Licensed Practical Nurse - Unit 3F3 Ortho Surgery Float Pool

Alberta Health Services; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join their acute surgical unit. The LPN will be responsible for delivering comprehensive patient care, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring patient safety and well-being. This role involves critical thinking, problem-solving, and patient advocacy, making it essential for the successful candidate to be skilled in these areas. The position promises a dynamic work environment focused on patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Responsible for comprehensive patient care on an acute surgical unit.
• Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with the healthcare team to deliver quality care.
• Monitoring and documenting patient status.
• Providing education and support to patients and families.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Patient Advocacy

Education

Licensed Practical Nurse Certification

Job description

Your Opportunity:

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive patient and family-centered care on an acute surgical unit in accordance with UAH and AHS policies and procedures. 3F3 is an 18+ bed unit providing care to Orthopedic and General Surgery patients received from the operating room, emergency department, intensive care unit, and directly from home and/or surgery clinics. Decisions are made in a collaborative multidisciplinary team environment. As an LPN, you will provide a wide variety of nursing services to patients, families, communities, and populations, while ensuring their safety and well-being. 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 families. The LPN provides safe and effective nursing care according to hospital policies and nursing care standards. Working within the full scope of practice, the LPN observes, monitors, reports, and documents changes in patients' physical, mental, and emotional states, assists with activities of daily living, and provides relevant information and teaching to patients and families.

Responsibilities include:

1. Collaborating with the healthcare team to deliver quality care.
2. Monitoring and documenting patient status.
3. Assisting patients with daily activities.
4. Providing education and support to patients and families.

Note: This posting is scheduled to close at 23:59 of the posting end date but may be filled earlier if a Regular Employee from this workplace expresses interest by 23:59 on the 5th calendar day after the posting date. If no interest is expressed, the vacancy will be filled under the collective agreement provisions.