Nurse Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic and collaborative Nurse Practitioner (NP) team providing care at both the Northeast Community Health Centre and the Strathcona Community Hospital. Both facilities offer 24/7 emergency departments and a variety of ambulatory, laboratory, and diagnostic imaging services. As a member of our NP team, you will be self-directed, provide expert evidence-based clinical care, demonstrate leadership, and be a team player. Our high functioning NP team is a supportive and engaging group, offering opportunities for mentorship, education, and research. Family All Ages NP licensure is essential for this position. Reporting to the Site Director, you will function in an MRP role, providing care to patients and their families across the lifespan in a variety of clinical settings. Settings include: Outpatient IV Therapy Clinic - a wide variety of patients are seen in this clinic, most commonly with infectious and hematologic presentations. Emergency Department Transition Clinic - in this innovative clinic, patients of all ages who would otherwise require next day follow up in the ED are reassessed and managed in the ambulatory setting. Emergency Department - as MRP, you will assess, diagnose, and manage patients independently. You will also work collaboratively with physician colleagues in a team environment for complex patients. The ED NP role encompasses innovative solutions to supporting a busy ED and includes providing care in the waiting room, managing abnormal results, and supporting the unit in general with expertise and leadership. 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

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. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to enable working directly with patients and their family members. Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team environment. Ability to function independently. Excel at working in a dynamic fast paced environment. Work well under pressure and stressful situations.

Application & knowledge of current research, with ongoing interest in research. Experience in a wide range of assessment, treatment & therapeutic interventions, health promotion, diagnostic procedures, &follow-up care in the community considered an asset. Completion of one or more of: ACLS, PALS, ATLS, NRP. Demonstrated clinical skills in ECG interpretation, wound closure, minor procedures (aspiration, incision and drainage, excision of lesions), fracture management, and wound care preferred.