Nurse Practitioner

Job summary

The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive care for children with acute and complex pain, integrating nursing and medical skills to diagnose and manage health conditions. The role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to implement program developments and integrating research into clinical practice.

Job details

Your Opportunity: The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) - Acute Pain Services provides leadership and promotes excellence in pediatric, family-centered nursing care through the five main role components of expert practice, education, consultation/collaboration, research, and leadership/change agent. This PNP integrates nursing and medical skills and knowledge within a broad scope of advanced nursing practice. The PNP assumes a leadership role by influencing clinical practice while balancing inter-professional collaboration and autonomous practice. The PNP is a member of the Acute Pain health care team, working with the medical and clinical team to support patients who present with acute and complex pain and their families. The PNP collaborates with the physician team, other health care providers and management to facilitate program development and implementation. Care provided is comprehensive and responsive to acute and complex pain needs in order to support the best outcomes for the children served. This PNP integrates research into practice and creates, utilizes and/or disseminates new knowledge. In practice this PNP role includes but is not limited to diagnosing and managing common and complex health conditions, promoting health and preventing illness/injury, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other therapies and performing procedures, interventions and/or treatments with children and youth with acute and complex pain issues. Nursing activities performed are determined by legislation, regulation, professional body direction, Alberta Health Services (AHS) policy, educational preparation, practice setting, patient need, and competency of the individual NP. 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/ Classification: Nurse Practitioner Union: AUNP Unit and Program: Acute and Transitional Pain Services Primary Location: Alberta Children's Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.50 Posting End Date: 21-SEP-2026 Employee Class: Regular Part Time Date Available: 05-OCT-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 4 Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday Minimum Salary: $68.56 Maximum Salary: $80.20 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable 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: Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a cohesive team. Experience working with acute pediatric populations. Preferred Qualifications: Connect Care proficiency. Experience working at Alberta Children's Hospital is an asset.

What you’ll do

The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive care for children with acute and complex pain, integrating nursing and medical skills to diagnose and manage health conditions. The role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to implement program developments and integrating research into clinical practice.

Requirements

Candidates must have a Master's degree from an approved Nurse Practitioner program and active registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta. Current BCLS-HCP certification and experience with acute pediatric populations are required.

Listed skills

• Clinical care · Preferred
• Collaboration · Preferred
• preparation · Preferred
• Leadership · Preferred
• Health · Preferred
• Teams · Preferred
• management · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Development · Preferred
• Time · Preferred
• Diagnostic · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Pediatric Care
• Acute Pain Management
• Clinical Diagnosis
• Prescribing Pharmaceuticals
• Patient Assessment
• Inter-professional Collaboration
• Research Integration
• Connect Care Proficiency
• Clinical Leadership
• Health Promotion
• Diagnostic Test Interpretation
• Family-Centered Care

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Science & Research
• Management & Leadership