Licensed Practical Nurse

Your Opportunity: An exciting opportunity exists for a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary neonatal team in the delivery of care to neonates and their families in a level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Peter Lougheed centre (PLC) in Calgary, Alberta. PLC supports a wide variety of patients throughout the city of Calgary and surrounding areas. Neonatal nursing is a subspecialty of nursing that works with critically ill newborn infants born with a variety of issues ranging from prematurity, birth defects, infection, cardiac malformations and surgical. Caring for the youngest and smallest of patients, attention to detail and critical thinking are essential to the neonatal nurse’s role. A high level of competency and proficiency is also required to work within this highly technical area. Nurses should be able to evaluate challenging situations and make quick judgments in a fast-paced environment based on the fluctuating health status of NICU patients. Additionally, they need to be able to maintain a level-head when faced with ethical and emotional situations, and care for families with an empathetic understanding of their situation. Description: As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), you are part of an interprofessional health care team, utilizing nursing processes, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills. You will be guided by your education, experience, and demonstrated skill level, in alignment with applicable legislation, standards of practice, policies, and procedures. You will play a key role in providing safe, high quality, patient and family centred care while reflecting the shared vision and values of the organization. Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse Union: AUPE AUX Unit and Program: PCU 34 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.70 Posting End Date: 21-SEP-2026 Employee Class: Regular Part Time Date Available: 05-OCT-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 42 Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $33.16 Maximum Salary: $43.42 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable Required Qualifications: Completion of an accredited practical nurse education program. Active or eligible for registration and a practice permit as a Licensed Practical Nurse with the College of LPNs and HCAs of Alberta (CLHA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). Additional Required Qualifications: Recent experience (in the past year) in medical/surgical inpatients at an acute care urban site. Must work to full scope of practice including but not limited to IV initiation certification required. Must be able to perform repetitive physical duties that include walking long distances, pushing, pulling, bending, and reaching, assisting with patient transfers and other duties related to patient care. Must convey and demonstrate AHS’ core values. Preferred Qualifications: Recent experience (in past year) in NICU at an acute care urban site. Final focus NICU students will be considered. Completion of the post-LPN NICU course required or currently enrolled in NICU orientation. Recent (within last year) experience with care and assessment of the newborn. Current NRP 1-9 preferred. Preceptor/mentorship experience preferred. Critical care experience preferred. Proficiency with adult/peds inpatients Connect Care preferred. Completion of AHS Breast feeding modules.

Provide high-quality, patient- and family-centered care to critically ill newborns in a Level II NICU. Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to evaluate challenging situations and make quick judgments based on fluctuating patient health status.

Requires completion of an accredited practical nurse program and active registration with the College of LPNs and HCAs of Alberta. Candidates must have current BCLS-HCP certification and recent experience in medical/surgical inpatients at an acute care urban site.

• Problem solvingPreferred
• Decision MakingPreferred
• Critical ThinkingPreferred
• Interprofessional CollaborationPreferred

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Neonatal Care
• Critical Thinking
• IV Initiation
• Patient Assessment
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Interprofessional Collaboration
• BCLS-HCP
• NRP
• Connect Care
• Breastfeeding Support
• Acute Care Nursing

• Healthcare

Minimum education

Professional degree

Minimum experience

2+ years

Apply by

Oct 11, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

33 hours per week

Seniority

Entry level