Registered Nurse - Intensive Care

Alberta Health Services; Edmonton; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to join their Intensive Care Unit team. In this role, you will deliver comprehensive nursing services to critically ill patients, utilizing your expertise in critical thinking and patient care. You will be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team, advocating for patients and their families while ensuring the highest quality of care. This position offers a supportive environment focused on professional growth and quality improvement, making it an excellent opportunity for those passionate about making a difference in patient health outcomes. If you are ready to take your nursing career to the next level, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited nursing education program is required.
• Active registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing services ensuring patient safety and well-being.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for positive patient outcomes.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Patient care

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Diploma in Nursing

Tools

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)

Critical Care course

Job description

Your Opportunity:

The RAH ICU is a 29-bed unit characterized by high acuity and high occupancy. The ICU cares for critically ill patients from the medicine, surgery (including the regionalized thoracic surgery program), obstetrics, gynecologic, neurosurgical, and trauma programs. The unit provides evidence-based services within an inter-disciplinary team model. Specialized services include acute ventilatory support; continuous and intermittent renal replacement for acute and chronic renal failure, rhabdomyolysis, and sepsis; therapeutic plasma exchange for hematological and auto-immune disorders; and critical care support for the regional bariatric program. The Code Blue and Rapid Response Teams for the Royal Alexandra Hospital include nurses from the Intensive Care Unit. The RAH ICU is focused on continued Quality Improvement, providing a supportive environment for our staff and students, and for patients to be provided the best quality care possible. The Registered Nurse in this area is specially trained to be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care. The successful candidate will perform a variety of nursing duties and work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, the patients, and their families to achieve positive patient outcomes and improvements in quality care. Nursing care will be administered safely and effectively, according to hospital policies and nursing care standards.

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 AHS.

• Classification: Registered Nurse
• Union: United Nurses of Alberta
• Unit and Program: Intensive Care
• Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
• Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 21-APR-2025
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• Date Available: 09-JUN-2025
• Hours per Shift: 11.08
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 40
• Shift Pattern: Days, Nights
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $39.21
• Maximum Salary: $51.46
• 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). If you have not practiced as a Registered Nurse within the last five (5) years, completion of the following free courses is required: CRNA Medication Management - Chapters 1 - 4 and the NextGenU Health Assessment Resources Certification.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Recent completion of a recognized Critical Care course with 1 year of adult critical care RN experience is required. Candidates without previous Adult ICU experience or certification may apply and may be considered for the Orientation Program (OPACCA). OPACCA is a program consisting of theory and clinical orientation. Knowledge consolidation and staged skill development over the following 10-12 months (approx.1600 hours) is required to complete training in this specialized area. Demonstration of excellent knowledge, assessment, documentation, communication, organizational and patient care skills are necessary for successful completion of the Clinical Assessment and to continue employment with the Critical Care Program. Candidates must show the ability to identify own learning needs, seek guidance to fill knowledge gaps and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional growth and development. A commitment to providing quality patient and family centered care in a team environment must be demonstrated. Charge Nurse duties may be required following successful orientation to the role. Recent experience within an acute care environment, either as a nursing student or an RN, is required. A Bachelors Degree in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in ICU, observation room, trauma, with ventilators and as an acute care RN is preferred. Training and experience with: Epidurals, ACLS, TNCC, CNA Critical Care Certification, hemodialysis and/or CRRT, rhythm analysis, Pacemakers, Cardiac Arrest Management, and hemodynamic monitoring. Experience working with diverse communities or groups (i.e. ethno-cultural, racialized, faith-based, 2S LGBTQI+, vulnerable, marginalized, persons with disabilities, etc.).