Unit Manager - Emergency Room
Your Opportunity:
An exciting opportunity exists for a qualified ER Manager at the Cold Lake Healthcare Centre. We are seeking a compassionate and collaborative leader to guide a dedicated team in delivering exceptional patient- and family-centred care. In this role, you will foster a positive work environment that promotes teamwork, staff engagement, and a cohesive culture focused on achieving outstanding results. Through effective operational leadership, planning, and resource management, you will support safe, efficient, high-quality care while contributing to the growth and development of your team. Your strong communication and relationship-building skills will enable you to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, stakeholders, staff, patients, families, and volunteers. As a leader, you will mentor and support staff in applying evidence-based practices and Alberta Health Services (AHS) Values in daily care delivery. With strong organizational and time-management skills, you will successfully manage competing priorities in a fast-paced healthcare environment while driving quality outcomes, continuous improvement, and team excellence. Cold Lake is located on Treaty 6 territory and Métis lands and offers an exceptional quality of life that combines natural beauty, affordability, and a strong sense of community. Set on Alberta’s seventh largest lake, the area provides year round outdoor recreation—from beaches, boating, and fishing in the summer to skiing and snowshoeing in the winter—right outside your door. With short commutes, excellent schools (including English and French options), modern amenities, and a welcoming, close knit community, Cold Lake makes it easy to achieve true work–life balance. It’s an ideal place to put down roots, enjoy an active lifestyle, and feel at home—not just a place to work, but a place to thrive.
Description:
The ER Unit Manager reports to the Site leader and is responsible for leading the delivery of high-quality, accessible, sustainable, patient- and family-centered care across the assigned unit, program area, and staff complement. Through effective leadership and operational oversight, the Unit Manager supports the vision, mission, values, and business plan of Alberta Health Services (AHS). The Unit Manager is accountable for the overall performance of the ED, note this is a designated stroke facility - including clinical operations, staffing, and program delivery. In partnership with the Site Leader, the Unit Manager establishes and executes strategic and operational priorities to ensure safe, effective, and efficient patient care. The Unit Manager provides leadership in workforce planning and management, including recruitment, orientation, performance management, coaching, professional development, and corrective action when required. The role also includes developing and maintaining operational frameworks that support quality patient care, effective resource utilization, and continuous quality improvement. The Unit Manager champions change management, fosters a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration, and demonstrates leadership through consistent practice, sound judgment, and a commitment to staff, patients, and organizational goals. Through visible and engaged leadership, the Unit Manager promotes a positive work environment and advances AHS strategic priorities while supporting exceptional patient and family experiences.
- Classification: Unit Manager
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Emergency Department
- Primary Location: Cold Lake Hlthcare/Mental Hlth
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 21-JUL-2026
- Date Available: 10-AUG-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $41.16
- Maximum Salary: $70.58
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Graduation from an accredited Nursing program with current registration from the applicable governing body. Current CPR. Over the past 7 years, you have been working as a nurse, with at least 5 of those years in an active frontline position or in a supervisory role.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Effective communicator with strong organizational skills, a focus on patient & family centered care and commitment to providing quality services. Leadership skills, including demonstrated ability and comfort with decision making responsibilities, change management, coaching and teaching, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others. Ability to manage human, financial, and physical resources within an operating environment. Proven ability to foster partnerships and to achieve organizational goals within an organization and ideally managing within a unionized sector. Demonstrated success in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with multidisciplinary teams. Evidence of initiative, flexibility and creativity. Promotes an environment that fosters quality improvement and a culture of safety for staff and patients.
Preferred Qualifications:
Ideally a minimum of 10 years of nursing experience, with 3 years’ experience in a formal leadership role. Participated in change management training courses, or leadership courses. Stroke protocols. Certifications in: Perioperative Program, Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC), Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP). Experience with Connect Care.
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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