Practice Lead, Nursing

CASA Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 78,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health organization in Edmonton is seeking a Nursing Professional Practice Lead to supervise health-care professionals, ensuring high-quality clinical care. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and at least five years of clinical practice. This role emphasizes evidence-informed, compassionate care and offers competitive benefits, including employer-paid health and dental benefits, flexible spending accounts, and a generous pension plan.

Benefits

Employer-paid health and dental benefits

Flexible Spending Account

Defined contribution pension plan

Paid wellness days

Parental leave top-up

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years clinical practice in child and family mental health and/or youth addictions.
• Must maintain active registration under the Health Professions Act.
• Must maintain Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide functional supervision to health-care professionals.
• Ensure high-quality model of treatment planning is implemented.
• Support delivery of high-quality clinical services.

Skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Analytic ability

Evidence-based decision making

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in related field

Job description

A Rewarding Career at CASA Mental Health

Are you passionate about creating hope for children, youth and families? At CASA Mental Health, every role contributes to our mission of building resilience and advocating for the children and families we serve. Guided by our vision of a community where all children and youth are empowered to thrive, we deliver holistic, evidence-informed and compassionate care across Alberta.

Job Details

Salary / Wage range : $78,345 up to116,459

Vacation : 20 days per year

Shift structure : Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours per day

Primary location : Edmonton

Secondary location : Calgary

Union : Exempt

FTE : 1.0

Status : Temporary, 18 month term

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager, Interprofessional Practice, the Nursing Professional Practice Lead provides functional supervision to an assigned group of health-care professionals to ensure clinical competency, skill development, functional alignment, and collaborates with Program Managers to balance workloads and support the integration of their team across CASA’s programs. The Professional Practice Lead incorporates evidence-informed, best practice models into clinical practice, and ensures clinical care remains consistent with CASA’s policies and procedures. The Professional Practice Lead also plays a key role in organization initiatives, including but not limited to, patient intake / triage / transition, electronic medical record template development and training, program evaluation frameworks, and accreditation activities.

The Practice Lead, Nursing will :

• Ensure a holistic and high-quality model of assessment and treatment planning is consistently implemented within the assigned clinical disciplines members practice that is family-centered, trauma-informed and inclusive of biological, psychological, social and cultural factors.
• Support the delivery of high-quality clinical services by providing competency assessment, coaching, mentoring and clinical supervision to members of the assigned clinical discipline and support collaborative practice amongst the multi-disciplinary team.
• In collaboration with leadership, develop and maintain a competency framework, clinical program descriptions, clinical policies and procedures, and professional development for assigned team(s) / program(s), based on evidence, standards of care and relevant legislation and acts.
• Provide back up / leave coverage for assigned clinical discipline.
• Participate in employee recruitment, onboarding, performance management and offboarding under the assigned clinical discipline.
• Inform and train staff on CASA policy and practice regarding admission, discharge, data collection and clinical documentation related to assigned clinical discipline.
• Maintain information flow to Interprofessional Practice leadership, and Program Manager as applicable on issues that may affect service delivery or work environment.
• Identify clinical education needs and collaborate with clinical leadership to implement educational priorities.
• Encourage staff involvement in the supervision of students and learners at CASA.
• Provide leadership by identifying patient safety issues and initiating corrective action in consultation with staff.
• Model and encourage effective communication within and between teams to promote a safe, respectful and trusting workplace culture.
• Ensure the collection of evaluation and quality data

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to excellence in all aspects of the discipline including clinical practice, supervision and education.
• Ability to work autonomously, independently and to prioritize work activities.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new or unexpected situations, including flexibility in approach to interpersonal situations.
• Demonstrated analytic and problem-solving ability.
• Appreciation of interdisciplinary approach to mental illness.
• Ability to make evidence-based decisions.
• Ability to monitor clinical practice standards and relevant acts and legislation.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in related field.
• A minimum of five years clinical practice in child and family mental health and / or youth addictions.
• Must maintain active registration under the Health Professions Act.
• Must maintain Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) certification (training provided by CASA) and be physically able to perform all interventions.

Working Conditions

• Must have a valid driver’s license, access to a vehicle and ability to travel between CASA sites across Alberta

Your Well-Being Matters

At CASA, we know a career in mental health is more than just a job, it’s a calling. That’s why we take care of the people who make that care possible. We offer competitive benefits, opportunities for growth, and the support you need to rest, recharge and continue making a difference.

What We Offer :

• Employer-paid health and dental benefits, including $750 per paramedical practitioner and $2,000 annually in mental health services.
• Flexible Spending Account that allows you choose between Health Spending, Personal Spending, your RRSP or CASA Pension Plan.
• Defined contribution pension plan with generous employer match.
• Five paid wellness days plus a holiday break in December to spend time with loved ones.
• Paid time off for illness, bereavement, moving and education.
• Up to 12 weeks parental leave top-up so you can spend precious time with your new addition.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and a range of employee discounts.
• Ongoing learning and growth opportunities including annual training events such as Indigenous Learnings Day.
• Recognition and community-building through employee appreciation events, team celebrations and opportunities to connect across CASA locations.

Ready to make a difference in the lives of children and families across Alberta? Apply today.

Closing Date : November 26, 2025

Please quote the following competition number in your application materials 25-218.