Registered Nurse - Transitional Graduate Nurse

Job summary

Provide nursing services to patients, families, and communities while ensuring safety and well-being. Use nursing processes and sound judgment to deliver holistic, quality care, and teach, counsel, and advocate for patients and their families.

Job details

Your Opportunity: Description: 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 the organization. PLEASE NOTE: 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. Classification: SN Registered Nurse NGT Union: United Nurses of Alberta Unit and Program: Emergency Primary Location: Chinook Regional Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: At (UNA only) FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 13-OCT-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 02-NOV-2026 Temporary End Date: 02-NOV-2027 Hours per Shift: 11.08 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 40 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $44.56 Maximum Salary: $60.98 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) certification. Eligibility is restricted to Graduate Nurses, Graduate Psychiatric Nurses, Registered Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses who have graduated within 12 months prior to the anticipated start date of the program and who have not yet obtained a regular position with AHS, Covenant Health, or Recovery Alberta. Candidates selected for an interview must review the UNA Letter of Understanding #29 - Graduate Nurse Transition Pilot Program prior to the interview. For details, visit https://www.una.ca/collectiveagreements. Additional Required Qualifications: As Required. Preferred Qualifications: As Required.

What you’ll do

Provide nursing services to patients, families, and communities while ensuring safety and well-being. Use nursing processes and sound judgment to deliver holistic, quality care, and teach, counsel, and advocate for patients and their families.

Requirements

Applicants must have completed an accredited nursing education program, be active or eligible for a practice permit with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta, and hold current BCLS-HCP certification. Eligibility is limited to qualifying nursing graduates who graduated within 12 months before the program start date and have not yet obtained a regular position with the specified health organizations.

Listed skills

• Clinical care · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• Leadership · Preferred
• Decision Making · Preferred
• Critical Thinking · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Nursing
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Patient Care
• Family-Centered Care
• Patient Safety
• Health Promotion
• Patient Education
• Counseling
• Patient Advocacy
• Leadership
• Basic Cardiac Life Support

Job areas

• Healthcare

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