Registered Nurse

Alberta Health Services; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 61,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the Coronary Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. You will provide a broad range of nursing services, apply critical thinking, and contribute to patient safety and wellbeing.

Provisional permit holders are paid hourly until full practice permit is obtained, after which pay aligns with UNA rates. The role involves potential Code Team/Charge Nurse duties, team leadership, and delivering

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited nursing education program.
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification.
• Recent critical care experience and/or 1–2 years inpatient acute nursing experience with CICU orientation.

Responsibilities

• Provide wide-ranging nursing services to patients, families and communities.
• Lead and participate in Code Team and Charge Nurse responsibilities following orientation.
• Deliver safe, high-quality, patient-and-family-centred care while upholding AHS values.

Skills

Critical care experience

Education

Accredited nursing education program

Job description

Welcome applicants with enthusiasm, positive energy and critical care experience offering a challenging rewarding position in our Coronary Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at the Royal Alexandra Hospital /CK Hui heart. This opportunity is for you! We are a 10-bed unit which provides care to cardiac patients requiring intensive physiological and hemodynamic monitoring.The CICU RN integrates the nursing process along with critical care knowledge and skills to deliver safe effective care to the critically ill cardiac patient. The successful incumbent will be required to assume Code Team and/or Charge Nurse responsibilities following successful orientation to the role. The RN is expected to play a key role in providing team direction, clinical leadership while advocating for our patients. You will be providing a wide variety of nursing services to patients, families, communities and populations, while taking necessary steps to ensure their safety and wellbeing. In your role you will utilize nursing processes through critical thinking and decision making as well as teach, counsel and advocate on behalf of patients and their families. You will play a leadership role in supporting an integrated and holistic approach to patient care and health promotion and maintenance.You will provide safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS.

Description:

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will provide a wide variety of nursing services to patients, families, communities and populations, while taking necessary steps to ensure their safety and well-being. In your role, you will utilize nursing processes, through critical thinking, problem solving and decision making, as well as teach, counsel and advocate on behalf of patients and their families. You will play a leadership role in supporting an integrated and holistic approach to patient care, health promotion and maintenance. You will provide safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values.PLEASE NOTE: Provisional Permit holders will be paid $40.76 to $55.79 per hour. Upon obtaining a full practice permit, the rate of pay will be adjusted to the applicable Registered Nurse rate in accordance with UNA Article 25.02(b)(i) or (ii), as applicable.

• Classification: Registered Nurse
• Union: United Nurses of Alberta
• Unit and Program: cicu
• Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 01-OCT-2026
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 11-OCT-2026
• Temporary End Date: 16-AUG-2027
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 40
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $44.56
• Maximum Salary: $60.98
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

• Classification: Registered Nurse
• Union: United Nurses of Alberta
• Unit and Program: cicu
• Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 01-OCT-2026
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 11-OCT-2026
• Temporary End Date: 16-AUG-2027
• Hours per Shift: 11.08
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 40
• Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $44.56
• Maximum Salary: $60.98
• 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) certification.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Recent critical care experience and or 1-2 years inpatient acute nursing experience with successful completion of OPACCA and CICU unit orientation.

Preferred Qualifications:

Charge nurse experience.Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS).

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the postingend date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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