Your Opportunity:
Wetaskiwin has an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse on their maternity unit! Wetaskiwin labor and delivery is a busy rural delivery site with approximately 400 deliveries per year and 1500 outpatients. As a combined L&D/ post-partum unit, your experience as a rural maternity nurse will be invaluable to the team. You will be providing support in the operating room during cesarean sections and other procedures. You will also be required to work on the medical, surgical and ER when the maternity unit is not busy. You will also demonstrate genuine interest and respect for our patients and utilize your knowledge, skills, and abilities to competently provide direct patient and family centered care. Please note, this facility provides Long Term Care (LTC) or Designated Supportive Living (DSL) services and by Order of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, many AHS employees are restricted to work only at a single LTC/DSL site for the remainder of the pandemic. Speak to the hiring manager who will confirm if, as the successful candidate in this position, you will be restricted to work at only one LTC/DLS site in Alberta.
Description:
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will provide a wide variety of nursing services to patients, families, communities and populations, while taking necessary steps to ensure their safety and well-being. In your role, you will utilize nursing processes, through critical thinking, problem solving and decision making, as well as teach, counsel and advocate on behalf of patients and their families. You will play a leadership role in supporting an integrated and holistic approach to patient care, health promotion and maintenance. You will provide safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS.
- Classification: Registered Nurse
- Union: United Nurses of Alberta
- Department: CZ WETA HOSP NU07 LbrDlvPstprt
- Primary Location: Wetaskiwin Hospital & Care Ctr
- Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 26-OCT-2021
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 07-NOV-2021
- Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2022
- Hours per Shift: 11.08
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 40
- Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $36.86
- Maximum Salary: $48.37
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Completion of an accredited nursing education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). Additional Required Qualifications:
As Required. Preferred Qualifications:
NRP. Fetal Health Surveillance. Rural obs experience.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 of the posting end date indicated.
Hiring Requirements:
The following must be provided prior to your first day of work:
Security Screening: Satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
COVID-19 Immunization: Proof of full immunization against COVID-19. Full immunization status is achieved when 14 days have passed after the second dose of a two-dose vaccine, or the first dose of a single-dose vaccine. See our for additional information.
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