Nurse Practitioner

Opportunity

The PLC ICU is a 22-bed multisystem unit recruiting a Nurse Practitioner to join its multidisciplinary critical care team. This role provides frontline ICU care, including inpatient management, consults, and outreach/Code 66 responses across the site. While PLC is the primary site, there may be opportunities for cross-coverage in other adult ICUs in Calgary. Reporting to the Executive Director of Critical Care, the Nurse Practitioner will manage patients admitted to the ICU and work collaboratively with intensivists, physicians, nursing staff, allied health professionals, subspecialists, and site leadership to ensure safe, seamless transitions of care.

The NP will provide comprehensive, patient- and family-centred care through advanced clinical practice, consultation, education, leadership, research, and quality improvement initiatives. Strong communication, critical thinking, collaboration, and leadership skills are essential, along with a passion for caring for medically complex patients and their families. Important Work Structure

Note:

The ICU environment is a hybrid model, with the Nurse Practitioner working collaboratively with intensivists and a variable number of residents. This role will gradually evolve to include a limited number of nighttime shifts in the coming months.

As an 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.

This position is unionized and represented by the Alberta Union of Nurse Practitioners (AUNP).

• 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).

• Completion of a Master’s degree in Nursing – Nurse Practitioner Program (Adult or Family/All Ages).
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Demonstrated ongoing responsibility for maintaining continuing professional and practice competencies through professional development activities.

• RN and / or NP experience in the last 5 years in an ICU setting is an asset.
• CNCC(C) or CNA Certification is an asset.
• Training and competency to complete diagnostic and therapeutic procedures is an asset.
• Experience with the development and or implementation of research and/or evidence-based practice, and program development.

Minimum Salary: $62.74
Maximum Salary: $72.00

16-MAR-2026