Original job description
Your Opportunity:
As a Licensed Practical Nurse with Assisted Living Alberta, you will play a vital role in supporting clients to live safely and independently in their own homes. This position is based out of our Ambulatory clinic with the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team within the specialty wound clinic and provide a variety of home care services in a clinical setting. You will provide compassionate, high-quality nursing care to individuals and families across the community, promoting health, dignity, and wellbeing in every interaction. Your work will reflect an integrated, holistic approach that values collaboration, respect, and patient and family-centered care. This position offers the opportunity to build meaningful relationships, support clients through changing health needs, and contribute to a coordinated, interdisciplinary model of community health. You will work both independently and as part of a supportive team, using sound judgment, strong communication skills, and a commitment to safety. ALA values compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and safety - and these principles guide the care you provide each day.
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: Integrated Home Care Primary Location: Melcor Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 23-NOV-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 14-DEC-2026 Temporary End Date: 31-DEC-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 60 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday 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 two years’ experience within the last five years of Home Care experience. Experience in wound care treatment & dressings (including specialized therapies) and Administering IV treatments. Effective oral and written communication. Work as member of a team in a health care environment with professionalism and respect. Ability to perform all assigned tasks and direct clinical care including but not limited to: Constant adjustment of position (sit/stand) throughout the shift. Physical exertion includes bending/walking/sitting or standing for long periods of time. Keyboarding/moussing documentations for prolonged periods of time. Ability to perform all duties in accordance with related legislation.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in a clinic setting. Experience in Connect Care. Wound care experience.
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Responsibilities
Provide safe, compassionate nursing care to clients in a clinic and community home-care context, including wound care and intravenous treatments. Collaborate with an interprofessional team, support clients’ health and independence, and follow applicable legislation, standards, policies, and procedures.
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. They must also have at least two years of home-care experience within the past five years, wound-care and IV-treatment experience, effective communication skills, and the ability to perform the physical and documentation duties of the role.
Skills
- Practical Nursing
- Home Care
- Wound Care
- Wound Dressings
- Specialized Wound Therapies
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- Patient- and Family-Centered Care
- Clinical Assessment
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Oral Communication
- Written Communication
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Connect Care
Visa sponsorship
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Keywords
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- LPN
- Assisted Living Alberta
- Integrated Home Care
- Ambulatory Clinic
- Specialty Wound Clinic
- Home Care
- Wound Care
- Wound Dressings
- Specialized Wound Therapies
- Intravenous Treatments
- BCLS-HCP
- College of LPNs and HCAs of Alberta
- CLHA
- Connect Care
- Patient- and Family-Centered Care
- Interprofessional Health Care Team
- Nursing Process
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Community Health
- Health and Safety
- Clinical Documentation
