Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Camrose Home Care is seeking an experienced Licensed Practical Nurse for its Home Care team. Reporting to the Care Manager, Camrose Home Care, you are part of an interdisciplinary team working within the client\'s residential environment to provide assessments and direct care as well as support the emotional wellbeing and provide comfort to the client. Utilizing your experience in wound care, palliative care and client teaching you will take a collaborative approach to meeting health goals, contribute to the nursing diagnosis and participate in nursing interventions and outcomes. You will provide safe, quality client and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS. The City of Camrose is considered by many as one of the most beautiful cities on the prairies, boasting an exceptional quality of life for both citizens and visitors, committed to the preservation and protection of natural park areas, a clean and healthy environment, and the safety of residents. PLEASE NOTE: This posting is scheduled to close at 23:59 of the posting end date but may be filled earlier if a Regular Employee who holds a position within this unit or program expresses their interest in this vacancy by 23:59 on the 5th calendar day following the posting date. In the event that no Regular Employee from this workplace expresses their interest by the deadline, the vacancy shall be filled under the provisions of the collective agreement.

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, demonstrated skill level and AHS policies and procedures. You will play a key role in providing safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS.

• Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse
• Union: AUPE AUX
• Unit and Program: Camrose Home Care, Senior\'s Health
• Primary Location: Camrose Home Care
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.40
• Posting End Date: 29-AUG-2023
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 08-SEP-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 24
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $27.58
• Maximum Salary: $36.13
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver\'s License, Vehicle Provided

Required Qualifications:

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). Additional Required Qualifications:

Active registration and practice permit with College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA). Graduation from a recognized nursing education program. Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). Driver\'s Abstract to be completed by AHS with no GDL restrictions and access to a motor vehicle in good repair for work-related travel. Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum of one year Home Care experience. Minimum of one year Acute Care experience. Experience with wound care, palliative care and client teaching.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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