Assistant Head Nurse
Your Opportunity:
In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay. Spirit River is a thriving community located in beautiful northern Alberta. If you enjoy the small town feeling or affordable acreage living that is 40 minutes from the city of Grande Prairie, this could be the opportunity for you. With a population of over 1,000 and serving approximately 10,000 people from the surrounding areas that boasts a bustling economy of agriculture, construction, oil and gas. Spirit River offers great education and recreational opportunities include an aquatic centre, fitness centre, curling, and skating rinks as well as hiking, skiing, horseback riding, and ATVing. Rural Northern Alberta is beautiful, peaceful, and provides a great backdrop for a fulfilling career and clean living with access to rolling hills and the magnificent Peace River with provincial and municipal parks and lakes. If you like the feeling of making a difference in the lives of families in your community then Spirit River could be the place for you.
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: Assistant Head Nurse
- Union: United Nurses of Alberta
- Unit and Program: Continuing Care Type A
- Primary Location: Spirit River Health Centre
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
- FTE: 0.92
- Posting End Date: 25-MAY-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Part Time
- Date Available: 04-JUN-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 9
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $46.05
- Maximum Salary: $63.02
- 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:Good communication, interpersonal and organizational skills and the ability to work independently and as a team.
Preferred Qualifications:Rural Emergency experience, Advanced Cardiac Life Supports (ACLS), Non-Violent Crisis intervention (NVCI), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) or equivalent.
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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We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care all across Alberta.
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.
