Nurse Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic and collaborative NP team providing care at the Sturgeon Community Hospital (SCH) in the Emergency Department. As a Nurse Practitioner (NP), you will provide a wide variety of assessments, interventions and treatments services to patients, families, and communities, while taking necessary steps to ensure their safety and well-being. This full scope MRP NP role involves receiving hand over of care patients from Emergency Physicians. The NP will play a key role in the ongoing management of handover patients- those who have initially been assessed by an emergency physician and are awaiting further investigations, specialist consultation, reassessment, or disposition planning. The NP will assume primary responsibility for ongoing assessment, monitoring, and management of these patients, including initiating or adjusting treatment plans as appropriate and facilitating safe and efficient transitions of care or discharges. The NP role in the SCH ED is used to promote flow through the department and will also assess patients returning to the ED for follow up as well as the initiation of investigations and treatments for newly triaged patients. The ED NP works closely with the multi-disciplinary team to manage EMS off-loaded patients and triaged patients that are waiting for a formal care space within the department. This role requires strong multi-tasking and prioritization skills as well as a strong foundation in understanding emergency department flow. The successful ED NP will have a broad background in adult presentations including those with complicated medical needs and have a comfort level with pediatric presentations. We are recruiting up to 5 NP positions with negotiable FTE's.

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/

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).

Must be able to support a flexible work schedule. Participate in and maintain additional education and/or certifications specific to area of practice. Complete AHS Annual Requirements (as per MyLearningLink) and basic healthcare provider CPR.

Application & knowledge of current research, with ongoing interest in research-based care. Experience in a wide range of emergency skills including assessment, treatment & therapeutic interventions, health promotion, diagnostic procedures & follow-up care in the community an asset. Completion of ACLS & one or more of: PALS, TNCC, ITLS & NRP. Demonstrated clinical skills in ECG interpretation, wound closure, minor procedures, fracture management & wound care preferred.