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The Licensed Practical Nurse provides comprehensive, patient-centered care within a multidisciplinary surgical team using the CoAct collaborative model. Responsibilities include nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, and evaluation to promote health and safety for surgical patients.
Requirements
Candidates must have completed an accredited practical nurse program and hold active registration with the CLHA. A minimum of 2 years of surgical nursing experience within the last 3 years and current BCLS-HCP certification are required.
Working hours
30 hours per week
Skills
- Surgical nursing
- Patient assessment
- Care planning
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Patient teaching
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Time management
- Prioritization
- Conflict resolution
- Collaborative care
- Hand hygiene
- BCLS-HCP
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Keywords
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Surgical nursing
- General surgery
- Colorectal
- Upper GI
- Gynecology
- Breast-hernia-thyroid surgery
- CoAct
- Collaborative care
- Patient-centered care
- BCLS-HCP
- CLHA
- AUPE
- Acute care
- Nursing assessment
- In-patient unit
- Multidisciplinary team
- Hand hygiene
- Critical thinking
- Conflict resolution
Original job description
Your Opportunity:
Unit 29 is a 32-bed in-patient unit that covers the following surgical focuses General surgery, Colorectal, Upper GI, Gynecology, and Breast-hernia-thyroid surgery. In collaboration with the multidisciplinary health care team, the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides a professional, caring and comprehensive approach to the surgical and medical patient. LPN provides leadership in nursing assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for patients and families for the purpose of promoting, maintaining or restoring health, illness and safety prevention. This unit uses the CoAct collaborative model of care.
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: Unit 29 General Sugery Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.80 Posting End Date: 28-SEP-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits Date Available: 13-OCT-2026 Temporary End Date: 07-APR-2028 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 4 Shifts per cycle: 16 Shift Pattern: Days, 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 2 years surgical nursing experience within the last 3 years required. To ensure your skills and qualifications are considered, please attach a resume and cover letter with your application. In addition, the incumbent will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in the following areas: Strong patient teaching skills. Ability to be self-directed and exercises independent decision making, nursing judgment and critical thinking skills. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to effectively maintain collaborative working relationships with members of the multidisciplinary team. Excellent time management and prioritization of skills, with a demonstrated ability to function effectively within a dynamic environment. Demonstrated problem solving, critical thinking, and conflict resolution skills. Actively integrates patient and family centered care principles within own nursing practice. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Understanding CoAct and collaborative care in the acute care setting. Compliance with the AHS Hand Hygiene policies.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in the following surgical areas is preferred: General surgery, Colorectal, Upper GI, Gynecology, and Breast-hernia-thyroid surgery. Nurses with a final focus on Unit 29, will be given consideration.
