Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Reporting to the Manager for Family and Urgent Care at East Edmonton Health Centre, as the Assistant Head Nurse - Family and Urgent Care Clinic, you will service a marginalized population from the geographical area of the clinics' location. Working with this patient demographic require an interest in population base health initiatives to provide exceptional care. You will demonstrate your expertise within the interdisciplinary team to support an integrated and holistic approach to client care, health promotion and maintenance, while utilizing nursing processes, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills across the life span and continuum of care. The position resides within the Primary Care and Chronic Disease Management department which is part of the broader Community Health Services Portfolio. In the event of a public emergency, staff from this program will be deployed as required.

Description:

As an Assistant Head Nurse, you will be responsible for staff assignments, patient flow and acting as a role model, clinical resource and advocate for nursing staff. In addition to providing frontline nursing care, as required, you will take a leadership role in the promotion of quality patient care and the implementation of operational priorities. Your in-depth knowledge and skills, advanced judgment and clinical experience, will assist in providing solutions for complex health care issues at all levels with patients, interprofessional teams, administrators and policy makers. You will play a key role in providing safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS.

• Classification: Assist Head Nurse
• Union: United Nurses of Alberta
• Unit and Program: Family and Urgent Care Clinics
• Primary Location: East Edmonton Health Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
• FTE: 0.85
• Posting End Date: 03-NOV-2022
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 13-NOV-2022
• Hours per Shift: 6,7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 8
• Shifts per cycle: 36
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $39.24
• Maximum Salary: $52.20
• 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:

Demonstrated experience in clinical nursing practice with a minimum of 2 years of Urgent Care or Emergency nursing and 2 years in Primary Health Care field. Demonstrated strong leadership, facilitation, coaching, people management, charge management as well as quality and operational improvement of 5 years. Previous administrative, leadership roles or Foundational Leadership courses. ACLS, PALS, TNCC, and ENPC. Preferred Qualifications:

Capable to organize people and resources for efficiencies and success. Proven abilities to effectively handle employee conflict. Empowers others to take responsibility and actions. Connect Care, MS Office Suite, Netcare, Pyxis, NVCI.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end 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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Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it's about putting patients' and families' experiences, priorities and trust first.

We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.