Registered Nurse Locum – Travel Nurse, Acute and Home Care Settings

An exciting opportunity exists for Registered Nurses to work to full scope within their area of expertise in North Zone settings. This position will be used to fill staffing needs to both Home Care and Acute Care including emergency, acute care (OR, obstetrics, ICU/NICU, medicine, surgery, and pediatrics), continuing care, home care, mental health. The Registered Nurse Locum Program provides the opportunity to work in short term assignments up to full time hours. You will be responsible for the assessment, implementation, and evaluation of nursing interventions for a diverse patient population. You must be able to collaborate as a member of the health care team, balance numerous demands and conflicting priorities, and to work independently or within a multidisciplinary team environment. Locum Nurses receive extra incentives: A premium payment (temporary pilot until Sept 29, 2025) of $25.00 per hour for hours worked. A payment (temporary pilot until Sept 29, 2025) of $50.00 per day during assignments outside of Grande Prairie and Fort McMurray. A daily per diem of $25.40 and meal allowance of $47.50 on all assignments. Reimbursement for travel costs/per diem expenses. Accommodations provided by AHS. Assignments in Northern Alberta offer other great benefits - discover a different pace of life, meet new people, and find new recreational activities. The long summer days deliver ample opportunity to enjoy the outdoors: hiking, biking, and riding horseback or ATVs along thousands of kilometers of trails, or enjoy fishing, swimming, or paddling along northern waterways. Winter sports are hugely popular, and locals enjoy skiing, skating, ice-fishing or snowmobiling through the varied terrain. From prairie grasslands to dense boreal forest, you’ll find yourself immersed in communities with unique cultures that are all their own.

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 of AHS.

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). Minimum of one year nursing experience. Experience in at least one of the following departments is required; acute care, emergency, intensive care, operating room, obstetrics, continuing care, home care, public health and psychiatry.

Minimum of one year of current nursing experience (1920 hours) in Canada within your specific area of expertise.

Experience working in rural settings with limited resources. Charge nurse experience. Experience working as sole healthcare practitioner in a site.