Your Opportunity:
AHS is recruiting a Nurse Practitioner (NP) - to join the dynamic Pediatric Intensive Care Unit multidisciplinary team based out of the Alberta Children’s Hospital (ACH), Calgary. We are looking for applicants who have effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders as well as work collaboratively with patients and families as partners in care. The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a Level 3 ICU providing advanced care for patients from birth to 18 years at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. This 20-bed unit is fast-paced and dynamic with a focus on excellence in patient care delivery, family-centered care, and collaborative teamwork. The NP will manage patients admitted to the PICU and collaborate with the PICU team including Physicians, nursing staff and leaders, allied health team members, subspecialists, and ACH administration to ensure seamless transfers into and out of the PICU for this complex, high needs, patient group. You will provide comprehensive, holistic and patient-family centered care and contribute to patient care through advanced clinical practice, leadership, consultations, referrals, education and research. In addition, you will provide nursing education and leadership and will be involved in ongoing quality improvement initiatives and program development related to PICU patients. The NP requires strong interpersonal skills and ability to build collaborative and trusting relationships with staff, the management team, physicians, and all members of the interdisciplinary team and will demonstrate skills in the areas of organization, critical thinking, conflict resolution, advanced problem solving, interdisciplinary leadership and change management.
Description:

As a Nurse Practitioner (NP), you will provide a full range of comprehensive health services to individuals across their lifespan. You will be responsible for integrating clinical skills associated with nursing and medicine to assess, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe treatment, and perform procedures to manage and meet the health needs of patients. Additionally, you will utilize advanced practice nursing competencies related to Clinical Practice, Leadership and Optimizing Health Systems, Education, and Research to increase care quality, promote appropriate use of health services, and inform and influence healthcare systems. PLEASE NOTE: This position is unionized and represented by the Alberta Union of Nurse Practitioners (AUNP). For more information on this union, please contact AUNP: https://www.aunp.ca/

• Classification: Nurse Practitioner
• Union: AUNP
• Unit and Program: PICU
• Primary Location: Alberta Children’s Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable

• Classification: Nurse Practitioner
• Union: AUNP
• Unit and Program: PICU
• Primary Location: Alberta Children’s Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicabl