, and documents changes in the patient's physical, mental, and emotional state, assists the patient with activities of daily living and provides the patient and family with relevant information and teaching. The LPN is responsible to collaborate as a member of the health care team, delivering consistent quality care to meet the needs of the patient. You will participate in quality monitoring activities.
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, and demonstrated skill level, in alignment with applicable legislation, standards of practice, policies, and procedures. You will play a key role in providing safe, high quality, patient and family centred care while reflecting the shared vision and values of the organization.
Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse Union: AUPE AUX Unit and Program: Emergency Primary Location: Fort Saskatchewan Comm Hosp Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.70 Posting End Date: 05-OCT-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits Date Available: 15-OCT-2026 Temporary End Date: 10-MAR-2028 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 42 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $33.16 Maximum Salary: $43.42 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Completion of an accredited practical nurse education program. Active or eligible for registration and a practice permit as a Licensed Practical Nurse with the College of LPNs and HCAs of Alberta (CLHA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).
Additional Required Qualifications:
Minimum 1 year of experience tertiary care, emergency, or critical care unit. Minimum of two (2) years working experience in medicine, surgery unit, or non-tertiary emergency within the last five (5) years. Excellent prioritization and assessment skills. Strong communication skills. The ability to be flexible and agile in an ever-changing environment. Demonstrated compassion and a strong focus on patient-centered care.
Preferred Qualifications:
Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Current Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC). Current Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). Previous experience as a triage nurse. Previous FSCH experience preferred.
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Responsibilities
Provide safe, effective nursing care to emergency department patients, including monitoring and documenting changes in their condition, assisting with daily activities, and providing information and teaching to patients and families. Collaborate with the health care team, follow nursing standards and hospital policies, and participate in quality monitoring activities.
Requirements
Applicants must complete an accredited practical nurse education program, hold or be eligible for an Alberta LPN practice permit, and have current BCLS-HCP certification. Required experience includes at least one year in tertiary care, emergency, or critical care and two years in medicine, surgery, or non-tertiary emergency within the past five years; strong assessment, prioritization, communication, flexibility, and patient-centered care skills are also required.
Skills
- Nursing Care
- Clinical Judgment
- Patient Assessment
- Prioritization
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Patient Monitoring
- Documentation
- Patient And Family Education
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Communication
- Compassion
- Patient-Centered Care
- Emergency Nursing
- Flexibility
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Keywords
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Emergency Department
- Acute Care
- Outpatient Care
- CLHA Registration
- Practice Permit
- BCLS-HCP
- ACLS
- TNCC
- CTAS
- Triage
- Tertiary Care
- Critical Care
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Nursing Standards
- Patient Assessment
- Clinical Judgment
- Patient Monitoring
- Patient Documentation
- Activities Of Daily Living
- Patient And Family Education
- Interprofessional Health Care Team
- Quality Monitoring
- Patient-Centered Care
