Assistant Head Nurse - Palliative Care Consult Service

Your Opportunity:

The Palliative Care Consult Nurse –Assistant Head Nurse - Casual – primarily provides consultation and support to patients, families and attending teams for the management of adult patients with complex palliative symptoms and/or issues related to their life limiting illness. This role requires adaptability to changes in routine and schedule, as this position provides relief to various acute care sites. The role also includes opportunities to provide education ‘just in time’, as part of a formal palliative education network within the PEOLC portfolio and participates in education development activities through a variety of initiatives including committee work, quality improvement, and others.

The position partners with interdisciplinary attending teams and palliative colleagues to:
Strengthen the quality of palliative and end of life care through clinical consultation, education, program development, quality improvement, evaluation and research. Provide expert palliative/end of life care nursing consultation for/with attending teams, and patients & families receiving care in the acute care environment. Develop expertise in palliative/end of life care within attending teams, to strengthen palliative care competencies and knowledge and skill capacity.

Facilitates education and consultation to the patient, families, and groups across the continuum of care. Collaborate with Palliative colleagues:
Clinical Nurse Specialists, Palliative Care Physicians and the inter-professional attending team to address complex care challenges, identify system deficits and assist in facilitating implementation of solutions including associated QI/ Evaluation activities focused on building a ‘seamless’ continuum of care, improving access, and enhancing palliative and end of life care of patients across all sites and sectors.

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.

Transition Company:
Assisted Living Alberta
Classification:
Assistant Head Nurse
Union:
United Nurses of Alberta
Unit and Program:
Palliative Care Consult Service
Primary

Location:

Arthur Child Cancer Centre
Location Details:
As Per Location
Multi-Site:
At or Out of (UNA only)
FTE: 0.00
Posting End Date: 04-SEP-2026
Employee Class:
Casual/Relief

Date Available:

21-SEP-2026
Hours per

Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks:
Varies
Shifts per cycle:
Varies
Shift Pattern:
Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call
Days Off:
Saturday/Sunday
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).

• 3-5 years minimum full-time equivalency of clinical experience relevant to palliative care within Acute Care, Community, or Hospice environments required.
• Experience in a palliative nurse consultant role required.
• 5-7 years of acute care clinical experience required.
• The…