Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Your Opportunity:
The Assertive Community Outreach Nurse based out of Canmore supports the Addiction and Mental Health Clinics in Canmore, Banff and Lake Louise. The Assertive Community Outreach Nurse is a regulated member of the interprofessional health care team who provides services to individuals living with a persistent mental illness, including clients on Community Treatment Order and those requiring case management. This exciting role is dynamic and varied, and involves crisis work; group work; consulting on individual care; and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team and partner agencies. This role requires staff to work autonomously in a variety of community settings and draws on a high level of professional decision making. Clients can be seen in the community, in their home and clinic. This is an outreach position; the majority of client appointments will be in the community or their home. Travel and own vehicle are required.
Description:
As a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN), you will provide leadership through a wide variety of nursing services to patients (clients, residents) for the purpose of promoting, maintaining or restoring health, mental health and preventing mental illness, injury and disability. You will teach, counsel and advocate on behalf of patients and take necessary steps to ensure their safety and well-being. You will provide safe, quality patient and family centered care, while reflecting the shared vision and values of Recovery Alberta.
- Classification: Registered Psychiatric Nurse
- Union: United Nurses of Alberta
- Unit and Program: Addiction and Mental Health
- Primary Location: Canmore Boardwalk Building
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: At or Out of (UNA only)
- FTE: 0.60
- Posting End Date: 19-NOV-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Part Time
- Date Available: 07-DEC-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 11
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $44.56
- Maximum Salary: $60.98
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Completion of an accredited Psychiatric nursing education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta (CRPNA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).
Additional Required Qualifications:Minimum five years of recent experience in Addiction and Mental Health. Minimum two years' recent experience in community based mental health, case management, assertive community outreach with a specific focus in crisis intervention work. Two of the five years should include experience in a rural community mental health clinic. Minimum two years supporting clients on Community Treatment Orders. Knowledge of substance abuse issues. Knowledge of psychotropic medication. Ability to define need for, design, facilitate and evaluate variety of psychosocial groups to support caregivers and patients in their community. Training in various treatment/intervention modalities, individual, group therapy. Demonstrates initiative, effective time management and knowledge of recovery care approach required. Experience with Case Management working within a collaborative care model framework.
Preferred Qualifications:Three plus years of experience working in a rural community mental health setting supporting individuals with persistent mental illness in an assertive outreach role. Knowledge of Bow Valley area community resources. Experience working in partnership with community agencies.
