Nurse Practitioner

Recovery Alberta; Calgary; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

Calgary Remand Centre is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to deliver comprehensive adult health services within a secure correctional environment. You will integrate nursing and medical skills to assess, diagnose, prescribe, and manage care across primary, urgent, and episodic needs.

The role requires strong clinical judgment, autonomy, and collaboration with physicians, mental health professionals, and community partners to improve outcomes for a vulnerable population.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Nurse Practitioner program completed.
• Active registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) on the Nurse Practitioner Registrar.
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).
• Experience with complex patients with co-occurring medical, mental health, and substance use disorders.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive primary, urgent, and episodic care to adults in a correctional setting.
• Assess, diagnose, prescribe, and manage care with autonomy.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and community partners to support patient outcomes.
• Lead quality improvement and health system optimization initiatives.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Prescribing

Care coordination

Trauma-informed care

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Nurse Practitioner

CRNA registration on NP Registrar

Job description

Challenge yourself in Corrections Health. Our close-knit clinical team is committed to collaborative, patient-centred care within one of Alberta's most unique and dynamic healthcare settings. Reporting to the Corrections Health Services Manager, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a key member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team at the Calgary Remand Centre.This is not a traditional primary care position. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive primary, urgent, and episodic care to an adult population with complex and often concurrent physical health, mental health, addiction, and social needs. The NP practices to full scope, utilizing advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, prescribing, treatment, and consultation skills to deliver evidence-informed care within a secure correctional environment.The patient population presents with diverse and challenging healthcare needs, including chronic disease management, communicable diseases, substance use disorders, withdrawal management, mental health concerns, acute illness and injury, and care coordination across multiple healthcare and community partners. Success in this role requires strong clinical judgment, adaptability, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.Working collaboratively with physicians, nursing staff, mental health professionals, allied health providers, community agencies, and correctional services staff, the NP contributes to high-quality care through clinical practice, leadership, education, consultation, quality improvement, and health system optimization. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the health outcomes of a vulnerable and underserved population while practicing in a challenging, rewarding, and professionally enriching environment.

Description:

As a Nurse Practitioner (NP), you will provide a full range of comprehensive health services to individuals across their lifespan. You will be responsible for integrating clinical skills associated with nursing and medicine to assess, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe treatment, and perform procedures to manage and meet the health needs of patients. Additionally, you will utilize advanced practice nursing competencies related to Clinical Practice, Leadership and Optimizing Health Systems, Education, and Research to increase care quality, promote appropriate use of health services, and inform and influence healthcare systems.PLEASE NOTE: This position is unionized and represented by the Alberta Union of Nurse Practitioners (AUNP). For more information on this union, please contact AUNP: https://www.aunp.ca/

• Unit and Program: Calgary Remand Centre
• Primary Location: Calgary Remand Centre
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.50
• Posting End Date: 21-OCT-2026
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 30-NOV-2026
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 5
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $68.56
• Maximum Salary: $80.20
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

• Classification: Nurse Practitioner
• Union: Nurse Practitioners
• Unit and Program: Calgary Remand Centre
• Primary Location: Calgary Remand Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.50
• Posting End Date: 21-OCT-2026
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 30-NOV-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 5
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $68.56
• Maximum Salary: $80.20
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program, with a minimum of a Master's degree.Active registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) on the Nurse Practitioner Registrar, including Provisional Graduate Nurse Practitioner licensure.Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).

Additional Required Qualifications:

Demonstrated experience independently assessing, diagnosing, prescribing, and managing complex patients with co-occurring medical, mental health, and substance use disorders. Experience managing acute and chronic disease, withdrawal syndromes, communicable diseases, and urgent or emergent clinical presentations. Demonstrated ability to perform comprehensive assessments, develop differential diagnoses, and implement complex treatment plans with a high degree of autonomy and advanced clinical judgment. Strong working knowledge of trauma-informed care, harm reduction principles, recovery-oriented practice, and care of vulnerable, marginalized, or underserved populations. Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams, community partners, and non-healthcare stakeholders in a dynamic and secure environment. Experience providing clinical consultation, care coordination, and evidence-informed recommendations to support patient outcomes and continuity of care. Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing clinical demands, manage risk, respond effectively to changing patient needs, and maintain professional effectiveness in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Correctional healthcare experience strongly preferred. Recent experience in addiction medicine, emergency, urgent care, primary care, internal medicine, hospital medicine, or forensic mental health. Experience with opioid agonist treatment, alcohol and opioid withdrawal management, suicide risk assessment, and management of communicable diseases. Experience leading quality improvement initiatives, clinical education, or evidence-informed practice change. Connect Care experience is an asset.