Nurse Practitioner
Apply NowCompany: Covenant Health
Location: Edmonton, AB T5A 0A1
Description:
Your Opportunity:
The Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre proudly serves nearly 500 residents with compassionate long-term care, subacute care, and hospice care tailored to their individual needs. As a cornerstone of healthcare in our community, we are committed to providing exceptional quality of life and specialized care to our residents. Located in the heart of Edmonton, our facility offers a supportive and collaborative environment where healthcare professionals can thrive and make a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. Covenant Health is deeply rooted in Alberta's integrated health system, with a legacy spanning over 150 years, we deliver quality, innovative services across 17 sites in 12 communities. As one of Canada's largest Catholic health organizations, Covenant Health is committed to excellence, recognized once again as Alberta's Top 80 Employers for 2025, and named among the World's Most Ethical Companies for nine consecutive years.
Description:
Reporting to the Senior Director, Operations or Program Manager, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) is employed in a variety of settings across the continuum of care including acute care and continuing care. The NP uses an evidence-informed holistic approach that emphasizes the nursing professions' values, expertise and education. The majority of time is spent in clinical practice where the NP role includes, but is not limited to, diagnosing and managing common and complex health conditions, promoting health and preventing illness/injury, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing pharmaceuticals, medical devises and other therapies and performing procedures, interventions and/or treatments. The NP performs restricted activities within their scope of practice as defined by Schedule 24 of the Health Professions Act, the Registered Nurses Profession Regulations, and the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA). In some clinical settings, the NP is considered the most responsible provider. This position is covered by the terms and conditions of the AUNP Collective Agreement.
Successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program at a Master of Nursing level.Must possess relevant and recent clinical expertise within stream of practice.Must be eligible for licensure with CRNA as a Nurse Practitioner.Must be appropriately licensed with the clinical practice stream relevant to area of clinical employment.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to enable working directly with residents/patients and their family members. Demonstrated ability to work as a team member. Ability to function independently. Excel at working in a dynamic fast paced environment. Work well under pressure and in stressful situations. Application and knowledge of current research. Experience in a wide range of assessment, treatment and therapeutic interventions, health promotion, diagnostic procedures and follow up care within LTC, End of Life Care, Palliative Care, and Restorative Care. Must understand and practice to full scope of their knowledge in an interdisciplinary team environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
3-5 years of recent clinical experience as an NP in continuing care is preferred. Recent clinical experience as an RN in continuing care.Connect care experience.Recent experience in Wound Care and Ostomy's.
The Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre proudly serves nearly 500 residents with compassionate long-term care, subacute care, and hospice care tailored to their individual needs. As a cornerstone of healthcare in our community, we are committed to providing exceptional quality of life and specialized care to our residents. Located in the heart of Edmonton, our facility offers a supportive and collaborative environment where healthcare professionals can thrive and make a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. Covenant Health is deeply rooted in Alberta's integrated health system, with a legacy spanning over 150 years, we deliver quality, innovative services across 17 sites in 12 communities. As one of Canada's largest Catholic health organizations, Covenant Health is committed to excellence, recognized once again as Alberta's Top 80 Employers for 2025, and named among the World's Most Ethical Companies for nine consecutive years.
Description:
Reporting to the Senior Director, Operations or Program Manager, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) is employed in a variety of settings across the continuum of care including acute care and continuing care. The NP uses an evidence-informed holistic approach that emphasizes the nursing professions' values, expertise and education. The majority of time is spent in clinical practice where the NP role includes, but is not limited to, diagnosing and managing common and complex health conditions, promoting health and preventing illness/injury, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing pharmaceuticals, medical devises and other therapies and performing procedures, interventions and/or treatments. The NP performs restricted activities within their scope of practice as defined by Schedule 24 of the Health Professions Act, the Registered Nurses Profession Regulations, and the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA). In some clinical settings, the NP is considered the most responsible provider. This position is covered by the terms and conditions of the AUNP Collective Agreement.
- Classification: Nurse Practitioner
- Union: AUNP
- Unit and Program: Resident Care Managers EGCCC
- Primary Location: Edmonton General EGCCC
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 23-APR-2025
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 03-MAY-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 20
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $62.74
- Maximum Salary: $72.00
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program at a Master of Nursing level.Must possess relevant and recent clinical expertise within stream of practice.Must be eligible for licensure with CRNA as a Nurse Practitioner.Must be appropriately licensed with the clinical practice stream relevant to area of clinical employment.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to enable working directly with residents/patients and their family members. Demonstrated ability to work as a team member. Ability to function independently. Excel at working in a dynamic fast paced environment. Work well under pressure and in stressful situations. Application and knowledge of current research. Experience in a wide range of assessment, treatment and therapeutic interventions, health promotion, diagnostic procedures and follow up care within LTC, End of Life Care, Palliative Care, and Restorative Care. Must understand and practice to full scope of their knowledge in an interdisciplinary team environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
3-5 years of recent clinical experience as an NP in continuing care is preferred. Recent clinical experience as an RN in continuing care.Connect care experience.Recent experience in Wound Care and Ostomy's.