Assistant Head Nurse

Alberta Health Services; Red Deer; On-site; CAD 63,000 - 87,000; Part time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services seeks an Assistant Head Nurse for Unit 31 Nephrology/Diabetes/General Medicine at Red Deer Regional Hospital. The role focuses on staff assignments, patient flow, and clinical leadership to promote high-quality, patient-centered care.

Responsibilities include coordinating complex care, mentoring staff, and upholding safety and efficiency in a busy unit. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree, active CRNA registration, and 5 years of medical nursing experience with

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited nursing education program.
• Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with CRNA.
• Current BCLS–HCP.

Responsibilities

• Staff assignments, patient flow, and acting as a role model and clinical resource for nursing staff.
• Lead quality patient care and implement operational priorities.
• Mentor staff and guide them to full scope of practice; ensure safe, family-centered care.

Skills

CRNA registration

BCLS-HCP

Leadership / charge nurse

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Staff mentoring

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Accredited nursing education program

Tools

Connect Care

Job description

Your Opportunity:

The leadership candidate for Unit 31 is one who has strong interest in renal medicine. The preferred candidate needs to be capable of working effectively in a collaborative team environment-focusing on three major priorities: 1) Patients First: Involving patients and families and their other providers in planning care to ensure one unified approach to care. 2) High Performing Teams: Engaging and empowering the whole workforce in collaborative care planning and delivery. 3) Quality Culture: Efficient, informed, safe, proactive, and responsive decision-making to improve the quality of care delivered locally every day. This environment is suitable for candidates who have current medical nursing experience, coordinating nursing experience and leadership training. You are self- motivated, progressive, and result orientated with experience in supervision of nursing care. You demonstrate ability to consistently maintain and facilitate effective relationships within an interdisciplinary setting. You possess the ability to provide assistance in clinical staff development, effectively mentor staff, and guide them to working full scope of practice. You have demonstrated efficient utilization of financial and clinical resources. At the unit and department level, you have participated in quality improvement activities and contribute to the development and revision of policy and procedure. You proactively take responsibility for maintaining competence through professional development activities. You demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot and anticipate problem situations initiating effective solutions.

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: Unit 31 Nephrology/Diabetes/General Medicine

Primary Location: Red Deer Regional Hospital

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: At (UNA only)

FTE: 0.74

Posting End Date: 30-OCT-2026

Employee Class: Regular Part Time

Date Available: 09-NOV-2026

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 4

Shifts per cycle: 14

Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends

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:

• Current CARNA registration required.
• Baccalaureate degree required.
• Current BCLS–HCP level required.
• Minimum 5 years medical nursing experience in an acute care clinical setting with two years proficient progressive leadership.
• Ability to effectively function in a charge nurse capacity.
• Successful completion of CNEPH certification strongly encouraged.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, assess, and coordinate complex care for acute medical patients.
• Competence in relevant technical nursing skills and a willingness to learn new skills as required.
• Demonstrates responsibility for maintaining own competence through professional development activities.
• Good communication skills and the ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Recent experience on Unit 31, in Nephrology, or acute care medicine preferred.
• Experience working with, and documenting in, Connect Care.
• Experience working with hemodialysis and/or peritoneal dialysis an asset.
• Recent charge nurse experience on Nephrology unit for minimum of 1 year.