Registered Nurse
- Calgary, AB, Canada
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Job details
- Experience
- Additional Required Qualifications: 4 months of Addiction and Mental Health experience within the last 3 years.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Classification:
- Registered Nurse
- Union:
- United Nurses of Alberta
- Unit and Program:
- Inpatient Mental Health and Addiction
- Primary Location:
- Rockyview General Hospital
- Location Details:
- As Per Location
- Multi-Site:
- At (UNA only)
- FTE:
- 0.63
- Posting End Date:
- 09-NOV-2026
- Temporary Employee Class:
- Temp P/T Benefits
- Date Available:
- 01-DEC-2026
- Temporary End Date:
- 04-JUL-2027
- Hours per Shift:
- 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks:
- 12
- Shifts per cycle:
- 36
- Shift Pattern:
- Days, Nights, Weekends
- Days Off:
- As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary:
- $44.56
- Maximum Salary:
- $60.98
- 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).
Additional Required Qualifications:4 months of Addiction and Mental Health experience within the last 3 years. New grads who have completed a final preceptorship in an Addiction and Mental Health site may be considered. Knowledge of verbal de-escalation techniques required. Working knowledge of Psychotropic medications required. Experience in AMH assessment tools including but not limited to the Mental Status Examination. Experience in various risk assessments: i.e., Suicide risk, Homicidal risk, Violence risk. Training and experience in therapeutic modalities such as Trauma Informed Care, CBT, DBT and/or other evidence-based modalities. As a nurse in this regularized relief float position, you will be working and covering in multiple units. You would be covering predictable relief needs such as sick time, leave of absences, education, vacation, and personal leave. At RGH, you would be covering for Units 45, 48, 49, rTMS and ECT. Must have familiarity of the expectations of medical capabilities within mental health and be able to provide treatment as directed, assess potential difficulties, and respond to medical emergencies.
Preferred Qualifications:Within the last 5 years, 1-3 years proven skills and experience in psychiatric assessment, medical assessment and crisis intervention. Certification in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) preferred. Nursing experience in an acute care setting is preferred.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Registered Nurse at Recovery Alberta will provide nursing care on inpatient mental health and addiction units, covering for sick time, leaves, vacation and education. The nurse will assess patients, de-escalate crises, give psychotropic medications and respond to medical emergencies.
Requirements
Candidates need a nursing degree, CRNA registration or eligibility, and current BCLS. Recovery Alberta requires four months of addiction and mental health experience within three years, verbal de-escalation skills, psychotropic medication knowledge and experience with mental health risk assessments.
Skills
- Mental health nursing
- Addiction nursing
- Verbal de-escalation
- Psychotropic medications
- Mental Status Examination
- Suicide risk assessment
- Violence risk assessment
- Homicidal risk assessment
- Trauma informed care
- Cognitive behavioural therapy
- Dialectical behaviour therapy
- Crisis intervention
- Medical emergency response
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention
- Patient assessment
- Medication administration
- Shift work
Categories
- Healthcare
- Social Services
Keywords
- Registered Nurse
- RN
- mental health nursing
- addiction nursing
- psychiatric nursing
- inpatient mental health
- relief float
- CRNA registration
- BCLS
- de-escalation
- psychotropic medications
- Mental Status Examination
- suicide risk assessment
- violence risk assessment
- trauma informed care
- CBT
- DBT
- ECT
- rTMS
- crisis intervention
Seniority
Mid level
Licences and certifications
- CRNA registration
- BCLS-HCP
Languages
- English
Fields of study
- Nursing