Job Description

Your Opportunity:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Labor and Delivery team at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. We are an interdisciplinary team providing care to Antepartum, Laboring, Postpartum patients along with newborns. We also care for Postoperative Caesarean patients in the Post Anesthetic Recovery Room. Our care model is focused on Patient and Family centered care. It is an expectation that all team members support the Women & Children's portfolio as required.

Description:

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will provide a wide variety of nursing services to patients, families, communities and populations, while taking necessary steps to ensure their safety and well-being. In your role, you will utilize nursing processes, through critical thinking, problem solving and decision making, as well as teach, counsel and advocate on behalf of patients and their families. You will play a leadership role in supporting an integrated and holistic approach to patient care, health promotion and maintenance. You will provide safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS.

• Classification: Registered Nurse
• Union: United Nurses of Alberta
• Unit and Program: Acute Care Labour & Delivery
• Primary Location: Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
• FTE: 0.63
• Posting End Date: 18-NOV-2022
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
• Date Available: 16-JAN-2023
• Temporary End Date: 03-JUL-2024
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 8
• Shifts per cycle: 24
• Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $38.44
• Maximum Salary: $50.45
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of an accredited nursing education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). Additional Required Qualifications:

3 years of Labor and Delivery experience in care of antepartum, laboring, post - partum, postoperative caesarean section in the PARU, and newborns within the last 5 years. Neonatal Resuscitation Level 1-9. Fetal Health Surveillance (Can obtain within 6 months of hire). Preferred Qualifications:

Baccalaureate in Nursing. Perinatal Specialty Certificate. Active Member of MOREob,such as participant and/or instructor. Management of Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia. Intravenous Therapy Initiation and Management Certification. HELP (STORK). Trained as Recovery Room Nurse for post-operative Caesarean patients. Knowledge of Antenatal, Perinatal, and Post-partum pathways.

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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We're passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.

Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it's about putting patients' and families' experiences, priorities and trust first.

We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.