Undergraduate Nurse - Acute Care
Your Opportunity:
Passionate about working to the full scope of a nurse, that is rural nursing? The team at Cold Lake Health Care Centre located in Cold Lake is looking to fill an Undergraduate Nursing Employees (UNE) role. In this role will you to gain valuable experience in the RN practice by providing supervised, patient-centered care. UNEs deliver care within their competencies, seeking guidance as needed. This role allows you to deliver compassionate, skilled care a variety of clients with a variety of needs and their families, using professional knowledge, clinical judgment, and nursing processes. As the successful individual will provide direct care and develop strong assessment and intervention skills. You will use you communication skills as you advocate for families in a family-centered environment. You must be able to adapt to changing situations and prioritize effectively while building trust and working collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team. You will need good interpersonal and organizational, and computer skills. Cold Lake is within Alberta’s lake country about 298 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, on the traditional lands of Treaty 6, and the beautiful lands of the Metis. Resting on the southern shores of its namesake, the City of Cold Lake is known for being home to the military base, it offers an excellent quality of life for all. With English and French-speaking schools, and Portage College campus. There is a wide variety of groups for all interests: the arts, culture, sports, volunteering, and social groups. Get outside at Cold Lake, and Meadow Lake provincial parks, or hike the Iron Horse Trail. Come see all this community has to offer! This position will allow the successful candidate to grow skills within a supportive team in a beautiful setting. Come grow your skills Cold Lake making an impact in the community.
Description:
The Undergraduate Nursing Employee (UNE) position provides an opportunity for the nursing student employed as a UNE to consolidate the knowledge and skill acquired in their approved nursing education program towards competency in the range and complexity of Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) practice. The UNE is an unregulated member of the collaborative health care team who provides patient centred care with the supervision of the RN or RPN. The nursing activities performed, and level of supervision required are determined by legislation, standards of supervision outlined by regulatory colleges, Alberta Health Services (AHS) policy, educational preparation, practice setting, complexity of the patient, level of risk involved, and competency of the UNE.
- Classification: Undergraduate Nurse
- Union: United Nurses of Alberta
- Unit and Program: Acute Care Combine Med/SurgOBS
- Primary Location: Cold Lake Hlthcare/Mental Hlth
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
- FTE: 0.00
- Posting End Date: 23-APR-2026
- Employee Class: Casual/Relief
- Date Available: 04-MAY-2026
- Hours per Shift: 11.08
- Length of Shift in weeks: Varies
- Shifts per cycle: Varies
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call
- Days Off: Other
- Minimum Salary: $31.56
- Maximum Salary: $31.56
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Current enrolment in an approved Alberta nursing education program leading to initial entry to practice as a registered nurse or registered psychiatric nurse. Current Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (CPR) certificate. Successful completion of 3rd year of an RN nursing education program and a minimum of 600 hours of clinical practice in an approved RN education program; or currently in the final year of an after-degree RN nursing education program and a minimum of 600 hours of clinical practice in an approved RN education program; or successful completion of 2nd year of an RPN nursing education program and a minimum of 600 hours of clinical practice in an approved RPN education program.
Additional Required Qualifications:As Required
Preferred Qualifications:As Required
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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