Original job description
Your Opportunity:
This role offers the opportunity to provide meaningful perioperative care in a close-knit rural hospital setting, where teamwork, adaptability, and community connection truly matter. Collaborating with an experienced surgical team, the LPN/ORT delivers safe, efficient, and compassionate care throughout the patient’s surgical journey. Practice is guided by CLPNA, Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC), and CSA Standards of Practice, with a strong emphasis on hands-on skill, accountability, and evidence-based care. In a rural environment, the LPN/ORT plays an essential role supporting patients before, during, and after surgery and contributing to a culture of safety, respect, and collaboration. This position offers a broad and rewarding scope of practice from foundational nursing skills to advanced clinical activities, allowing to grow professionally while making a visible impact in the community. Ongoing learning, self-reflection, and pride in professional practice are strongly supported. Stettler is located in the “Heart of Alberta”, just 179km southeast of Edmonton and 101km east of Red Deer. It serves as a regional hub with a main trading area involving over 11,000 people. The town has a wide assortment of community facilities including an elementary/junior high school, a composite high school, a library, twin arenas, an aquatic center, a performing arts theatre, and much more. The area also has a few golf courses and is close to Buffalo Lake.
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: LPN - Operating Room Tech Union: AUPE AUX Unit and Program: Acute, Emergency Room, Operating Room Primary Location: Stettler Hosp and Care Ctr Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.52 Posting End Date: 05-NOV-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Part Time Date Available: 15-NOV-2026 Temporary End Date: 03-MAY-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 31 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $34.76 Maximum Salary: $45.56 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Completion of an accredited Licensed Practical Nurse education program. Active, or eligible for, registration and a practice permit as a Licensed Practical Nurse with the College of Licensed Practical Nurses and Health Care Aides of Alberta (CLHA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).
Additional Required Qualifications:
Minimum of three months experience is required. Post-Grad Perioperative Certification required. Or completion of a CLPNA approved perioperative course.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with orthopedic, urology, gynecological, obstetrical - delivery/c-sections. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Ability to lift up to 20 lbs. Ability to stand for long periods.
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Responsibilities
Provide safe, compassionate perioperative care to patients before, during, and after surgery as part of an interprofessional surgical team. Apply nursing processes and clinical judgment while supporting efficient care and a culture of safety, respect, and collaboration.
Requirements
Applicants must complete an accredited Licensed Practical Nurse program, hold or be eligible for an Alberta LPN practice permit, and have current Basic Cardiac Life Support for Health Care Providers certification. At least three months of experience and a postgraduate perioperative certification or CLPNA-approved perioperative course are required; relevant surgical experience and the ability to work at a fast pace, lift up to 20 pounds, and stand for extended periods are preferred.
Skills
- Perioperative Care
- Operating Room Nursing
- Patient-Centred Care
- Family-Centred Care
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Teamwork
- Adaptability
- Orthopedic Care
- Urology
- Gynecological Care
- Obstetrical Care
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Patient Safety
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Keywords
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Operating Room Technician
- Perioperative Care
- Acute Care
- Emergency Room
- Operating Room
- Interprofessional Health Care Team
- Nursing Processes
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Patient- and Family-Centred Care
- Evidence-Based Care
- CLPNA
- ORNAC Standards
- CSA Standards
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- BCLS-HCP
- Perioperative Certification
- Orthopedics
- Urology
- Gynecology
- Obstetrics
- Cesarean Sections
- Patient Safety
- Professional Accountability
- Alberta Practice Permit
