Nurse Practitioner

Your Opportunity:

Join a specialized ambulatory infusion therapy service providing care for patients receiving complex outpatient treatments. Working within an approved Most Responsible Practitioner (MRP) model, the Nurse Practitioner supports patients receiving biologic medications, IV therapies, blood products, and other specialty treatments. This role focuses on safe treatment delivery, patient monitoring, continuity of care, and interdisciplinary collaboration, while offering opportunities to develop expertise in infusion therapy, chronic disease management, wound care, and ambulatory services. You can expect to: Provide clinical oversight for patients receiving infusion and specialty therapies, including assessment, monitoring, follow-up, and medication safety support. Collaborate with wound care teams to support wound and skin health management and ensure continuity of care across clinic, community, and home care settings. Coordinate care among patients, primary care providers, specialists, home care, and community services to facilitate timely access to treatment and follow-up. Contribute to program development, quality improvement initiatives, and the enhancement of ambulatory infusion services and clinical processes. Provide clinical leadership through education, mentorship, knowledge sharing, and support of a collaborative, patient-centered practice environment.

Description:

Reporting to the Senior Director, Operations or Program Manager, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) is employed in a variety of settings across the continuum of care including acute care and continuing care. The NP uses an evidence-informed holistic approach that emphasizes the nursing professions' values, expertise and education. The majority of time is spent in clinical practice where the NP role includes, but is not limited to, diagnosing and managing common and complex health conditions, promoting health and preventing illness/injury, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing pharmaceuticals, medical devises and other therapies and performing procedures, interventions and/or treatments. The NP performs restricted activities within their scope of practice as defined by Schedule 24 of the Health Professions Act, the Registered Nurses Profession Regulations, and the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA). In some clinical settings, the NP is considered the most responsible provider. This position is covered by the terms and conditions of the AUNP Collective Agreement.