Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Requisition #: ALB00439057
Salary Range: $62.74 - $72.00 per hour
Job Type: Regular Full Time
Your Opportunity:
Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Zone Medical Affairs, is currently recruiting for a Nurse Practitioner to manage the medical needs of neurosurgery/neurology intensive care patients at the University of Alberta Hospital. The Nurse Practitioner (NP) role is to promote excellence in clinical practice, utilizing a comprehensive knowledge base and an excellent ability to apply it to the clinical setting. Your passion and motivation combined with our commitment to set new standards of excellence, makes Alberta Health Services the right choice for you.
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/
Required Qualifications:
Successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program and a minimum of master's degree. Registration with CRNA on the Nurse Practitioner Registrar including Provisional Graduate Nurse Practitioner licensure. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in neurosurgery preferred.
How to Apply:
Please visit our job board to learn more and apply:
https://careers.albertahealthservices.ca/jobs/nurse-practitioner-468933
Alberta Health Services is one of the leading healthcare systems in Canada, responsible for the delivery of health care to more than 3.7 million Albertans. Working at the AHS enables a better quality of life, not only for our staff, but for their families – there’s no shortage of reasons to join our team.
