Undergraduate Nurse

Your Opportunity:

If you are an Undergraduate Nurse (UNE) who likes small town living, this position in Whitecourt might be for you. Whitecourt, a bustling town of approximately 11,000 is situated 180km northwest of Edmonton and offers big city advantages and amenities but the friendly, down-to-earth lifestyle accustomed to rural Alberta. Life in Whitecourt will keep you active with their multiple recreation facilities, four rivers, and their outdoor trail system, earning them the title of the Snowmobile Capital of Alberta. If you’re looking for the chance to work to your full scope of practice all the while having work-life balance, the position of an Undergrad Nurse in Whitecourt is for you.

Description:

The Undergraduate Nursing Employee (UNE) position provides an opportunity for the nursing student employed as a UNE to consolidate the knowledge and skill acquired in their approved nursing education program towards competency in the range and complexity of Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) practice. The UNE is an unregulated member of the collaborative health care team who provides patient centred care with the supervision of the RN or RPN. The nursing activities performed, and level of supervision required are determined by legislation, standards of supervision outlined by regulatory colleges, Alberta Health Services (AHS) policy, educational preparation, practice setting, complexity of the patient, level of risk involved, and competency of the UNE.

• Classification: Undergraduate Nurse
• Union: United Nurses of Alberta
• Unit and Program: Acute Care
• Primary Location: Whitecourt Healthcare Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
• FTE: 0.00
• Posting End Date: 01-APR-2024
• Employee Class: Casual/Relief
• Date Available: 22-APR-2024
• Hours per Shift: 7.75, 11.08
• Length of Shift in weeks: Varies
• Shifts per cycle: Varies
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
• Days Off: Other
• Minimum Salary: $28.88
• Maximum Salary: $28.88
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Current enrolment in an approved Alberta nursing education program leading to initial entry to practice as a registered nurse or registered psychiatric nurse. Current Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (CPR) certificate. Successful completion of 3rd year of an RN nursing education program and a minimum of 600 hours of clinical practice in an approved RN education program; or currently in the final year of an after-degree RN nursing education program and a minimum of 600 hours of clinical practice in an approved RN education program; or successful completion of 2nd year of an RPN nursing education program and a minimum of 600 hours of clinical practice in an approved RPN education program.

Additional Required Qualifications:

As required.

Preferred Qualifications:

As required.

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