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. 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.
Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse Union: AUPE AUX Unit and Program: Emergency Services Primary Location: Fort Saskatchewan Comm Hosp Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.70 Posting End Date: 23-NOV-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits Date Available: 14-DEC-2026 Temporary End Date: 30-MAR-2028 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 10 Shifts per cycle: 35 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, 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.
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Responsibilities
Provide safe, effective, patient- and family-centered nursing care in the Emergency Department, including monitoring and documenting changes in patients’ conditions, assisting with daily activities, and providing relevant information and teaching. Collaborate with the health care team, apply nursing judgment and problem-solving skills, and participate in quality monitoring activities.
Requirements
Requires completion of an accredited practical nurse education program, active or eligible Alberta LPN registration and practice permit, and current BCLS-HCP certification. Applicants must have at least one year of tertiary care, emergency, or critical care experience and two years of recent medicine, surgery, or non-tertiary emergency experience, along with strong assessment, prioritization, communication, flexibility, and patient-centered care skills.
Skills
- Nursing Care
- Clinical Judgment
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Patient Assessment
- Prioritization
- Patient Monitoring
- Documentation
- Communication
- Patient And Family Education
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Patient-Centered Care
- Flexibility
- Compassion
- Quality Monitoring
Visa sponsorship
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Keywords
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Emergency Department
- Emergency Services
- Acute Care
- Outpatient Care
- Nursing Process
- Clinical Judgment
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Patient Assessment
- Patient Monitoring
- Activities Of Daily Living
- Patient And Family Education
- Interprofessional Health Care Team
- CLHA Registration
- BCLS-HCP
- ACLS
- TNCC
- CTAS
- Triage Nursing
- Quality Monitoring
- Patient-Centered Care
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Critical Care
