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The Licensed Practical Nurse provides safe, high-quality, patient-centered care as part of an interprofessional health care team. Responsibilities include utilizing nursing processes, critical thinking, and clinical skills to manage acutely ill patients in a diagnostic imaging environment.
Requirements
Candidates must have completed an accredited practical nurse program and hold active registration with the College of LPNs and HCAs of Alberta. A minimum of two years of recent acute care experience in surgery, emergency, or diagnostic imaging is required, along with various clinical certifications.
Working hours
39 hours per week
Skills
- Nursing processes
- Critical thinking
- Patient care
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- Arrhythmia interpretation
- Physical assessments
- Aseptic techniques
- IV initiation
- Procedural sedation
- Peri anesthesia monitoring
- Acute care nursing
- Multitasking
- Medication administration
- Teamwork
- Problem solving
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Social Services
Keywords
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- LPN
- Acute care
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Patient care
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- Arrhythmia interpretation
- IV initiation
- Procedural sedation
- Peri anesthesia
- Aseptic techniques
- BCLS-HCP
- Nursing
- Healthcare
- Clinical skills
- Medication administration
- Critical thinking
- Interprofessional team
- Royal Alexandra Hospital
- AUPE
Original job description
Your Opportunity:
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: Diagnostic Imaging Nursing Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 28-SEP-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 08-OCT-2026 Temporary End Date: 04-OCT-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 60 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:
Demonstrates commitment to patient and family centered care. Ability to multitask and care for acutely ill and unstable patients. Critical thinking and ability to manage unpredictable situations. Recent acute care nursing experience of 2 years or greater within surgery, emergency, or DI nursing. Hemodynamic monitoring, arrhythmia interpretation, physical assessments, and aseptic techniques. Certification in IV initiation, direct IV medication, CVC, PICC lines, blood glucose, procedural sedation and peri anesthesia post GA monitoring course. Must be a team player, adaptable and flexible and the ability to jump in and always help. Experience coordinating services for patient movement through sites and zones for procedures. Supporting patients from all socio-economic high-risk demographics with compassion and respect. Must be able to complete all components of the job including OHS/WHS requirements of push, pulling, bending, and >lifting 50lb & wear lead aprons (23lbs) for min 6.75 hours/day, stand/walk for the majority of the shift, working all required shift patterns, and administer/handle all medications including narcotics independently in an unsupervised environment
Preferred Qualifications:
As required.
