Registered Psychiatric Nurse

🔍 Central Zone, Ponoka, Cent. Ctr for MH and Brain Inj

📁: Nursing - Nurses/Psych Nurses

📅   : ALB00528526 Requisition #

📅   : Nov 06, 2025 Post Date

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Transition Company: Recovery Alberta

Classification: Registered Psychiatric Nurse

Union: United Nurses of Alberta

Unit and Program: Centre for Brain Injury, Ferintosh House

Primary Location: Cent. Ctr for MH and Brain Inj

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: At (UNA only)

FTE: 1.00

Posting End Date: 17-NOV-2025

Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits

Date Available: 01-DEC-2025

Temporary End Date: 01-DEC-2026

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 4

Shifts per cycle: 19

Shift Pattern: Evenings

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $43.26

Maximum Salary: $59.21

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of an accredited Psychiatric nursing education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta (CRPNA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification. If you have not practiced as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse within the last five (5) years, you must complete the following free courses: CRNA Medication Management (Chapters 1-4), available at https://connect.nurses.ab.ca/home/learning-and-development/learning-modules/ and the NextGenU Health Assessment Resources Certification, available at https://courses.nextgenu.org/course/view.php?id=271.

Additional Required Qualifications:

You will be physically capable of carrying out duties of this position. This is physically demanding position that requires the RN/RPN to assist with ADL’s including toileting, bathing, dressing, and transferring, re-positioning, escorting patients to and from programs, managing behavioural patients as a result of their brain injury among other duties. Complex moderate to severe brain injury patients may be very dependent at time for care needs. Leadership, observation, strong communication skills, a positive attitude and the ability to work effectively in a psychiatric and rehabilitation setting are essential.

Preferred Qualifications:

Six or more months experience in working in neurology, with stroke and brain injured patients is desired. Demonstrated excellent assessment, organizational and patient care skills. Ability to communicate findings in a concise and accurate manner. Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

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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