Licensed Practical Nurse

Alberta Health Services; Village of Boyle; On-site; CAD 46,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Student loan forgiveness eligibility

Job summary

Alberta Health Services seeks an experienced Licensed Practical Nurse for Boyle Health Centre, a small hospital with combined ER and acute care unit. You will provide patient-centered care, support ER stabilization, triage, and acute care duties in a resource-limited rural setting.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team, ensure accurate documentation, and uphold infection control and safety. This role qualifies for community loan forgiveness benefits and includes varied shifts.

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).

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, patient-centered care in a combined ER and acute care unit.
• Assist ER operations with stabilization, triage, and urgent care.
• Administer medications, perform wound care, IV therapy where permitted, and educate patients.
• Maintain documentation, infection control, and patient safety standards.
• Collaborate with the interprofessional health care team and adapt to changing patient volumes.

Skills

LPN license

BCLS-HCP

CTAS certification

Education

Accredited practical nurse education program

Job description

Your Opportunity

Boyle Healthcare Centre is seeking a confident and independent Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join its small hospital with a combined Emergency Room (ER) and acute care unit. This role delivers adaptable, patient-centered care across both settings, supporting ER operations with patient stabilization, triage assistance, and urgent care, while also managing acute care responsibilities such as assessments, medication administration, wound care, IV therapy (where permitted), and patient education. Working with limited resources, the LPN collaborates closely with the healthcare team, demonstrates strong clinical judgment, and adapts to changing patient volumes and acuity. Key competencies include recognizing patient deterioration, maintaining emergency certifications, ensuring continuity of care when the ER is closed, and upholding high standards in documentation, infection control, and patient safety. Boyle is located on Treaty 6 territory and the traditional lands of the Métis, and offers a welcoming, close-knit community and an excellent quality of life. Residents enjoy a peaceful small-town setting near Skeleton Lake, known for its sandy beaches and year-round recreation including fishing, boating, camping, quadding, and hunting. With a lower cost of living and more affordable housing than larger centres, Boyle supports a balanced lifestyle where colleagues quickly become neighbours and friends through local events and shared community spaces. While embracing the benefits of rural living, Boyle remains within a 1.5–2 hour drive from Edmonton, ensuring access to additional services, shopping, and urban amenities—making it an ideal location for those seeking both career satisfaction and a slower, more connected way of life. Additionally, this community qualifies for Student Loan Forgiveness.

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 shared vision and values of the organization.

Classification

Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse

Union

Union: AUPE AUX

Unit and Program

Unit and Program: Acute Care; Emergency

Primary Location

Primary Location: Boyle Health Centre

Location Details

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE

FTE: 1.00

Posting End Date

Posting End Date: 31-AUG-2026

Employee Class

Employee Class: Regular Full Time

Date Available

Date Available: 08-SEP-2026

Hours per Shift

Hours per Shift: 11.25

Length of Shift in weeks

Length of Shift in weeks: 4

Shifts per Cycle

Shifts per Cycle: 14

Shift Pattern

Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends

Days Off

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary

Minimum Salary: $33.16

Maximum Salary

Maximum Salary: $43.42

Vehicle Requirement

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

• There is limited staff at this site, and you will be required to work in multiple areas.
• The successful candidate will need at least two years of bedside nursing experience in emergency or critical care medicine within the last four years.
• Certification in Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS).

Preferred Qualifications

• Current certifications of the following are assets: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), Emergency Nursing Provincial Education Program (ENPEP) and Fundamentals of Rural Emergency Nursing (FERN).
• Training in Connect Care.