Assistant Head Nurse

Job summary

Coordinate staff assignments and patient flow while serving as a role model, clinical resource, and advocate for nursing staff. Provide frontline nursing care as needed and lead efforts to promote quality patient care and implement operational priorities.

Job details

Your Opportunity: 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 of AHS. Classification: Assistant Head Nurse Union: United Nurses of Alberta Unit and Program: Emergency Room, Acute, Long Term Care Primary Location: Grande Cache Community Health Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: At (UNA only) FTE: 0.84 Posting End Date: 23-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Regular Part Time Date Available: 02-NOV-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 10 Shifts per cycle: 40 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday 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: Experience with Rural ER/Acute and LTC Care. Preferred Qualifications: As Required.

What you’ll do

Coordinate staff assignments and patient flow while serving as a role model, clinical resource, and advocate for nursing staff. Provide frontline nursing care as needed and lead efforts to promote quality patient care and implement operational priorities.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited nursing education program, active or eligible registration and a practice permit with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta, and current Basic Cardiac Life Support for Health Care Providers are required. Experience in rural emergency room, acute, and long-term care is also required.

Listed skills

• Interprofessional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Staff Assignments
• Patient Flow Management
• Clinical Leadership
• Frontline Nursing Care
• Quality Patient Care
• Clinical Judgment
• Patient Advocacy
• Patient- and Family-Centered Care
• Interprofessional Collaboration
• Emergency Room Care
• Acute Care
• Long-Term Care
• Rural Health Care
• Basic Cardiac Life Support

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Management & Leadership

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