IEN in Alberta- any luck with jobs?

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I've been keeping up with what's been going on with the AHS and things look very grim. There seems to be a lot of home health positions but I haven't heard any good things about that either (low pay, high case loads, no mileage reimbursement). Any IENs have any luck finding ANY job? Nursing or non-nursing?

Oil prices have dropped.

Hiring freezes happen without warning.

Any special reason for coming up here, or is it just the usual election year postings we get? The influx after Obama's election never happened, despite all of the posters planning to move north

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Specializes in geriatrics.

Before oil prices tanked, there were few nursing positions in AB. Now that oil has tanked, management has been instructed to carefully monitor budgets

Add Ft Mc Murray to the mix and the billions of dollars it will cost the government......not likely to improve anytime soon.

I predict another 5-10 years of this job climate based on the huge deficit and the numbers of nurses remaining in the workforce. Another year or two will not change anything, except perhaps more cuts.

Do not move to AB (or anywhere in Canada) without a written job offer. You're looking at 6-9 months without work otherwise.

Also, do you have a BSN or an ADN, because this will be a factor.

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I'm going to agree with the other poster who said don't move without a job offer in hand.

You're more likely to find work in rural areas vs Calgary or Edmonton.

The biggest barrier to working in Alberta is that the majority of our health care is run by Alberta Health Services. It can be tough to get your foot in the door- you may need to accept a casual position and go from there.

I think if you genuinely want to live here and aren't picky about living in the city you could find something as a rural nurse! If you have ER and obstetrics experience, even better!

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I just got a job with ahs as a IEN RN in February 2016. Because there is a union and you are an IEN the jobs available to you are smaller. I was able to get a position in a small town hospital with a temporary partime for a maternity leave. Alberta has one of he best unions in Canada, and although Alberta overall isn't doing great my hospital is still hiring people and there have been no cut backs yet. Alberta is one of the only good provinces to go to if you are an IEN. Don't go to Manitoba... Their system right now is exploitive costing IEN an exorbitant about of time and money. . So keep trucking along and applying for jobs. It's very unlikely you will even get an interview for any jobs in Edmonton or Calgary however.

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maanderson...

i am an IEN RN and currently looking for job opportunities around Alberta (especially Edmonton)..any starting job for me will do related to nursing..

i would appreciate help on how you were able to obtain job as an IEN RN..Thanks.

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