Your Opportunity:The Unit Manager, Acute Care will be responsible for developing and maintaining strong working relationships with key stakeholders, facilitating change management, promoting team development, teamwork and coordinating staffing and clinical work as identified by the Site Manager. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining an effective framework for the operations of patient care services in order to facilitate the delivery of efficient, effective and safe patient care. These activities may include providing day-to-day direction to the staff working on the unit, daily assignments of patients and staff, discharge planning and rapid rounds and liaising with RAAPID and physicians regarding repatriations. In addition, you will be implementing and monitoring your portfolio's budget while undertaking risk management, quality assurance and utilization of information in this field. This position will include oversite of the Emergency Room, Surgical Services, MDR and Dialysis as well as our Acute Care unit with obstetrics.Description:As the Manager, you will be responsible for providing leadership to a team of healthcare professionals dedicated to providing leading care to Albertans. Your leadership, direction and organization of the unit will be in support of the vision, mission and business plan. As the Manager, you will be making key decisions and establishing and contributing to the achievements and goals of the Edmonton Rural Corridor-West leadership portfolio.
Classification: Manager
Union: Exempt
Unit and Program: Acute Care; Emergency; Dialysis
Primary Location: Edson Healthcare Centre
Location Details: As Per Location
Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
FTE: 1.00
Posting End Date: 22-APR-2026
Date Available: 02-MAY-2026
Temporary End Date: 07-MAR-2027
Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: 2
Shifts per cycle: 10
Shift Pattern: Days
Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
Minimum Salary: $40.19
Maximum Salary: $68.93
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:Active registration and practice permit with the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA). Graduation from a recognized nursing education program. Three (3) years' experience in a nursing role within the last five (5) years. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support- Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). Current Heart and Stroke BLS HCP. Additional Required Qualifications:Must be an effective communicator with strong organizational skills, influential skills, resident focused orientation and commitment to providing quality services. Able to provide effective leadership abilities combined with a strong commitment to operating within the team environment and the ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve common goals. Demonstrated ability and comfort with decision making responsibilities, coaching and teaching and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others. Demonstrated ability to manage change and create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues. Demonstrated ability to manage human, financial and physical resources within an operating environment. Demonstrated ability to foster partnerships and to achieve organizational goals within an organization and ideally managing within a unionized sector. Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and manage short term and long-term plans and projects and deliver client focused results. Preferred Qualifications:Acute Care and leadership experience preferred.
