Orthopedic Surgery Licensed Practical Nurse

Provide orthopedic and ortho spine surgical care at Royal Alexandra Hospital as a Licensed Practical Nurse using critical thinking and nursing processes.

This temporary part-time LPN assignment serves Unit 34 Inpatient Surgery within Alberta Health Services. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate comprehensive patient and family care. The work involves interprofessional collaboration, decision making, patient mobilization, and quality improvement participation.

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient and family care
• Provide care for orthopedic and ortho spine surgery patients
• Work independently under a Charge Registered Nurse’s direction
• Direct and monitor care provided by health care aides
• Participate in frontline quality improvement initiatives

• Accredited practical nurse education program completion
• Active or eligible Alberta Licensed Practical Nurse registration
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support for Health Care Providers
• Organizational, interpersonal, communication, and priority setting skills
• Ability to lift, turn, and mobilize patients

Apply orthopedic nursing, collaborative care, and patient mobilization skills within Alberta Health Services Unit 34 Inpatient Surgery.