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The Licensed Practical Nurse provides front-line direct patient care as part of an interprofessional health care team. Responsibilities include utilizing nursing processes, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to deliver safe, high-quality care to patients in a surgical unit.
Requirements
Candidates must have completed an accredited practical nurse education program and hold active registration with the College of LPNs and HCAs of Alberta. A minimum of 2 years of recent surgical experience and current BCLS-HCP certification are required.
Working hours
33 hours per week
Skills
- Patient care
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Surgical nursing
- Bariatric patient care
- Patient transfer
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- BCLS-HCP
- PCA maintenance
- IV initiation
Visa sponsorship
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Keywords
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- LPN
- Surgical unit
- Patient care
- Bariatric
- Interprofessional
- Nursing process
- Critical thinking
- BCLS-HCP
- PCA maintenance
- IV initiation
- Surgery
- Healthcare
- Clinical
- AUPE
- Sturgeon Community Hospital
Original job description
Your Opportunity:
This is a front-line direct patient care position and includes heavy lifting, pushing, pulling, and transferring of patients including bariatric population.
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 28 Surgery Primary Location: Sturgeon Community Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.70 Posting End Date: 28-SEP-2026 Employee Class: Regular Part Time Date Available: 08-OCT-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 42 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:
Must have a minimum of 2 years recent surgical experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Proficiency with PCA maintenance and IV initiation is an asset.
