Assistant Head Nurse

🔍 Central Zone, Red Deer, Sheldon Kennedy Centre of Excellence

Central Zone, Red Deer, Red Deer Hospital Central Zone, Red Deer, Red Deer Protective Safe House

📁: Nursing - Nurses/Psych Nurses

📅   : ALB00505351 Requisition #

📅   : Jun 26, 2025 Post Date

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Transition Company: Recovery Alberta

Classification: Assistant Head Nurse (2022.75)

Union: United Nurses of Alberta

Unit and Program: Step Up Step Down

Primary Location: Sheldon Kennedy Centre of Excellence

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: At or Out of (UNA only)

FTE: 0.84

Posting End Date: 07-JUL-2025

Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits

Date Available: 01-SEP-2025

Temporary End Date: 30-AUG-2026

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: $44.71

Maximum Salary: $61.18

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

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).

Additional Required Qualifications:

Experience working with vulnerable populations. Previous clinical leadership experience. Must have excellent assessment, critical thinking, organization, and client/patient care skills. Must be self-directed and can work independently and uses sound professional judgment. Must be able to communicate findings in a concise and accurate manner. Must have exceptional computer skills, including and not limited to – Connect Care, Workforce ESP, Outlook, Excel Spreadsheets, Microsoft Word, Netcare, Microsoft Teams and Zoom. Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision. Must be able to work both independently, and within a team. Must have the ability to maintain a positive and healthy work environment, following the AHS code of conduct policy to manage conflict. Must be able to guide and teach youth, families, and coworkers how to have supportive, therapeutic conversations. Attention to detail in the application, including a cover letter stating the reasons this position has been chosen to apply for.

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous proven nursing leadership, with 2 years’ experience, in a youth and adolescent mental health setting will be given preference and is strongly preferred. Experience with the Staffing Liaison model in ESP is preferred. Trauma Informed Care modules, The Leaders Guide to Emotional Intelligence, Art of Accountability and The Brain Story Certification are all preferred.

Please note:

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

Security Screening:

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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