Licensed Practical Nurse I

Zone: Eastern Urban Zone
Location: St. Clare's Mercy Hospital
Licensed Practical Nurse I
Surgery Program - General Surgery (6E)
Permanent, Part-Time
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Hours : 15 bi-weekly (12-hour rotating shifts, days, nights)

Salary : CG-29 (CAD 30.16 - CAD 33.22 per hour) which includes a negotiated wage adjustment

Competition Number : VAC0013076

Posted Date : 2025-06-20

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 predictable and unpredictable clients/patients/residents. The LPN I in the Surgery Program works 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 is required.
Current and continuing licensure with the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador (CLPNNL) is required.
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.