Licensed Practical Nurse

Job summary

Provide nursing care to emergency patients and acute care medical inpatients as part of a collaborative health care team. Participate in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care while communicating respectfully with colleagues, care providers, patients, and families.

Job details

Your Opportunity: Drayton Valley Hospital and Care Centre has an exciting opportunity for a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to provide care to emergency patients and acute care medical inpatients on a 30 bed unit. This combined unit fosters a strong collaborative team environment with Nurses, Physicians, Unit Clerks, and Health Care Aides. Reporting to the Unit Manager, the LPN will be committed to providing open communication and feedback with respect for colleagues, care providers, patients, and families. The LPN will also work as a member of a health care team, collaborating on the delivery of care to meet the needs of the patients/clients. The LPN participates in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care and should expect to work to their full scope of practice. This position offers the opportunity for both personal and professional development within a variety of teams. 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 organization's shared vision and values. Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse Union: AUPE AUX Unit and Program: Medical Nursing / Emergency Primary Location: Drayton Valley Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 05-NOV-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 16-NOV-2026 Temporary End Date: 31-MAR-2027 Hours per Shift: 11.08 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 42 Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends 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: As required. Preferred Qualifications: Education in CTAS, Cardiac Arrest management (CAM) Basic and Advanced or ACLS, Trauma 101 or TNCC, Pediatric Building Blocks or PALS, and ENPEP. IV and CVAD competency. Other courses and training applicable to the rural acute care and emergency setting an asset.

What you’ll do

Provide nursing care to emergency patients and acute care medical inpatients as part of a collaborative health care team. Participate in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care while communicating respectfully with colleagues, care providers, patients, and families.

Requirements

Applicants must complete an accredited practical nurse education program and hold, or be eligible for, registration and a practice permit with the College of LPNs and HCAs of Alberta. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support for Health Care Providers is required; additional preferred training includes emergency, cardiac, trauma, pediatric, and intravenous or central venous access device competencies.

Listed skills

• Problem solving · Preferred
• Decision Making · Preferred
• Care Planning · Preferred
• Critical Thinking · Preferred
• Interprofessional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Patient Assessment
• Care Planning
• Care Implementation
• Care Evaluation
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Interprofessional Collaboration
• Patient- and Family-Centred Care
• Emergency Nursing
• Acute Care Nursing
• Basic Cardiac Life Support
• Intravenous Therapy
• Central Venous Access Device Competency
• Open Communication

Job areas

• Healthcare

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