Posted 23 days ago
Assistant Head Nurse
@ Alberta Health Services
Edmonton, Alberta
Overview
Alberta Health Services is hiring an Assistant Head Nurse for a temporary full-time role on Unit 4C3, a Pediatric Cardiology and Gastrointestinal inpatient unit at the Stollery Children's Hospital. The role combines leadership of nursing staff, patient flow and assignments with frontline care as needed. Shifts rotate across days, evenings, nights and weekends, with a 12-week shift cycle and pay from $46.05 to $63.02 per hour.
Responsibilities:
- Assign staff and develop safe patient assignments based on unit acuity
- Manage patient flow on the unit and across the Stollery Children's Hospital
- Act as clinical resource and role model for nursing staff
- Provide frontline nursing care as required
- Lead promotion of quality patient care and operational priorities
Requirements summary:
- Completion of an accredited nursing education program
- Active or eligible registration with CRNA
- Current BCLS-HCP certification
- 5 years minimum pediatric cardiology experience
- Level 4 certifications including VAD and charge training
- Additional leadership training preferred
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-14
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-16
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-22
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Nursing & personal care |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends, overnight |
| Travel | ground: none |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Licences & certifications | CRNA registration, BCLS-HCP, VAD training, Charge training |
| Education | College diploma (required) |
| Fields of study | Nursing |
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Alberta Health Services
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Alberta Health Services (AHS) is proud to be part of Canada’s first and largest provincewide, integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to more than 4.5 million people living in Alberta, as well as occasionally to some residents of other provinces and territories Our skilled and dedicated professionals, support staff and physicians come from numerous disciplines, from all walks of life, and from all corners of the world. Our mission is to provide a patient-focused, quality health system that is accessible and sustainable for all Albertans. Our five values – compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and safety – are at the heart of everything that we do.
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- People associated on LinkedIn
- 46,271
- Reported office locations
- 10030 – 107 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3E4, CA
- 1620 29 St NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4L7, CA
- Other recorded names
- Alberta Health Services
- Specialties
- Health Support and Services
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Alberta Health Services (AHS) is proud to be part of Canada’s first and largest provincewide, integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to more than 4.5 million people living in Alberta, as well as occasionally to some residents of other provinces and territories Our skilled and dedicated professionals, support staff and physicians come from numerous disciplines, from all walks of life…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitals and Health Care |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Organization type | Nonprofit |
| Year founded | 2008 |
| Specialties | Health Support and Services |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 2,134 |
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Your Opportunity:
As an Assistant Head Nurse on Unit 4C3, you will be providing leadership (in collaboration with unit management) to a dynamic team on an acute care Pediatric Cardiology and GI inpatient unit. You will be exposed to leading innovations in care for Pediatric Cardiac and GI patients from all over western Canada. Your duties and responsibilities include supporting patient flow on the unit as well as a global level for the Stollery Children’s Hospital. You will be required to develop appropriate and safe patient assignments based on the acuity of the unit and be a clinical resource and role model for the staff.
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 (2022.75)
- Union: United Nurses of Alberta
- Unit and Program: Unit 4C3, Pediatric Cardiology and Gastrointestinal
- Primary Location: Stollery Children's Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 13-NOV-2026
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 23-NOV-2026
- Temporary End Date: 05-MAR-2028
- Hours per Shift: 11.63
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 40
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
- 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:5 years minimum current Pediatric Cardiology experience required. Must have completed Level 4 certifications including current Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) training, charge training.
Preferred Qualifications:Additional leadership training and education will be a preferred asset.
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