Licensed Practical Nurse
Your Opportunity:
Step into a unique and rewarding nursing role in Corrections Health, where every day presents an opportunity to make a meaningful impact. As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in a correctional facility, you’ll play a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care to a diverse and often underserved population. Working in a secure, fast-paced environment, you’ll use your clinical skills and critical thinking to manage a wide range of health concerns—from chronic disease to acute care and emergency response. With significant autonomy and the support of a collaborative multidisciplinary team, you'll conduct assessments, administer medications, and contribute to care planning and delivery. You'll also play a key part in health promotion, harm reduction, and the prevention of illness and injury, helping to restore and maintain wellness in a non-traditional but highly impactful healthcare setting.
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, demonstrated skill level and Recovery Alberta policies and procedures. You will play a key role in providing safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of Recovery Alberta.
- Classification: Licensed Practical Nurse
- Union: AUPE AUX
- Unit and Program: Correctional Health Services
- Primary Location: Calgary Young Offenders Centre
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.72
- Posting End Date: 16-NOV-2026
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
- Date Available: 26-NOV-2026
- Temporary End Date: 16-NOV-2028
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 43
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $33.16
- Maximum Salary: $43.42
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of an accredited practical nurse education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of LPNs and HCAs of Alberta (CLHA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).
Additional Required Qualifications:Recent acute care experience required (up to full-time equivalent within the last four years). Ability to work to the full scope of the professional designation. Working knowledge of the AHS/Recovery Alberta Harm Reduction policy suite is and Trauma Informed Care principles. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team including external agencies. Demonstrated strength in working in a complex environment utilizing critical thinking. Ability to perform the physical requirements of the position.
Preferred Qualifications:Recent acute care experience preferred (up to full time equivalent within the last four years). Corrections health experience across youth, adult male & female remand/sentenced populations is an asset. Connect Care experience preferred.
