Original job description
Your Opportunity:
Are you a Nurse Practitioner looking for a dynamic and meaningful opportunity to make a difference in the lives of older adults? As the most responsible practitioner (MRP), this role offers the chance to provide direct client care to complex clients who are homebound, medically frail, and experiencing significant barriers to accessing primary care in traditional environments. You will work in collaboration with Seniors Home-Based Primary Care (SHBPC) physicians and NP’s, ensuring coordinated and comprehensive care. This position is embedded within a blended interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary model of care, offering a rich environment for collaboration and innovation. This is a great opportunity to build and refine your individualized skill set based on advanced nursing competencies. You will have the chance to grow in clinical practice, leadership, health system optimization, education, and research. We foster a supportive learning environment and actively encourage your development and expertise in managing aging individuals with complex medical needs. This is an ON-SITE position. Shifts are Days M-F. On Call is as per rotations including weekends and Stats. On Call times Mon-Fri @ 1615-0800 On Call Wknd and Stats @ 0800-0800
Description:
As a Nurse Practitioner (NP), you will provide a full range of comprehensive health services to individuals across their lifespan. You will be responsible for integrating clinical skills associated with nursing and medicine to assess, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe treatment, and perform procedures to manage and meet the health needs of patients. Additionally, you will utilize advanced practice nursing competencies related to Clinical Practice, Leadership and Optimizing Health Systems, Education, and Research to increase care quality, promote appropriate use of health services, and inform and influence healthcare systems. PLEASE NOTE: This position is unionized and represented by the Alberta Union of Nurse Practitioners (AUNP). For more information on this union, please contact AUNP: https://www.aunp.ca/
Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta Classification: Nurse Practitioner Union: AUNP Unit and Program: Home & Community Care - Consult and Treat Team (Calgary Corridor) Primary Location: Sheldon M Chumir Health Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 02-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Regular Full Time Date Available: 19-OCT-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 60 Shift Pattern: Days, On Call Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $68.56 Maximum Salary: $80.20 Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Required Qualifications:
Successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program, with a minimum of a Master's degree. Active registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) on the Nurse Practitioner Registrar, including Provisional Graduate Nurse Practitioner licensure. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).
Additional Required Qualifications:
Active registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) as a Nurse Practitioner in the appropriate stream (e.g., Family/All Ages, Adult). Completion of a Master’s degree in Nursing. Knowledge of and ability to support change management. Advanced Microsoft office skills. Proficiency in MS Outlook and MS Teams, ConnectCare and Netcare. You will be responsible to operate a laptop computer and mobile phone, and for manual handling (lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing and pulling) as a regular part of the job. Eg//A push/pull of up to 50lbs for compression therapy on a regular basis is an expectation of this job. Experience in research and best practice implementation. Minimum of 3 years experience with older adults in the community. Proven experience with teaching, supervision, coaching and mentorship. Ability to collaborate with stakeholders within and outside of AHS. Proven initiative, autonomy, conflict resolution & critical thinking skills. Required to operate a laptop and mobile phone, and for manual handling (lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing and pulling) as a regular part of the job. e.g./ lifting of approximately 30 lbs in and out of a vehicle on a regular basis, carrying this weight up/downstairs daily. Learning resources and training are provided to safely perform work.
Preferred Qualifications:
Excellent written & verbal skills with continuing education in the area of the older adult. Self-directedness in organizing work, prioritize & flexibility in meeting the unexpected spontaneous needs of a clinical area. Function effectively & collaboratively within a client and family centered care team of health care professionals and support staff. CNA certification in Gerontology.
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Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive primary care to medically complex, homebound older adults, including assessment, diagnosis, ordering and interpreting tests, prescribing treatment, and performing procedures. Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary care teams while contributing to leadership, health system improvement, education, and research.
Requirements
Requires a master's degree in nursing and completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program, active Nurse Practitioner registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta, and current Basic Cardiac Life Support certification. Applicants need at least three years of community experience with older adults, along with research, change management, teaching, mentorship, collaboration, and advanced clinical skills.
Skills
- Advanced Nursing Practice
- Primary Care
- Clinical Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Testing
- Prescribing Treatment
- Care Coordination
- Geriatric Care
- Change Management
- Research and Best Practice Implementation
- Teaching and Mentorship
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Critical Thinking
- Conflict Resolution
- Microsoft Office
- ConnectCare and Netcare
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Science & Research
- Education
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Nurse Practitioner
- Advanced Nursing Practice
- Master's Degree in Nursing
- College of Registered Nurses of Alberta
- Nurse Practitioner Registrar
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- BCLS-HCP
- Family/All Ages
- Adult
- Older Adults
- Community Primary Care
- Home-Based Primary Care
- Geriontology
- Clinical Practice
- Leadership
- Health System Optimization
- Change Management
- Research
- Best Practice Implementation
- Teaching
- Supervision
- Coaching
- Mentorship
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Teams
- ConnectCare
- Netcare
- Manual Handling
