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Job Details

Licensed Practical Nurse (L.P.N.)

Employer

Adaptacare

Date Posted

January 02, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Lethbridge, AB
  • Earnings $32.00 to $36.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 32 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Feb 01, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Adaptacare

Languages

English

Education

  • College/CEGEP
  • Licensed practical/vocational nurse training (LPN, LVN, RPN, Cert., Dipl., AAS)

Work setting

  • Nursing home/home for the aged
  • Chronic or long-term care facilities/centres

Tasks

  • Administer medications
  • Apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing
  • Conduct specimen collection
  • Ensure infection control
  • Monitor nutritional intake
  • Observe and record medication's therapeutic and side effects
  • Record medication's therapeutic and side effects observations in patient files
  • Take vital signs
  • Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
  • Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families
  • Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
  • 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
  • Completion of the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination
  • CPR Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate

Area of specialization

Geriatrics

Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance
  • Criminal record check
  • Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Sound discrimination
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Large caseload

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you live near the job location?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting?

Employment terms options

Early morning

Government programs

Recognized employer

Employment terms options

  • Evening
  • Shift
  • Morning

Experience

5 years or more

Employment terms options

  • Night
  • On call
  • Day
  • Weekend

Health benefits

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

Financial benefits

Night shift premium

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Parking available

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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

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