Original job description
Your Opportunity:
Join our dynamic Labour & Delivery team at the Rockyview General Hospital, where we provide high‑quality, patient‑centered care across the perinatal continuum. Our unit includes 7 Triage beds, 5 Antepartum beds, 10 Labour beds, 2 Operating Rooms, and 2 Recovery Room beds. As an L&D Registered Nurse, you will use your critical thinking, assessment skills, and compassionate communication to support pregnant, labouring, postpartum, newborn, and perinatal loss patients. You will deliver safe, evidence‑based care within an interdisciplinary team. Our team values patient and family education, advocacy, and culturally sensitive practices. There is also the opportunity to progress toward participating in obstetrical surgical care and recovery. What You Bring: Strong critical thinking, communication, and teamwork skills; the ability to work in a fast‑paced, high‑acuity environment; respect for diversity and a commitment to family‑centered care; initiative, adaptability, and professionalism; and a commitment to AHS values, including compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and safety in all aspects of care and teamwork. If you are passionate about perinatal care and eager to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact, we’d love to meet you.
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: Labour & Delivery Primary Location: Rockyview General Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: At (UNA only) FTE: 0.00 Posting End Date: 09-NOV-2026 Employee Class: Casual/Relief Date Available: 04-JAN-2027 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: $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 Labour and Delivery experience in an urban L & D setting (minimum 6 months within the last year) required. Current Fetal Health Surveillance education within the last 3 years required. Current NRP required. Demonstrated motivation and ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast‑paced environment. Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team. Demonstrated effective time management, communication, and critical thinking skills. Demonstrated strong organizational and patient‑teaching skills. Demonstrated skill in the principles of patient‑ and family‑centered care. Ability to walk and stand for extended periods of time. Ability to hold and maintain monitoring equipment using the arms for extended periods of time. Ability to hold and maintain a squat position while providing labour comfort support. Ability to participate in positioning and transferring pregnant patients under epidural and/or spinal anesthesia. Ability to lift, push, and pull equipment, including but not limited to stretchers and hospital beds with patients. To ensure your skills and qualifications are considered, please attach a resume and cover letter with your application
Preferred Qualifications:
Charge Nurse experience. Operating Room experience. L&D Triage/OTAS experience. Antepartum experience. Demonstrated professional development and/or participation in quality improvement initiatives. Consideration will be given to new graduates who have completed their senior practicum on a Labour and Delivery unit
More about this job
Responsibilities
Provide safe, evidence-based nursing care to pregnant, labouring, postpartum, newborn, and perinatal-loss patients in an interdisciplinary Labour and Delivery team. Use nursing processes, critical thinking, education, counseling, and advocacy to support patients and families across the perinatal continuum.
Requirements
Applicants must have completed an accredited nursing education program, be active or eligible for a CRNA practice permit, and hold current BCLS-HCP certification. Required experience includes at least six months of recent urban Labour and Delivery experience within the past year, current Fetal Health Surveillance education from the past three years, and current NRP; strong teamwork, communication, critical-thinking, and physical capacity for the role are also required.
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Patient Assessment
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Time Management
- Organization
- Patient Teaching
- Patient- and Family-Centered Care
- Advocacy
- Adaptability
- Labour and Delivery Nursing
- Fetal Health Surveillance
- Newborn Resuscitation
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Perinatal Care
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Keywords
- Registered Nurse
- Labour and Delivery
- Perinatal Care
- Antepartum
- Postpartum Care
- Newborn Care
- Perinatal Loss
- Patient Assessment
- Evidence-Based Care
- Patient- and Family-Centered Care
- Patient Education
- Patient Advocacy
- Interdisciplinary Team
- Obstetrical Surgical Care
- Labour and Delivery Triage
- Operating Room
- Fetal Health Surveillance
- BCLS-HCP
- NRP
- CRNA Registration
- Charge Nurse
- Quality Improvement
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
- Communication
- Teamwork
