Original job description
Your Opportunity:
The incumbent: Consults with, and informs Physicians regarding client status, modifying nursing care plans accordingly. Coordinates service and provides nursing care, for assigned clients, at the level of a Nurse Practitioner. Performs comprehensive medical/nursing assessments and treatments, including (but not limited to) physical and cognitive evaluations; diagnosis and implementation of treatment; ordering and interpretation of diagnostic investigations (i.e. laboratory and diagnostic imaging); authorization of medications (i.e., palliative drug program, dementia treatment medications); prescribing home oxygen; and authorizing pressure gradient stockings. Authorizes medications in accordance with the Prescribing and Distribution guidelines set out by CRNA. Provides preventive and therapeutic health teaching to clients and families, encourages independence and assists clients with adjustments to limitations. Functions in a consultative capacity to support and compliment the Home Care case managers and interdisciplinary team to work to their full scope of practice.
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 Care Primary Location: Medicine Hat Home Care Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 08-OCT-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 18-OCT-2026 Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 8 Shifts per cycle: 40 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings 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:
Masters or PhD in Nursing required. Current, or eligible for, Nursing Practitioner permit to practice with CRNA. Eligible for a nurse practitioner practice permit conditional to CRNA receiving positive reference(s) based on 300 - 600 hours of nurse practitioner practice in Alberta to practice and use the protected title of Nurse Practitioner (NP) in Alberta, a person must be registered with CRNA as a Nurse Practitioner (CRNA registers Nurse Practitioners in one of three streams of practice). Applicants for CRNA registration as a Nurse Practitioner must have completed 4500 hours of registered nursing experience satisfactory to the Registration Committee and hold CRNA registration 2.
Preferred Qualifications:
Recent community care nursing. Connect Care experience. Palliative Care Experience / Leap Training.
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Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive nurse practitioner services, including assessments, diagnosis, treatment, diagnostic test ordering and interpretation, medication authorization, and nursing care coordination for assigned home care clients. Educate and support clients and families, consult with physicians and interdisciplinary teams, and use advanced practice competencies to improve care quality and health system effectiveness.
Requirements
Requires completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program and a Master's degree or PhD in Nursing, along with current or eligible CRNA Nurse Practitioner registration and Basic Cardiac Life Support for Health Care Providers. Applicants must meet CRNA practice permit and registration requirements, including the specified Alberta nursing experience and references; recent community care, Connect Care, and palliative care experience are preferred.
Skills
- Comprehensive Health Assessment
- Physical and Cognitive Evaluation
- Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
- Diagnostic Test Ordering and Interpretation
- Medication Prescribing
- Nursing Care Coordination
- Palliative Care
- Preventive Health Education
- Therapeutic Health Education
- Clinical Leadership
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Home Care
- Connect Care
- Client and Family Support
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
Visa sponsorship
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Keywords
- Nurse Practitioner
- Home Care
- Comprehensive Health Services
- Medical Assessment
- Nursing Assessment
- Physical Evaluation
- Cognitive Evaluation
- Diagnosis
- Treatment Planning
- Diagnostic Investigations
- Laboratory Testing
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Medication Authorization
- Prescribing and Distribution Guidelines
- Palliative Care
- Dementia Treatment
- Home Oxygen
- Pressure Gradient Stockings
- Preventive Health Teaching
- Therapeutic Health Teaching
- Interdisciplinary Team
- Clinical Practice
- Healthcare Leadership
- Health Systems Optimization
- Nursing Education
- Healthcare Research
- CRNA Registration
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- Connect Care
- Leap Training
