Licensed Practical Nurse

Offre d’emploi originale

The LPN provides safe, high-quality, family-centered care while rotating through acute care, emergency, and labour/delivery units. They work within a multidisciplinary team utilizing nursing processes and critical thinking to support patient health.

Détails du poste

Your Opportunity: Wainwright is a vibrant and friendly rural community of around 7,000 located in east central Alberta on highway 14 and 41. It is known as a major service center for the agriculture, oil and gas industries and is home to Canadian Forces Base Wainwright. A community of delightful contrasts, it is a township boasting with a variety of attractive neighborhoods from charming older districts lined with trees to steadily expanding new residential subdivisions. You will be conveniently close to inviting parks, modern playgrounds and numerous recreational amenities including the Peace Memorial Multiplex with walking track and climbing wall, pool, weight training facilities, dance studio, meeting rooms and banquet halls. The quality of lifestyle in this community is enhanced by an excellent choice of schools for children, extensive health care facilities and an unlimited array of year-round recreational opportunities. The Wainwright Health Centre contains a 20 bed acute care medical/surgical unit, 2 bed obstetrical suite, 24/7 Emergency Department, in addition to an OR, day surgery unit and cardiac wellness services. As the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at the Wainwright Health Centre, you will have the opportunity to rotate within the areas of acute care, emergency, and labour/delivery, allowing you to work to full scope of practice and develop your nursing skills in multiple areas, while working within a multidisciplinary team to provide family focused nursing care. Description: As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), you are part of an interprofessional health care team, utilizing nursing processes, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills. You will be guided by your education, experience, and demonstrated skill level, in alignment with applicable legislation, standards of practice, policies, and procedures. You will play a key role in providing safe, high quality, patient and family centred care while reflecting the shared vision and values of the organization. Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse Union: AUPE AUX Unit and Program: Emergency Primary Location: Wainwright Health Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.67 Posting End Date: 14-SEP-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Part Time Date Available: 28-SEP-2026 Temporary End Date: 28-FEB-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 40 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $33.16 Maximum Salary: $43.42 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable Required Qualifications: Completion of an accredited practical nurse education program. Active or eligible for registration and a practice permit as a Licensed Practical Nurse with the College of LPNs and HCAs of Alberta (CLHA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). Additional Required Qualifications: In this position, you will be on your feet for an extended period of time (both walking and standing), and you must be able to assist in transporting, lifting and positioning of patients. You will also be required to bend, lift, push, and pull equipment. This role may require working different shift schedules, including rotating shifts. Preferred Qualifications: Minimum one (1) year Acute, Obstetrics and Emergency nursing experience is preferred. Experience with Connect Care, and general computer skills. CTAS and ACLS. Other courses and training applicable to the rural acute and emergency setting an asset.

Ce que vous ferez

The LPN provides safe, high-quality, family-centered care while rotating through acute care, emergency, and labour/delivery units. They work within a multidisciplinary team utilizing nursing processes and critical thinking to support patient health.

Exigences

Candidates must have completed an accredited practical nurse program and hold a valid practice permit with the CLHA and BCLS-HCP certification. Experience in acute, obstetrics, and emergency nursing is preferred.

Compétences indiquées

• Soins cliniques · Souhaitée
• Résolution de problèmes · Souhaitée
• Decision Making · Souhaitée
• Critical Thinking · Souhaitée

Autres compétences pertinentes

Relevées dans la description du poste. Confirmez les exigences importantes ci-dessus.

• Acute Care Nursing
• Emergency Nursing
• Obstetrics Nursing
• Patient Care
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Connect Care
• BCLS-HCP
• ACLS
• CTAS
• Family Focused Care

Domaines d’emploi

• Healthcare