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Moving to Calgary

Hello Everyone!

I am registered psych nurse here in BC and will be moving to Calgary in the next month or so. I've come across some posts that nurses are unable to land a job even after 6 months of moving there and its pretty discouraging :(. However some of these posts were about 4 years old. Whats the job market like for psych nurses now? Is AHS still having a hiring freeze? Whats the best way to land a job there?

Thank you!

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    Hi!

    I am from Edmonton. If your target is to land a job directly for AHS I have some bad news for you. They take 4-6 months to reply to external applicants as they mostly take in either internal or students that did their practicums there. But keep on trying, depending on your experience and their need you might get lucky.

    Definitely look at smaller companies as they tend to hire more frequently.

    Good luck!

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    Yeah that’s what I figured. Are there any other ways to land a nursing job without AHS?

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    I'm not familiar with Calgary's other health companies but in Edmonton we have Covenant Health and Capital Care. We also have tons of smaller private care homes and home care companies. Most out of towners and even some who weren't so lucky with their practicums start there but most end up not leaving either. It depends on where you want to end up.

    Alberta's nurses are unionized so wherever you work you get similar benefits anyway, unless it's a private company.

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