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Licensed Practical Nurse (L.P.N.)
Employer
AdaptacareDate Posted
January 02, 2026Languages
English-
Location Lethbridge, AB
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Earnings $32.00 to $36.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 32 hours per week
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Position Temporary Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Feb 01, 2026
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
- METHODICAL
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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
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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
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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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