Registered Nurse – Health Link

Primary Care Alberta; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 61,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Disability insurance

Lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Primary Care Alberta is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join Health Link, Teletriage, delivering telephone triage and health information to Albertans. You will assess callers, apply clinical protocols, and provide evidence-based guidance with a compassionate, patient-centered approach.

In this role, you will work with diverse cases, utilizing your nursing expertise and strong communication skills to ensure safe, appropriate care and referrals, within a fast-paced call center

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).

Responsibilities

• Provide telephone triage and health information to callers.
• Assess, triage and counsel patients using clinical protocols.
• Deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in a contact care setting.
• Maintain accurate records using clinical software and databases.

Skills

Communication

Critical thinking

Probing questions

Typing speed 35 WPM

Computer literacy

Education

CRNA registration/eligibility

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (preferred)

Tools

CRNA databases

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Health Link Team has an opportunity for an energetic, passionate, and experienced Registered Nurse looking for a change in how care delivered where you will be utilizing your robust communication skills, extensive nursing knowledge and diverse work background. An essential part of this provincial health team, you will be responsible for providing telephone triage services, offering health advice and information to callers across Alberta. Health Link’s mission is to deliver care and reliable advice, connecting individuals to the appropriate care, provided by the right health care professional at the right location. Utilizing the clinical software, diverse databases and clinical protocols, you will evaluate, triage and counsel patients dealing with diverse and often intricate concerns. Leveraging your exceptional patient focus, clinical nursing expertise and assessment skills, you will deliver high-quality and precise health advice and information within a contact care setting. As the successful candidate, you will be applying your active listening, adept problem solving, and the ability to ask relevant questions to assist the caller. Your analytical and critical thinking abilities will be crucial in determining the best care for Albertans. You will thrive in an engaging environment helping a diverse range of patients in a respectful and sensitive manner. We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance the health and well-being of our employees and their family’s encompassing health, dental, vision, disability, and lifestyle considerations among many more other benefits.

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 of PCA.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: Health Link, Teletriage
• Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
• FTE: 0.58
• Posting End Date: 05-OCT-2026
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 02-NOV-2026
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 33
• 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: Health Link, Teletriage
• Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
• FTE: 0.58
• Posting End Date: 05-OCT-2026
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 02-NOV-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 33
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, 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).

Additional Required Qualifications:

Qualified candidates will have a minimum of three (3-5 years) years recent experience as a Registered Nurse in a clinical setting, including experience in a variety of clinical areas that require high levels of independent and advanced assessment skills, strong critical thinking and excellent probing skills to extract pertinent information to support clinical decisions. They will also require recent experience working with diverse client populations and clinical issues including emergency, pediatrics, maternal/child, medical/ surgical and critical care. They will also have the ability to successfully deal with stress in a high call volume contact center and in addition, they will be able to work comfortably with a variety of computer databases. A minimum typing speed of 35 WPM is a must. Intermediate computer skills are also a requirement for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

A Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing is preferred. Experience interacting with clients over the telephone is also preferred.