Licensed Practical Nurse

Job summary

The LPN will provide safe, high-quality, patient and family-centered care within an interprofessional health care team. Responsibilities include utilizing nursing processes and critical thinking to serve the farming and ranching community in long-term and emergency care settings.

Job details

Your Opportunity: An exciting opportunity exists to provide healthcare in a rural community as a Registered Nurse in Milk River, Alberta. The Town of Milk River (population about 825) is located about 300 kilometers southeast of Calgary and about an hour southeast of Lethbridge. It is the only place you can reach the US border in 10 minutes’ drive! Visit the spectacular Waterton National Park in just over an hour’s drive, and ancient Indigenous stone writings only a half hour away! Along with its extremely low land prices, friendly small-town living, and its close proximity to both Lethbridge and the Canada/United States Border, and the warm Southern Alberta chinooks, Milk River is an attractive place to call home. Serving the farming and ranching community, the Milk River Health Centre provides a range of health care services to including emergency, long term care, lab & diagnostic imaging, along with other allied health programs. 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: Long Term Care Primary Location: Milk River Health Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.57 Posting End Date: 21-SEP-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits Date Available: 01-OCT-2026 Temporary End Date: 19-JUN-2027 Hours per Shift: 11.08 Length of Shift in weeks: 6 Shifts per cycle: 12 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: As Required. Preferred Qualifications: As Required.

What you’ll do

The LPN will provide safe, high-quality, patient and family-centered care within an interprofessional health care team. Responsibilities include utilizing nursing processes and critical thinking to serve the farming and ranching community in long-term and emergency care settings.

Requirements

Candidates must have completed an accredited practical nurse education program and hold a current BCLS-HCP certification. Active or eligible registration and a practice permit with the College of LPNs and HCAs of Alberta are required.

Listed skills

• Problem solving · Preferred
• Decision Making · Preferred
• Critical Thinking · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Nursing Process
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Patient Centred Care
• Emergency Care
• Long Term Care
• BCLS-HCP

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Government & Public Sector