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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: Unit 54 - Orthopaedic Trauma Primary Location: Foothills Medical Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.85 Posting End Date: 16-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Regular Part Time Date Available: 02-NOV-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 4 Shifts per cycle: 17 Shift Pattern: Days 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:
Previous experience working with surgical patients preferred. Experience and expertise in cultivating and maintaining professional working relationships with clients, health professionals, and service providers. Strong clinical skills to include assessments, care planning. Expertise in managing complex clients with multiple co-morbidities. Comfort with using technology and charting in electronic system.
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Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive health services across the lifespan, including assessing and diagnosing patients, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing treatment, and performing procedures. Apply advanced practice nursing competencies in clinical care, leadership, education, and research to improve care quality and influence healthcare systems.
Requirements
Requires completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program with at least a master's degree, active registration on the CRNA Nurse Practitioner Registrar (including Provisional Graduate Nurse Practitioner licensure), and current BCLS-HCP certification. Preferred qualifications include experience with surgical patients, strong assessment and care-planning skills, expertise managing complex patients with multiple comorbidities, professional relationship-building skills, and comfort with electronic charting.
Skills
- Clinical Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Test Interpretation
- Treatment Planning
- Prescribing
- Clinical Procedures
- Patient Care
- Care Planning
- Management of Complex Patients
- Leadership
- Health Systems Optimization
- Patient Education
- Research
- Professional Relationship Building
- Electronic Charting
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Keywords
- Nurse Practitioner
- Advanced Practice Nursing
- Clinical Practice
- Orthopaedic Trauma
- Surgical Patients
- Patient Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Tests
- Treatment Planning
- Prescribing
- Clinical Procedures
- Care Planning
- Complex Patients
- Comorbidities
- Leadership
- Health Systems Optimization
- Patient Education
- Research
- BCLS-HCP
- CRNA Registration
- Electronic Charting
- Healthcare Services
