LPN, Dialysis

Government of Northwest Territories; Yellowknife; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health service in Canada is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join the Dialysis Unit in Yellowknife. This role involves providing direct patient care, conducting patient education, and collaborating with healthcare professionals while ensuring a work-life balance with no night shifts. Qualified candidates must hold a Licensed Practical Nursing Diploma and have experience in a healthcare setting. This position offers the opportunity to work in a supportive and culturally sensitive environment.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of a Licensed Practical Nursing Diploma.
• One year of directly related experience in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to operate, calibrate, and clean the dialysis specific tools and machines.

Responsibilities

• Provides nursing care to patients in the Dialysis Unit.
• Facilitates patient and family education based on needs.
• Advocates for safe, competent, and ethical nursing care.

Skills

Hemodialysis training

Patient care

Nephrology knowledge

Education

Licensed Practical Nursing Diploma

Tools

Dialysis machines

Water purification system

Job description

Department: Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) offers challenging and exciting careers in health and social services delivery and administration in Canada’s North. The Territorial Authority has service locations in communities across the territory and a staff of more than 1,600 serving over 43,000 residents of the NWT and 5,900 residents of the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. Challenging work, welcoming communities, and expanded opportunities are some of the benefits offered to employees of the NTHSSA.

Job Information

Are you interested in providing hemodialysis and providing care to those receiving treatment for renal disease? Ready to be part of an integrated health care team that works closely with Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners on an established patient load? Our shift schedule includes no night shifts and Sundays off to enjoy a work/life balance routine. Join our strong established dialysis team as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), working in the Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, NT.

As an LPN in Dialysis, you will deliver direct patient care and make independent day-to-day decisions regarding individual nursing care plans based on standing orders. You will also assist with the Inpatient or Outpatient Care areas and provide culturally sensitive care to patients living with renal disease and who require hemodialysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides nursing care to patients using a problem-solving approach to facilitate individualized nursing care to patients of the Dialysis Unit
• Facilitates implements and modifies patient and family education/teaching based on the needs of the patient.
• Advocates practice environments that have the organizational and human support systems, and the resource allocations necessary for safe, competent and ethical nursing care.

Key Qualifications and Skills

• Successful completion of a Licensed Practical Nursing Diploma
• Hemodialysis training from a hospital approved course
• One year of directly related experience in a healthcare setting
• Knowledge in nephrology (the study of diseases and disorders of the kidney); ability to share this information to both patients and caregivers.
• Knowledge of and an ability to operate, calibrate and clean the dialysis specific tools and machines required during the dialysis of patients (i.e. including but not limited to the dialysis machines, water purification system, artificial kidneys, pumps, etc.).

GNWT Inquiries

Inquiries Only:

Health Recruitment
Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR
BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9
Tel [phone] Extension 14106
Fax[phone]
[e-mail]

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