Original job description
Your Opportunity:
Camrose Home Care is seeking an experienced Licensed Practical Nurse for its Home Care team. Reporting to the Care Manager, Camrose Home Care, you are part of an interdisciplinary team working within the client’s residential environment to provide assessments and direct care as well as support the emotional wellbeing and provide comfort to the client. Utilizing your experience in wound care, palliative care and client teaching you will take a collaborative approach to meeting health goals, contribute to the nursing diagnosis and participate in nursing interventions and outcomes. You will provide safe, quality client and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS. 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 unit or program 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, 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 organization's shared vision and values.
Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse Union: AUPE AUX Unit and Program: Camrose Home Care Primary Location: Camrose Home Care Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.00 Posting End Date: 15-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Casual/Relief Date Available: 26-OCT-2026 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: $33.16 Maximum Salary: $43.42 Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
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:
Active registration and practice permit with College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA). Graduation from a recognized nursing education program. Home Care Connect Care Preferred. Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). Driver's Abstract to be completed by AHS with no GDL restrictions and access to a motor vehicle in good repair for work-related travel.
Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum of one year Home Care experience. Minimum of one year Acute Care experience. Experience with wound care, palliative care and client teaching.
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Responsibilities
Provide assessments and direct nursing care to clients in their homes, supporting their emotional wellbeing and comfort. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team on health goals, nursing diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes while delivering safe, high-quality, client- and family-centered care.
Requirements
Applicants must complete an accredited practical nursing education program, hold or be eligible for an Alberta LPN practice permit, and have current Basic Cardiac Life Support for Health Care Providers certification. A valid driver's abstract without graduated licensing restrictions and access to a well-maintained vehicle are required; home care experience, acute care experience, and experience in wound care, palliative care, and client teaching are preferred.
Skills
- Practical Nursing
- Home Care
- Wound Care
- Palliative Care
- Client Teaching
- Patient Assessment
- Direct Care
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Nursing Interventions
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Client- and Family-Centered Care
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- Driver's License
Visa sponsorship
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Keywords
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Home Care
- Practical Nursing Education
- Alberta Practice Permit
- College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- BCLS-HCP
- Wound Care
- Palliative Care
- Client Teaching
- Patient Assessment
- Direct Care
- Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Nursing Interventions
- Interprofessional Health Care Team
- Client- and Family-Centered Care
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Connect Care
- Driver's Abstract
- Work-Related Travel
