Jobs for RN's in Canada?

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I am presently in Alberta looking for full time or close to full time permanent work, without much luck. Any insight into the situation in other provinces for RN's? Are there jobs available out there as I am thinking that I may have to relocate for work. I have about 2 1/2 years experience, in acute care and in clinic nursing.

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Specializes in ER, ICU, OR, OBS.

Have you checked out Ontario.

Where do you want to relocate?

Do you need FT with benefits?

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I haven't checked out Ontario yet, I have heard that there are jobs out in the Ottawa area though. Full time with benefits would be wonderful, but that is so hard to find in nursing it seems. I have mainly checked out the western provinces, however I am pretty open to moving for work, wherever I can find it.

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Specializes in ICU, ER.

Don't know where you heard that there are jobs in the Ottawa area, but I'm afraid you were misled. There are a few part-time jobs out there, but that's the best you'll get. Check out the hospital websites.

Not sure if this applies or not, but if you don't speak French you are probably not going to get FT in the Ottawa area. It does happen, but not all that often...

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Specializes in Acute Spine, Neuro, Thoracic's, LTC.

Where in Alberta are you? I am an LPN moving to Calgary this summer and was wondering about the job situation there. I am only wanting part-time(preferably a 0.5 position)

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Don't know where you heard that there are jobs in the Ottawa area, but I'm afraid you were misled. There are a few part-time jobs out there, but that's the best you'll get. Check out the hospital websites.

Not sure if this applies or not, but if you don't speak French you are probably not going to get FT in the Ottawa area. It does happen, but not all that often...

Used to be a poster "OttawaRPN" who was always saying there was loads of work in that region. They haven't posted since before Christmas.

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Specializes in ICU, ER.
Used to be a poster "OttawaRPN" who was always saying there was loads of work in that region. They haven't posted since before Christmas.

Weird - the jobs dried up long before that!! :lol2: There used to be 300+ nsg jobs (MANY of them full-time) posted on one of the main Ottawa-area hospital's website and then within a couple weeks last spring they just up & disappeared. Now there are 10-15 at best and almost completely casual/part-time.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

Have you been applying through either AHS or Covenant Health in AB? I see various postings for RNs almost daily on both sites. I'm sure they all receive many applicants, but it never hurts to apply.

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Have you been applying through either AHS or Covenant Health in AB? I see various postings for RNs almost daily on both sites. I'm sure they all receive many applicants, but it never hurts to apply.

Jan and I both work for Capital Health. There may be lots of jobs posted but we just are not seeing them be filled. People apply, wait, woops, there was a mistake in the posting, posting cancelled. Same job posted next month.

I know of one PN job AHS posted. They were contacted about the mistake in the posting. HR left it up to the closing date. Waited two weeks and then corrected it, reposted it.

Before Xmas, AHS posted a vacancy for 20 LPN casuals for the Surgical Float Pool. Not one has been seen on the floors yet.

Covenant covers the Miz and Grey Nuns. Hear the same thing from people I know.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

What is their rationale for posting jobs and then not filling the positions? I just don't understand this. Its not as though the staff aren't needed on these units. Everywhere is short. That seems like time wasted to post a job, and not fill it. Also quite misleading to applicants and the general public.

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Specializes in ICU, ER.
What is their rationale for posting jobs and then not filling the positions? I just don't understand this. Its not as though the staff aren't needed on these units. Everywhere is short. That seems like time wasted to post a job, and not fill it. Also quite misleading to applicants and the general public.

My understanding (I could definitely be wrong) is that they have to post them d/t union issues, but they aren't filling them because of budget cuts.

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What is their rationale for posting jobs and then not filling the positions? I just don't understand this. Its not as though the staff aren't needed on these units. Everywhere is short. That seems like time wasted to post a job, and not fill it. Also quite misleading to applicants and the general public.

A friend of mine used to work in HR and they do this to "pool" for resumes. So this is more of an HR thing as opposed to a nursing thing. For example, if a nurse manager suddenly calls HR requesting for 10 resumes of CCU nurses, then HR just selects from its "resume pool."

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