Original job description
Your Opportunity:
Are you a skilled and compassionate nursing leader looking to make a meaningful impact in a close-knit community? Join our dedicated multidisciplinary team in Peace River as an Assistant Head Nurse within our Medical/Surgical/Obstetrics Postpartum and Labour and Delivery. In this leadership role, you will partner with the Care Manager to support the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient- and family-centered care across a diverse and rewarding rural practice setting. You will coordinate staff assignments, facilitate patient flow, serve as a clinical resource for nursing staff, and provide frontline care as needed. Drawing on your advanced clinical expertise and judgment, you will contribute to the resolution of complex healthcare issues in collaboration with patients, families, interprofessional teams, administrators, and policymakers. You will play a key role in staff development, skills assessment, and mentorship, while fostering a positive, collaborative team environment focused on clinical excellence and continuous improvement. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your leadership skills while enjoying the benefits of rural nursing practice, including professional growth, strong team collaboration, and the opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of patients and families in northern Alberta. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay. This position may qualify for a $15,000 to $20,000 Recruitment Incentive. Please visit rcif-una.ca for more details.
Description:
As an Assistant Head Nurse, you will be responsible for staff assignments, patient flow and acting as a role model, clinical resource and advocate for nursing staff. In addition to providing frontline nursing care, as required, you will take a leadership role in the promotion of quality patient care and the implementation of operational priorities. Your in-depth knowledge and skills, advanced judgment and clinical experience, will assist in providing solutions for complex health care issues at all levels with patients, interprofessional teams, administrators and policy makers. You will play a key role in providing safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values.
Classification: Assistant Head Nurse Union: United Nurses of Alberta Unit and Program: Medical Surgical Labour Delivery Combined Primary Location: Peace River Comm Hlth Ctr Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: At (UNA only) FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 15-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Regular Full Time Date Available: 25-OCT-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 4 Shifts per cycle: 19 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $46.05 Maximum Salary: $63.02 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:
As required.
Preferred Qualifications:
OBS, NRP, ACLS, Med/surg experience, medication administration all routes, organizational and critical thinking skills, ability to work independently.
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Responsibilities
Coordinate staff assignments and patient flow, act as a clinical resource and role model for nursing staff, and provide frontline nursing care as needed. Support the Care Manager in delivering safe, high-quality patient- and family-centered care, implementing operational priorities, resolving complex care issues, and developing staff.
Requirements
Applicants must complete an accredited nursing education program, hold or be eligible for a practice permit with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta, and have current Basic Cardiac Life Support for Health Care Providers. Preferred qualifications include obstetrics, neonatal resuscitation, advanced cardiac life support, medical-surgical experience, medication administration by all routes, organizational and critical-thinking skills, and the ability to work independently.
Skills
- Nursing Leadership
- Patient Flow Coordination
- Staff Assignment
- Clinical Judgment
- Frontline Nursing Care
- Patient- and Family-Centered Care
- Staff Development
- Skills Assessment
- Mentorship
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Critical Thinking
- Medication Administration
- Obstetrics
- Neonatal Resuscitation
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
Benefits
- Remote Retention Allowance
- Recruitment Incentive
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Assistant Head Nurse
- Registered Nurse
- College of Registered Nurses of Alberta
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Neonatal Resuscitation
- Obstetrics
- Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Labour and Delivery
- Postpartum Care
- Patient Flow
- Staff Assignments
- Patient- and Family-Centered Care
- Clinical Resource
- Clinical Judgment
- Quality Patient Care
- Operational Priorities
- Staff Development
- Skills Assessment
- Mentorship
- Medication Administration
- Interprofessional Teams
- Critical Thinking
- Rural Nursing
