Registered Nurse
- Classification: Registered Nurse (2022.75)
- Union: United Nurses of Alberta
- Unit and Program: Short Stay Surgery
- Primary Location: U of A Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 28-NOV-2025
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 12-JAN-2026
- Temporary End Date: 12-JAN-2027
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12 week
- Shifts per cycle: 60
- Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $43.26
- Maximum Salary: $59.21
- 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) certification. If you have not practiced as a Registered Nurse within the last five (5) years, you must complete the following free courses: CRNA Medication Management (Chapters 1-4), available at https://connect.nurses.ab.ca/home/learning-and-development/learning-modules/ and the NextGenU Health Assessment Resources Certification, available at https://courses.nextgenu.org/course/view.php?id=271.
Additional Required Qualifications:Demonstrated excellent assessment, leadership, and patient care skills. Strong communications skills (verbal/written). Strong interpersonal & problem-solving skills. Proven reliability/dependability required. Ability to deal with patients who are acutely ill in an unpredictable and stressful environment. Ability to work in a physically demanding environment: Considerable standing/walking; lifting, positioning, pushing and/or transferring patients; considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching (continuously for 5.5 - 7 hours per shift). Walking (continuously for 5.5 - 7 hours per shifts) and lifting up to fifty pounds; pushing beds/stretchers. Must have 2 years adult surgical nursing experience or recent phase II recovery (Day Surgery) experience. Certification/current experience with IV initiation & phlebotomy.
Preferred Qualifications:Baccalaureate degree in nursing. ACLS. Advanced knowledge of regional/neuroaxial/multimodal anesthesia. Advanced knowledge of chronic pain an asset. Advanced knowledge of ERAS, STOPBang/OSA, NRT, Infection Control, & Health Promotion strategies. Connect Care (EPIC) experience. Computer literacy.
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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