Original job description
Your Opportunity:
Alberta Health Services (AHS), Edmonton Zone Medical Affairs, is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join the dedicated critical care team at the Sturgeon Community Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Coronary Care Unit (CCU). This advanced practice role offers an exciting opportunity to provide comprehensive, patient-centered care to critically ill and cardiac patients within a dynamic ICU/CCU environment. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, and other members of the interdisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, evidence-informed care and optimize patient outcomes.
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/
Classification: Nurse Practitioner Union: AUNP Unit and Program: Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Care Unit Primary Location: Sturgeon Community Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 13-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Regular Full Time Date Available: 23-OCT-2026 Hours per Shift: 11.25 Length of Shift in weeks: 24 Shifts per cycle: 84 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $68.56 Maximum Salary: $80.20 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
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:
As Required.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive, patient-centered care to critically ill and cardiac patients in the ICU and CCU, collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. Assess and diagnose patients, order and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe treatments, perform procedures, and apply advanced practice competencies in clinical care, leadership, education, and research.
Requirements
Applicants must have completed an approved Nurse Practitioner program with at least a master's degree and hold active registration on the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta Nurse Practitioner Registrar, including Provisional Graduate Nurse Practitioner licensure. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support for Health Care Providers certification is also required.
Skills
- Critical Care
- Cardiac Care
- Patient Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Test Ordering and Interpretation
- Treatment Prescribing
- Clinical Procedures
- Evidence-Informed Care
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Clinical Practice
- Leadership
- Health Systems Optimization
- Patient-Centered Care
- Education
- Research
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Management & Leadership
- Education
- Science & Research
Keywords
- Nurse Practitioner
- Critical Care
- Intensive Care Unit
- Cardiac Care Unit
- Patient-Centered Care
- Patient Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Tests
- Treatment Prescribing
- Clinical Procedures
- Evidence-Informed Care
- Interdisciplinary Team
- Advanced Practice Nursing
- Clinical Practice
- Leadership
- Health Systems Optimization
- Education
- Research
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- CRNA Registration
- Alberta Union of Nurse Practitioners
