Licensed Practical Nurse

• Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse
• Union: AUPE AUX
• Unit and Program: Short Stay Surgery/Pre-Admission Clinic
• Primary Location: U of A Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 20-FEB-2024
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• Date Available: 06-MAY-2024
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 6
• Shifts per cycle: 30
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $27.58
• Maximum Salary: $36.13
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Completion of an accredited practical nurse education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).

Certification/current experience with IV initiation & phlebotomy. Demonstrated excellent assessment, leadership, and patient care skills. Strong communications skills (verbal/written). Strong interpersonal & problem-solving skills. Proven reliability/dependability required. Ability to deal with patients who are acutely ill in an unpredictable and stressful environment. Experience orientating new staff/students. Ability to work in a physically demanding environment: Considerable standing/walking; lifting, positioning, pushing and/or transferring patients; considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching (continuously for 5.5 - 7 hours per shift). Walking (continuously for 5.5 - 7 hours per shifts) and lifting up to fifty pounds. Pushing beds/stretchers multiple times for prolonged distance between units. Able to work staggered shifts. Must have 3 years current adult surgical nursing experience or recent phase II recovery experience.

Advanced knowledge of regional/neuroaxial/multimodal anesthesia. Advanced knowledge of chronic pain. Advanced knowledge of ERAS, STOPBang/OSA, NRT, Infection Control, & Health Promotion strategies. Computer literacy (Connect Care). QI experience. Strong communication skills. Recent/previous short stay surgery experience. Certification with the Canadian Nurses Association in Medical/Surgical or Perianesthesia Nursing.