Registered Nurse

Your Opportunity:
As our Registered Nurse, you will be working in a position between our Operating Room and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, working within an interdisciplinary team, utilizing our values (AHS Cares) and Patient First Strategy in your practice to provide leading care to Albertans. Our Operating Room has the capacity for six theatres, covering general surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, dental, ear, nose and throat, spines, and orthopedic trauma.

Our Post-Anesthesia Care Unit has capacity for eight monitoring beds. The Registered Nurse (OR Nurse) position is responsible for providing perioperative patient care using the nursing process, in accordance with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA), Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) and Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standards of practice. You will demonstrate competence in delivering safe, effective and efficient care in both a scrub and a circulating role, participating as an integral part of our team.

You will act as a patient advocate and provide a link between the other units in the facility and the Operating Room and/or Post-Anesthesia Care Unit.

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will provide a wide variety of nursing services to patients, families, communities and populations, while taking necessary steps to ensure their safety and well-being. In your role, you will utilize nursing processes, through critical thinking, problem solving and decision making, as well as teach, counsel and advocate on behalf of patients and their families. You will play a leadership role in supporting an integrated and holistic approach to patient care, health promotion and maintenance.

You will provide safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values. Provisional Permit holders will be paid $40.76 to $55.79 per hour. Upon obtaining a full practice permit, the rate of pay will be adjusted to the applicable Registered Nurse rate in accordance with UNA Article 25.02(b)(i) or (ii), as applicable.

In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Fort McMurray Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $12,480.

• 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) certification.
• Completion of the following free courses before employment if not practiced as a Registered Nurse within the past five years: CRNA Medication Management (Chapters 1-4): ;
  NextGenU Health Assessment Resources Certification: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

• Active registration and practice permit with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA).
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support
  - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification.
• Completion of a recognized Perioperative Certification program.
• Previous OR experience.

• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing.
• Two years of experience within the last five years in the operating room and/or post-anesthesia recovery room.
• Canadian Perioperative Nursing Certificate (CPNC).
• Post-Anesthesia Care Nursing Course.
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.
• Membership with Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC).