Registered Nurse – Intensive Care Unit Edmonton Canada – Immigration Support Possible

Visa type confirmed: Immigration Support Possible

Your Opportunity:

The ICU is a 29-bed unit characterized by high acuity and high occupancy. We care for critically ill patients from the medicine, surgery (including the regionalized thoracic surgery program), obstetrics, gynecologic, neurosurgical, and trauma programs. The unit provides evidence-based services within an inter-disciplinary team model. Specialized services include acute ventilatory support, continuous and intermittent renal replacement for acute and chronic renal failure, rhabdomyolysis, and sepsis; therapeutic plasma exchange for hematological and auto-immune disorders; and critical care support for the regional bariatric program. The Code Blue and Rapid Response Teams include nurses from the Intensive Care Unit. Our focus is on continuous Quality Improvement, providing a supportive environment for staff and students, and offering patients the best care possible. The Registered Nurse in this area is specially trained to be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care. The successful candidate will perform a variety of nursing duties and work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, the patients, and their families to achieve positive patient outcomes and improvements in quality care. Nursing care will be administered safely and effectively, according to hospital policies and nursing care standards.

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 our shared vision and values.

Key Details:

• Classification: Registered Nurse
• Union: United Nurses of Alberta
• Unit and Program: Intensive Care Unit
• Multi-Site: At or Out of (UNA only)
• FTE: 1.00
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Hours per Shift: 11.08
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 40
• Shift Pattern: Days, Nights
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $43.26
• Maximum Salary: $59.21

Required Qualifications:

• Completion of an accredited nursing education program.
• Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA).
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).
• If you have not practiced as a Registered Nurse within the last five years, completion of necessary courses is required.

Additional Required Qualifications:

• Recent completion of a recognized Critical Care course with 1 year of adult critical care RN experience is required.
• Demonstration of excellent knowledge, assessment, documentation, communication, organizational, and patient care skills are necessary.
• A commitment to providing quality patient and family-centered care in a team environment must be demonstrated.
• Charge Nurse duties may be required following successful orientation to the role.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in ICU, observation room, trauma, with ventilators, and as an acute care RN is preferred.
• Training and experience with various critical care techniques and monitoring.
• Experience working with diverse communities or groups.

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