Assistant Head Nurse
Your Opportunity:
Alberta Health Services is searching for an Assistant Health Nurse (AHN) to join our Communicable Disease Control (CDC) - Guidance & Training team. Reporting to the Associate Manager, Guidance & Training, this position provides support to the provincial CDC program by using specialized knowledge and skill to lead the development and maintenance of CDC guidance documents and resources (e.g., public health investigation and follow up of notifiable diseases, immunization, outbreak and blood and body fluid exposure management) as mandated under the Alberta Public Health Act. Other key roles include leading the development, maintenance, implementation and facilitation of orientation and ongoing training and resources for staff. Experience in leadership and mentorship is required as you support health providers in highly complex and often unpredictable clinical situations. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required as you work independently and collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary health care team and external partners to develop and implement best practice recommendations and strategies. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams) and CDC software applications (CD/OM, Connect Care, Netcare) is essential for developing guidance and training resources and facilitating training sessions. The AHN demonstrates a high degree of initiative, exhibits strong time management and prioritization skills, with a demonstrated ability to function effectively within a fast-paced work environment. This is a remote position that may require occasional travel into a designated CDC site depending on operational requirements.
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.
- Acute Care Alberta: N
- Primary Care Alberta: N
- Recovery Alberta: N
- Classification: Assist Head Nurse
- Union: United Nurses of Alberta
- Unit and Program: Guidance & Training, Communicable Disease Control
- Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Multi-Site: At or Out of (UNA only)
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 02-JUN-2025
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 16-JUL-2025
- Temporary End Date: 09-DEC-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 57
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends, On Call
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $44.71
- Maximum Salary: $61.18
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
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:Baccalaureate degree in Nursing. Minimum 3 years' experience as a Registered Nurse with a minimum 2 years' experience at a 0.5 FTE or greater in the Alberta provincial Public Health Nursing programs. Minimum 1 year experience within the past 5 years at a minimum 0.5 FTE in the Provincial CDC program. Experience in a role developing and delivering educational programs or initiatives and/or developing clinical guidance documents (e.g., processes, procedures, guides). Experience in leadership and mentorship. Demonstrated skills/proficiency in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS teams, SharePoint). Demonstrated excellent communication/interpersonal skills and a high degree of initiative. Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary health care team. Skilled in retrieval and appraisal of evidence from a variety of credible sources to provide current accurate information. Reliable internet access and ability to maintain a confidential workspace is required for remote work.
Preferred Qualifications:Proven experience with communicable disease control, with focused expertise in immunization and the prevention, investigation, and control of notifiable diseases and outbreaks. Previous experience in an AHN role related to communicable disease, outbreak management or immunization. Ability to work effectively in a virtual team. Master’s degree - completed or in progress.
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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