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Job Details

Licensed Practical Nurse (L.P.N.)

Employer

YARROW LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Date Posted

August 21, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Wetaskiwin, AB
  • Earnings $28.15 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 5  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Sep 20, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

YARROW LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Languages

English

Education

  • College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Relocation costs covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate
  • Nursing home/home for the aged

Tasks

  • Administer medications
  • Apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing
  • Conduct specimen collection
  • Ensure infection control
  • Monitor nutritional intake
  • Take vital signs
  • Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Eligible for licensure as a practical nurse by the province/territory of work

Area of specialization

Geriatrics

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Immunization records
  • Tuberculosis test

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?

Government programs

Recognized employer

Experience

Experience an asset

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • As per collective agreement
  • Bonus
  • Group insurance benefits
  • Night shift premium

Long term benefits

Long-term care insurance


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Licensed Practical Nurse (L.P.N.) is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Licensed Practical Nurses
METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information by monitoring patients' progress and monitoring established respiratory and intravenous therapy; in evaluating effectiveness of nursing interventions; and in administering medication and observing and documenting therapeutic effects

SOCIAL

Interest in instructing patients and their families by providing safety and health education; in providing pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care; and in consulting with members of the healthcare team

OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating medical equipment to perform nursing interventions such as taking vital signs, applying aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensuring infection control, monitoring nutritional intake and conducting specimen collection

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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