Nurse Practitioner
- AB, Canada
- Edmonton, AB, Canada
Classification: Nurse Practitioner Union: AUNP Unit and Program: Surgery Program Primary Location: U of A Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 22-OCT-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 07-DEC-2026 Temporary End Date: 07-APR-2028 Hours per Shift: 9.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 8 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $68.56 Maximum Salary: $80.20 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable · Temporary
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- Classification: Nurse Practitioner Union: AUNP Unit and Program: Surgery Program Primary Location: U of A Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 22-OCT-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 07-DEC-2026 Temporary End Date: 07-APR-2028 Hours per Shift: 9.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 8 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $68.56 Maximum Salary: $80.20 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
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Your Opportunity:
The University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) is a quaternary and tertiary referral hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. A leader in research, we are a Canada Accredited Trauma Service and designated level one trauma center with a catchment of over 2.5 million people. The Inpatient Trauma Nurse Practitioner (Trauma NP) is an advanced practice nursing (APN) role that provides care to the trauma patient across the continuum until discharge. This position will offer you the opportunity to integrate clinical skills to assess, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe treatment, and perform procedures to promote excellence in clinical trauma care practice. Utilizing your comprehensive knowledge base and excellent ability to work autonomously, you will develop cohesive and comprehensive care plans for the trauma patient. This will underpin your clinical decision making to support safe and timely patient flow. Your passion and motivation combined with our commitment to set new standards of excellence in Canada, make this position the right choice for you.
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: Surgery Program Primary Location: U of A Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 22-OCT-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 07-DEC-2026 Temporary End Date: 07-APR-2028 Hours per Shift: 9.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 8 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:
Prioritizing management of health conditions; provide follow-up treatment; communicate with clients/ families about health findings, diagnoses, and prognoses; support/counsel clients in their personal responses to diseases, disorders, conditions. Monitor clinical outcomes for efficacy. Provide transition support into adult care system as required. Collaborate and/or consult with plastic surgeons, anesthesia, and specialists, communicating care plans with health care team. Accept/make referrals to, physicians/health professionals. Diagnose/treat diseases, illnesses, and conditions within the Nurse Practitioner’s scope of practice. Focusing on perioperative related issues within scope including wound issues. Diagnose and order appropriate screening diagnostic investigations; interpret reports of investigations and analyze information to monitor progress and plan treatment. Prescribe drugs within the statutory and regulatory standards, limits and conditions for Nurse Practitioners, within applicable employer policies and procedures. Apply knowledge of pharmacology and evidence-based practice in selecting, prescribing, administering, and monitoring the effects of drugs to treat diseases disorders, conditions, or injuries. The NP will prescribe, manage, and titrate medications inclusive of opioids as required as part of the perioperative care. Prescribe for and manage perioperative conditions within scope.
Preferred Qualifications:
Working knowledge of Connect Care and Alberta Netcare. ACLS and TNCC would be an asset. Certified in level I and II sharps wound debridement. Experience with the ARCH program would an asset. Work consultatively as part of the multidisciplinary team, develop and provide initial treatment plans and modify plans accordingly. Provide direct medical coverage and will function with autonomy and authority with day-to-day clinical care responsibility across the Inpatient Trauma Surgery Program.
The University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) is a quaternary and tertiary referral hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. A leader in research, we are a Canada Accredited Trauma Service and designated level one trauma center with a catchment of over 2.5 million people. The Inpatient Trauma Nurse Practitioner (Trauma NP) is an advanced practice nursing (APN) role that provides care to the trauma patient across the continuum until discharge. This position will offer you the opportunity to integrate clinical skills to assess, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe treatment, and perform procedures to promote excellence in clinical trauma care practice. Utilizing your comprehensive knowledge base and excellent ability to work autonomously, you will develop cohesive and comprehensive care plans for the trauma patient. This will underpin your clinical decision making to support safe and timely patient flow. Your passion and motivation combined with our commitment to set new standards of excellence in Canada, make this position the right choice for you.
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: Surgery Program Primary Location: U of A Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 22-OCT-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 07-DEC-2026 Temporary End Date: 07-APR-2028 Hours per Shift: 9.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 8 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:
Prioritizing management of health conditions; provide follow-up treatment; communicate with clients/ families about health findings, diagnoses, and prognoses; support/counsel clients in their personal responses to diseases, disorders, conditions. Monitor clinical outcomes for efficacy. Provide transition support into adult care system as required. Collaborate and/or consult with plastic surgeons, anesthesia, and specialists, communicating care plans with health care team. Accept/make referrals to, physicians/health professionals. Diagnose/treat diseases, illnesses, and conditions within the Nurse Practitioner’s scope of practice. Focusing on perioperative related issues within scope including wound issues. Diagnose and order appropriate screening diagnostic investigations; interpret reports of investigations and analyze information to monitor progress and plan treatment. Prescribe drugs within the statutory and regulatory standards, limits and conditions for Nurse Practitioners, within applicable employer policies and procedures. Apply knowledge of pharmacology and evidence-based practice in selecting, prescribing, administering, and monitoring the effects of drugs to treat diseases disorders, conditions, or injuries. The NP will prescribe, manage, and titrate medications inclusive of opioids as required as part of the perioperative care. Prescribe for and manage perioperative conditions within scope.
Preferred Qualifications:
Working knowledge of Connect Care and Alberta Netcare. ACLS and TNCC would be an asset. Certified in level I and II sharps wound debridement. Experience with the ARCH program would an asset. Work consultatively as part of the multidisciplinary team, develop and provide initial treatment plans and modify plans accordingly. Provide direct medical coverage and will function with autonomy and authority with day-to-day clinical care responsibility across the Inpatient Trauma Surgery Program.
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Responsibilities
Provide autonomous, comprehensive clinical care to inpatient trauma patients from admission through discharge, including assessment, diagnosis, investigations, treatment, procedures, and perioperative medication management. Coordinate care with the multidisciplinary team, develop and adjust care plans, support patient transitions, and contribute to clinical quality, education, leadership, and research.
Requirements
Requires completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program with at least a master's degree, active CRNA Nurse Practitioner registration (including provisional graduate licensure), and current BCLS-HCP certification. The role also requires the ability to manage perioperative and trauma-related conditions, prescribe and monitor medications, interpret diagnostic investigations, and collaborate with specialists; Connect Care and Alberta Netcare knowledge, ACLS, TNCC, wound debridement certification, and ARCH program experience are assets.
Skills
- Trauma Care
- Advanced Practice Nursing
- Patient Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Test Ordering and Interpretation
- Treatment Planning
- Medication Prescribing and Management
- Perioperative Care
- Wound Care
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration
- Patient and Family Communication
- Care Coordination
- Clinical Outcome Monitoring
- Pharmacology
- Evidence-Based Practice
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Categories
- Healthcare
Keywords
- Inpatient Trauma Surgery
- Trauma Nurse Practitioner
- Advanced Practice Nursing
- Clinical Practice
- Patient Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Investigations
- Treatment Planning
- Perioperative Care
- Wound Care
- Sharps Wound Debridement
- Medication Prescribing
- Opioid Management
- Pharmacology
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Multidisciplinary Team
- Clinical Outcome Monitoring
- Care Transitions
- BCLS-HCP
- ACLS
- TNCC
- Connect Care
- Alberta Netcare
- ARCH Program
- CRNA Registration