Location: Clarenville Coish Place
Licensed Practical Nurse I
Regional Medicine Program - Renal Dialysis
Temporary Full-time (until September 27, 2025, with the possibility of extension)
09428RP1
Hours: 75 bi-weekly (8 & 12 hours, Shift Work; Days, Evenings)
Salary: CG29 ($29.62 - $32.62 per hour) which includes a negotiated wage adjustment
Competition Number: VAC0012171
Posted Date: 2025-06-02
Closing Date: Open until filled.
Job Summary
Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) are valuable members of the interdisciplinary health care team. LPNs provide direct nursing care to stable and unstable clients/patients/residents under the direction of a Registered Nurse. The Licensed Practical Nurse I in the Dialysis Department, within their individual scope of practice, is responsible for health assessment, medication administration, nursing care planning, disease management, wound care, end of life care and may provide mentoring and direction to students and other staff.
Job Demands
By applying for this job, you acknowledge an understanding that regular requirements and demands of this job include (but are not limited to):
Regularly requires physical exertion and handling, moving, pushing or pulling objects between 10 - 15 lbs and occasionally required to support, lift or move patients/objects up to 30 lbs.
Regularly required to work in awkward cramped positions (bending/kneeling/stretching) and constantly standing and moving about.
Regularly pushes and pulls objects using light to medium forces and stands and walks.
Regularly requires visual concentration to give medications, read orders/referrals, patients' charts/document, observe and treat patients combined with time pressures and deadlines.
Job Qualifications
Successful completion of an approved Licensed Practical Nursing program.
Current licensure with the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador (CLPNNL).
Current BLS certification is required.
Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to maintain effective working relationships.
Demonstrated initiative and the ability to work independently.
A satisfactory record of work performance is required.