Nurse Practitioner

Résumé du poste

Provide comprehensive health services to adults and seniors in congregate living settings, focusing on health promotion and independence. Responsibilities include assessing, diagnosing, and treating complex geriatric patients to reduce emergency room visits and acute care admissions.

Détails du poste

Your Opportunity: Assisted Living Alberta is dedicated to Enhancing Care in the Community, helping people be healthy, well and independent in their homes and communities. For more information. Assisted Living Alberta Edmonton Zone Continuing Care provides services through five main program areas: Home Living, Supportive Living, Facility Living, Transition Services and Palliative Care. We are looking for a Nurse Practitioner to join our Facility & Supportive Living team to provide care and support to adults and seniors residing in congregate living settings. Supportive Living is a non-institutional alternative for those who are no longer able to live in their own home, which focuses on health promotion, well-being, independence and maintaining functional abilities. As a Nurse Practitioner in Continuing Care, you will have the opportunity to work in an office setting as well as travel within established geographical networks of care in the Edmonton Zone to address clients who: are homebound; unattached to primary care physicians; do not meet the criteria for special programs and services, are complex and vulnerable geriatric clients and for those whose social, cognitive and medical complexity provide challenges for ongoing management in the community. The successful candidate will assume a key role in the management of clients in the community, building on primary health care concepts and case management principles, thereby diminishing emergency room visits, acute care admissions and re-admissions, mitigating adverse event management, assisting with medication reconciliation and assisting in the care of complex client scenarios such as palliative and end of life care. Within this advanced model of care, you will work as a partnership with a common goal of clients achieving and maintaining their health, well-being, and independence. 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: Supportive and Facility Living Primary Location: Edmonton Comm Health Hub North Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 09-OCT-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 19-OCT-2026 Temporary End Date: 04-OCT-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 60 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends 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: Communication and assessment skills. 3-5 years of recent nursing experience in a combination of areas including but not limited to: acute/sub-acute, rehabilitative, community emergency room, ICU, continuing care, home care, etc. At the time of interview, you may be required to demonstrate your computer knowledge and proficiency by completing a hands-on assessment. You must demonstrate sufficient typing speed to meet workload demand and navigate through various computer programs including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Visio, Outlook and Internet. Evidence of area of expertise in their graduate degree Nurse Practitioner stream (Family/All Ages, Adult, Child/Child (Neonatal Specialty). CPR Certification. Preferred Qualifications: CNA Certification in National Nursing Specialty (i.e., Gerontological, Critical Care, Nursing, Hospice, Palliative Care Nursing, etc.). Connect Care experience. Palliative Care experience.

Ce que vous ferez

Provide comprehensive health services to adults and seniors in congregate living settings, focusing on health promotion and independence. Responsibilities include assessing, diagnosing, and treating complex geriatric patients to reduce emergency room visits and acute care admissions.

Exigences

Requires a Master's degree from an approved Nurse Practitioner program and active registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta. Candidates need 3-5 years of recent nursing experience and current BCLS-HCP certification.

Compétences indiquées

• Geriatric Care · Souhaitée
• Leadership · Souhaitée
• case management · Souhaitée
• Microsoft Office · Souhaitée
• Communication Skills · Souhaitée

Autres compétences pertinentes

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

• Clinical Assessment
• Diagnosis
• Prescribing Treatment
• Case Management
• Palliative Care
• Medication Reconciliation
• Geriatric Care
• Leadership
• Health Systems Optimization
• Microsoft Office
• Communication Skills
• Patient Education

Domaines d’emploi

• Healthcare
• Social Services
• Government & Public Sector