Original job description
Your Opportunity:
Welcome applicants with enthusiasm, positive energy and critical care experience offering a challenging rewarding position in our Coronary Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at the Royal Alexandra Hospital /CK Hui heart. This opportunity is for you! We are a 10-bed unit which provides care to cardiac patients requiring intensive physiological and hemodynamic monitoring. The CICU Registered Nurse (RN) integrates the nursing process along with critical care knowledge and skills to deliver safe effective care to the critically ill cardiac patient. The successful incumbent will be required to assume Code Team and/or Charge Nurse responsibilities following successful orientation to the role. The RN is expected to play a key role in providing team direction, clinical leadership while advocating for our patients.
Description:
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. PLEASE NOTE: Provisional Permit holders will be paid $40.76 to $55.79 per hour. Upon obtaining a full practice permit, the rate of pay will be adjusted to the applicable Registered Nurse rate in accordance with UNA Article 25.02(b)(i) or (ii), as applicable.
Classification: Registered Nurse Union: United Nurses of Alberta Unit and Program: Coronary Intensive Care Unit (CICU) Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: At (UNA only) FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 09-NOV-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 19-NOV-2026 Temporary End Date: 24-APR-2028 Hours per Shift: 11.08 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 40 Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $44.56 Maximum Salary: $60.98 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) certification.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Recent critical Care experience and or 1-2 years of inpatient with successful completion of CICU orientation.
Preferred Qualifications:
Charge Nurse preferred. ACLS preferred.
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Responsibilities
Provide safe, effective nursing care to critically ill cardiac patients using the nursing process, critical care knowledge, and intensive physiological and hemodynamic monitoring. Support patients and families through teaching, counseling, and advocacy, and assume team direction, clinical leadership, and Code Team or Charge Nurse responsibilities after orientation.
Requirements
Applicants must complete an accredited nursing education program, be active or eligible for a practice permit with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta, and hold current BCLS-HCP certification. Recent critical care experience or 1–2 years of inpatient experience with successful completion of CICU orientation is required; Charge Nurse experience and ACLS are preferred.
Skills
- Critical Care Nursing
- Cardiac Patient Care
- Physiological Monitoring
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Nursing Process
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Patient Safety
- Patient and Family-Centered Care
- Patient Advocacy
- Clinical Leadership
- Team Direction
- Code Team Responsibilities
- Charge Nurse Responsibilities
- Health Promotion
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Registered Nurse
- Coronary Intensive Care Unit
- Critical Care
- Cardiac Care
- Nursing Process
- Physiological Monitoring
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Patient Safety
- Patient-Centered Care
- Family-Centered Care
- Patient Advocacy
- Health Promotion
- Clinical Leadership
- Team Direction
- Code Team
- Charge Nurse
- BCLS-HCP
- ACLS
- CRNA Registration
- Inpatient Nursing
