Correctional Health Assistant Head Nurse
Lead correctional nursing care at Calgary Remand Centre through clinical judgment, staff coordination, and trauma-informed practice in a maximum-security facility.
As Assistant Head Nurse, you will support Correctional Health Services with operational leadership and frontline nursing care. You will supervise multidisciplinary staff, coordinate shifts and workload, and promote safe, ethical, evidence-based healthcare. The role serves adults with diverse, complex health needs while supporting patient flow, quality improvement, and continuity of care. You will collaborate with psychiatry, forensics, dentistry, Recovery Alberta programs, Alberta Health Services, and external partners.
Key Responsibilities:- Coordinate staff assignments, patient flow, shifts, and workload allocation
- Supervise, mentor, and support multidisciplinary nursing staff
- Provide direct frontline nursing care when required
- Promote quality care and implement operational priorities
- Act as a clinical resource, role model, liaison, and advocate
- Accredited nursing education program completion
- Active or eligible CRNA registration and practice permit
- Current Basic Cardiac Life Support Health Care Provider certification
- Five years recent RN experience in high-acuity settings
- Two years formal or informal nursing leadership experience
Apply clinical leadership, correctional nursing expertise, and collaborative problem-solving to support safe care at Calgary Remand Centre.
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