Join this phenomenal, high impact team and bridge the gap between crisis and recovery at one of Alberta’s largest and busiest urban hospitals. The Acute Care Addiction Recovery Program (ACARP) is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to support patients with substance use concerns in acute care settings, including inpatient units and the Emergency Department. This is a unique opportunity to introduce, influence and support recovery at critical moments for patients who are often ready for change and/or treatment of their addiction. As a key member of a specialized interdisciplinary consult team, you will provide advanced assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and recovery-focused care for individuals at Royal Alexandra Hospital with substance use disorders, complex medical, social, and mental health needs. You will work directly and collaboratively with physicians, addiction counsellors, peer support workers, pharmacists, and partnering medical services to ensure patients receive coordinated and compassionate care with seamless transitions following discharge. This role combines the rewarding challenge that comes with high acuity and high stakes care in a relatively new specialty and the rewards of seeing patients connect to their own recovery and supports that can transform their lives. You will help identify opportunities for intervention, initiate evidence-based treatment, facilitate referrals, and advocate for patients navigating complex health systems. Whether you know that this is the area for you or that you're hoping to gain valuable experience in Addictions to grow your skills and practice, we look forward to meeting you.
As a Nurse Practitioner (NP), you will provide a full range of comprehensive health services to individuals across their lifespan. You will be responsible for integrating clinical skills associated with nursing and medicine to assess, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe treatment, and perform procedures to manage and meet the health needs of patients. Additionally, you will utilize advanced practice nursing competencies related to Clinical Practice, Leadership and Optimizing Health Systems, Education, and Research to increase care quality, promote appropriate use of health services, and inform and influence healthcare systems. PLEASE NOTE: This position is unionized and represented by the Alberta Union of Nurse Practitioners (AUNP). For more information on this union, please contact AUNP: https://www.aunp.ca/
- Classification: Nurse Practitioner
- Union: Nurse Practitioners
- Unit and Program: Acute Care Addiction Recovery Program - Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 24-JUL-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 03-AUG-2026
- Hours per Shift: 9.63
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 48
- Shift Pattern: Days, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $68.56
- Maximum Salary: $80.20
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program, with a minimum of a Master's degree. Active registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) on the Nurse Practitioner Registrar, including Provisional Graduate Nurse Practitioner licensure. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).
Additional Required Qualifications:
Treatment is not limited to pharmaceutical intervention of Addiction; the diversity of clinical presentations on our list is expansive. You are a compassionate healthcare provider and promoter with strong clinical judgment, a collaborative mindset, and a commitment to recovery‑oriented, patient‑directed care. You demonstrate flexibility, cultural humility, and the ability to support individuals facing medical, social, and substance‑related challenges. You enjoy working with others and value autonomy. You know, understand and help educate others that Addiction is a treatable disease and that there is hope. You know the value of treating these illnesses as they do not discriminate and cross into all services, specialties and care areas. Clinical experience or additional training in addiction/mental health/inner city health and/or vulnerable populations is an asset.
Preferred Qualifications:
We have amazing NP's and Physicians to help you learn and grow. Connect Care experience an asset. Understanding of Recovery Model of Care and Harm Reduction. Working knowledge of the Stages of Change and concurrent d/o's. Advocacy and health promotion are both central to this team and are 2 reasons that you pursued your NP training.
