Your Chance:

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.

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: Acute. Emergency, Outpatients
- Primary Location: Fairview Health Complex
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
- FTE: 0.73
- Posting End Date: 13-OCT-2026
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
- Date Available: 23-OCT-2026
- Temporary End Date: 26-APR-2027
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 41
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $46.05
- Maximum Salary: $63.02
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications: 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: As required.

Preferred Qualifications: As required.

📌 Assistant Head Nurse (Canada)
🏢 Alberta Health Services
📍 Canada