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The Adult Post Anesthetic Care Unit is an integral component of the Operative Services Portfolio at the University of Alberta Hospital (UAH). The University of Alberta Hospital is one of Canada’s leading clinical, research and teaching hospitals, treating more than 700,000 patients annually. A Level 1 Trauma Center, the UAH provides surgical access to various specialties including, Neurosurgery, OHNS, Urology, General Surgery, Ortho Trauma, Plastics, Burns, Spine, iMRI, and Solid Organ Transplant Services. The Post Anesthetic Care Unit provides comprehensive care in a critical and highly specialized area to post-surgical patients as they recover from general and/or regional anesthesia. The PACU RN is adept in the assessment and management of the patient’s immediate post-surgical life sustaining needs, and ensures patients safely progress along the post anesthetic continuum. The successful incumbent will gain valuable nursing experience working alongside skilled staff, in a fast paced and dynamic environment, supporting AHS’s commitment to providing safe, high quality, family centered care.

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As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will provide a wide variety of nursing services to patients, families, communities and populations, while taking necessary steps to ensure their safety and well-being. In your role, you will utilize nursing processes, through critical thinking, problem solving and decision making, as well as teach, counsel and advocate on behalf of patients and their families. You will play a leadership role in supporting an integrated and holistic approach to patient care, health promotion and maintenance. You will provide safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS. PLEASE NOTE: Provisional Permit Holders shall be paid $35.87/hour - $43.82/hour. Upon being entered into the register of Registered Nurses, the rate of pay shall be adjusted to the rate of pay applicable to a Registered Nurse in accordance with AHS/UNA Article 25.02(b)(i) or (ii) as applicable. This posting is scheduled to close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date but may be filled earlier if a Regular Employee who holds a position within the unit, program, or office expresses their interest in this vacancy by 23:59 MT on the 5th calendar day following the posting date, under LOU #25. In the event that no Regular Employee from this workplace expresses their interest by the deadline, the vacancy shall be filled under the provisions of Article 14: Promotions, Transfers and Vacancies. Please be advised this posting may be used to fill multiple identical vacancies arising as a result of the administration of the Trial of Modified Posting Provisions.

• Classification: Registered Nurse (2022.75)
• Union: United Nurses of Alberta
• Unit and Program: Post Anaesthic Care Unit
• Primary Location: U of A Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
• Posting End Date: 09-SEP-2024
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
• Date Available: 28-OCT-2024
• Temporary End Date: 28-OCT-2025
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 48
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $39.21
• Maximum Salary: $51.46
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Completion of an accredited nursing education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). If you have not practiced as a Registered Nurse within the last five (5) years, completion of the following free courses is required: CRNA Medication Management - Chapters 1 - 4 (https://connect.nurses.ab.ca/home/%2Flearning-and-development%2Flearning-modules%2F) and the NextGenU Health Assessment Resources Certification (https://courses.nextgenu.org/course/view.php?id=271#section-0)

Required certification/current experience with IV initiation, phlebotomy, care of the ventilated patient, ECG Analysis, vasopressor medication. Excellent assessment, organizational leadership, and patient care skills. Ability to communicate findings (verbal and written) in a concise and accurate manner. Strong interpersonal & problem solving skills. Proven reliability/dependability. Adaptable to a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment with high acuity patients. Ability to deal with unpredictable and stressful environment. Ability to maintain a physically demanding job. 2 years of Phase 1 Recovery and/or critical care experience. Advanced knowledge of regional anesthesia, neuroaxial anesthesia, multimodal analgesia and chronic pain. Must be able to work staggered shifts, possibly extended shifts.

At least 4-6 months current PACU experience within a tertiary setting. Previous orientation/preceptorship for new staff and students. ACLS. Experience with patient care quality improvement/quality assurance. Canadian Nurses Association in Perianesthesia Nursing, Critical Care, and/or Medical/Surgical Certification. National Association of Perianesthesia Nurses of Canada membership.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

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A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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Alberta has three Research Ethics Boards (REBs) designated under the Health Information Act to review and approve health research. Each one is housed within a sponsoring organization.

REBs are independent in their decision making and are accountable to the highest level in the organizational body that established them for the process of research ethics review. These organizations are accountable for the research conducted under their jurisdiction.

Health Research Ethics Board of Alberta (Alberta Innovates)

The Health Research Ethics Board of Alberta (HREBA) is the provincial board that brings together the former-CPSA board, the community board, and cancer board into one with three committees with the following names:

HREBA – Clinical Trials Committee (CTC) 

• Formerly known as the Research Ethics Review Committee (RERC), the CTC protects the public by enabling scientific and ethical review of research proposals submitted by registered Alberta physicians, who are conducting research involving human subjects

HREBA – Community Health Committee (CHC)

• Formerly known as the Community Research Ethics Board of Alberta (CREBA), the CHC is a multi-disciplinary committee with members from both rural and urban Alberta that reviews health research being conducted in communities across the province.

HREBA – Cancer Committee (CC)

• Formerly, the Alberta Cancer Research Ethics Review Committee (ACREC), the CC provides scientific and ethical review of all new protocols and annual renewals involving human subjects (adult and pediatric) and/or research requiring access to personal information submitted by cancer researchers throughout the province of Alberta.

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The  Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research  is one of two distinct entities which together make up the University of  Alberta’s Health Research Innovation Facility   (HRIF) : a world-class research and teaching facility. Current occupants are conducting research in viral immunology, biochemistry, cardiovascular and gastroenterology, to name only a few. The facility also has a 220-seat lecture theatre, teaching and learning centre, imaging facility, glass wash facility and Vivarium. Designed to be flexible and modular, the facility maximizes efficient use of space and supports adaptation to future needs.

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What areas of Alberta does the Alberta Women's Health Foundation fund research?

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In addition to research happening here in Alberta, the AWHF and WCHRI make up the Albertan arm of the Women’s Health Collective Canada (WHCC). The WHCC was founded by the country’s leading women’s health foundations, Alberta’s own AWHF, the BC Women’s Health Foundation , and Ontario’s Women’s College Hospital Foundation to amplify our impact — and break the barriers holding us back from providing women with equitable healthcare. Through intentional collaboration, we’re bringing resources and fundraising together to address the wider gaps in women’s health we can’t tackle on our own.

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Health Research Ethics Board of Alberta (HREBA)

HREBA safeguards the rights and welfare of individuals who volunteer to participate in research by ensuring ethical principles have been considered by researchers and applied prior to and throughout the conduct of the research.

The Health Research Ethics Board of Alberta (HREBA) is hosted by Alberta Innovates and consists of three committees – the Cancer Committee, the Clinical Trials Committee and the Community Health Committee. These committees provide ethical reviews and ongoing ethical oversight of cancer and community-based research involving humans, their information and biological samples.

While focused on the protection of research participants, HREBA wants to ensure that research maximizes benefit while minimizing harms.

Core principles

HREBA applies core principles of the  Tri-Council Policy Statement – Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans  and other applicable regulations (i.e. HIA, Health Canada, FDA, ICH GCP) which includes:

• Respect for Persons
• Concern for Welfare

Committee makeup

HREBA’s committees are composed of a cross-disciplinary group of individuals including doctors, members of the scientific community, non-scientific members with specific expertise, including ethicists, lawyers, privacy experts and community members from across the province.

These committees meet monthly to review all cancer research and research conducted by private practice physicians/organizations which are not under the oversight or have an existing agreement with the University of Alberta or the University of Calgary.

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Non-Research Projects

Although non-research projects don’t require the approval of an REB, they still involved people and their information and therefore similar ethical principles should be considered.

A pRoject Ethics Community Consensus Initiative (ARECCI) provides support to project leads and/or organization in assessing the ethical risks of projects that don’t require research ethics approval. Visit the  ARECCI page  for more information.

A pRoject Ethics Community Consensus Initiative (ARECCI)

Sectors: Health & Life Sciences

Initiative description: The ARECCI program helps address and mitigate ethics risks through decision support tools, training opportunities, and project ethics consultation.

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