Nurse Practitioner

Alberta Health Services; Medicine Hat; On-site; CAD 142,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Temp F/T Benefits

Job summary

Alberta Health Services is seeking a Nurse Practitioner for Medicine Hat Home Care. The NP will provide comprehensive health services across the lifespan, integrating nursing and medical skills to assess, diagnose, order tests, and manage treatments.

This role operates within the Home Care program, under the AUNP, and supports case managers and the interprofessional team to optimize patient outcomes. You will perform advanced clinical duties, including treating patients, ordering investigations,

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Nursing is required.
• CRNA registration and current CRNA registration allow practice as Nurse Practitioner.
• BCLS-HCP certification is required for patient care.

Responsibilities

• Consults with Physicians regarding client status and informs Physicians.
• Coordinates nursing care for assigned clients at NP level.
• Performs comprehensive medical/nursing assessments and treatments including orders and interpretation of diagnostics.
• Prescribes and authorizes medications and therapies as per guidelines.

Education

Master's degree in Nursing

CRNA registration

BCLS-HCP certification

Job description

The incumbent: Consults with, and informs Physicians regarding client status, modifying nursing care plans accordingly. Coordinates service and provides nursing care, for assigned clients, at the level of a Nurse Practitioner. Performs comprehensive medical/nursing assessments and treatments, including (but not limited to) physical and cognitive evaluations; diagnosis and implementation of treatment; ordering and interpretation of diagnostic investigations (i.e. laboratory and diagnostic imaging); authorization of medications (i.e., palliative drug program, dementia treatment medications); prescribing home oxygen; and authorizing pressure gradient stockings. Authorizes medications in accordance with the Prescribing and Distribution guidelines set out by CRNA. Provides preventive and therapeutic health teaching to clients and families, encourages independence and assists clients with adjustments to limitations. Functions in a consultative capacity to support and compliment the Home Care case managers and interdisciplinary team to work to their full scope of practice.

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/

• Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
• Union: AUNP
• Unit and Program: Home Care
• Primary Location: Medicine Hat Home Care
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 08-OCT-2026
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 18-OCT-2026
• Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2027
• Length of Shift in weeks: 8
• Shifts per cycle: 40
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $68.56
• Maximum Salary: $80.20
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

• Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
• Classification: Nurse Practitioner
• Union: AUNP
• Unit and Program: Home Care
• Primary Location: Medicine Hat Home Care
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 08-OCT-2026
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 18-OCT-2026
• Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2027
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 8
• Shifts per cycle: 40
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $68.56
• Maximum Salary: $80.20
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

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:

Masters or PhD in Nursing required. Current, or eligible for, Nursing Practitioner permit to practice with CRNA. Eligible for a nurse practitioner practice permit conditional to CRNA receiving positive reference(s) based on 300 - 600 hours of nurse practitioner practice in Alberta to practice and use the protected title of Nurse Practitioner (NP) in Alberta, a person must be registered with CRNA as a Nurse Practitioner (CRNA registers Nurse Practitioners in one of three streams of practice). Applicants for CRNA registration as a Nurse Practitioner must have completed 4500 hours of registered nursing experience satisfactory to the Registration Committee and hold CRNA registration 2.

Preferred Qualifications:

Recent community care nursing.Connect Care experience.Palliative Care Experience / Leap Training.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the postingend date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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