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OK, we've all heard that they are eliminating 100 managerial positions.

We got the OT ban announcement last week, followed by the "part timers should pick up shifts before OT is permitted" (well, duh, that's in the contracts, can't help it if the staffing office failed to follow the rules), followed by the those on OT will be floated off to units within their services that are short.

How about the wonderful pens for nursing week?

How is AHS affecting your work day?

Specializes in med/surg.

Wow - that's really tough on the more senior staff!! Lets hope they manage to attract some more experienced staff from outside for you.

Mind you with what you say about management, keeping them might be harder!:D

Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

Last night at the request of a mutual friend I spoke with someone who has applied for one of our vacancies. She's already an AHS employee from another (former) region. My friend asked me to give this nurse the good, the bad and the ugly, not to conceal anything (as if I would!). We talked for more than an hour and in the end she said that nothing I told her will deter her from taking a position if offered... which it will be because this nurse is the whole package... smart, skilled, experienced, educated... with a sturdy backbone. It will be nice to have some new staff who don't need to be spoonfed.

Specializes in Pediatric Nursing.

yesterday the issue of canadian nurse (the magazine publishe by the cna) arrived in my home. the entire back cover of the publication is an add for alberta health services for career opportunities. i am a fairly novice nurse in ontario and i have been thinking about alberta for a while now, is just that every time i look at the postings they had nothing (nada) posted.

so yesterday, i thought, oh wow! alberta is hiring again? so i went to the ahs website, but all the posted jobs are for internal ahs candidates only! (often written in odious all caps bold red letters!)

why are they wasting money booking the entire back cover of this magazine when they arent hiring!

am i reading these job postings wrong? ma i looking in the wrong place?

Because they have an advertising budget to spend. Oh, and don't forget by basically closing down the Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital, it frees up money.

Oh, Duckit, you're really earning that 25% bonus.

Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

There have been comments posted to Dr Duckett's blog asking that very question, malenurse82. He chose not to reply. However, he has responded to a question about the AHS pandemic plan and avowals that all vacancies would be filled to provide capacity. "This is actually a new topic. I read the AHS Pandemic Plan circulated last week. It calls for filling all vacant positions to create capacity. How will this harmonize with the current direction to reduce spending, gain shortfall dollars through attrition, and replace nursing professionals with unregulated workers? Where will the staff come from when we have lost a graduating class of nurses already?"

His response? "Thanks again for participating. I have approved external advertising of all current RN and RT vacancies in ICUs. These are typically not positions that can be filled by new grads. Filling these positions is consistent with my previously expressed commitment to find the necessary money somehow to ensure we meet H1N1 needs. Stephen" So that confirms my comments above about the vacancies in my unit...

Hah, have you seen the memo sent to all the units? Basically asking all staff if they have ever worked in the ICUs, would they be open to taking a refresher course and returning to ICU in the event of need during the pandemic?

We think it's a plot to move nurses to where they don't want to be...

Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

No, I'm trying to avoid reading any of those pandemic memos. I'm not thrilled with the notion of wearing an N95 mask and goggles for 13 hours at a time since NONE of our patients are able to comply with cough hygiene... and we don't have 2 meters of vacant space anywhere so there isn't any way to be more than 2 meters away from a coughing patient.

Specializes in med/surg.

Just seen on the news that they've created a committee to oversee a committee (so to speak) boy they know how to spend their money wisely!!

This is in reference to the closure of psychiatric beds in the Province. More money to more shiny bums that they'll get off the backs of nurses no doubt!!

Oh & I've given up reading those H1N1 bulletins too:-)

Specializes in med/surg.
Last night at the request of a mutual friend I spoke with someone who has applied for one of our vacancies. She's already an AHS employee from another (former) region. My friend asked me to give this nurse the good, the bad and the ugly, not to conceal anything (as if I would!). We talked for more than an hour and in the end she said that nothing I told her will deter her from taking a position if offered... which it will be because this nurse is the whole package... smart, skilled, experienced, educated... with a sturdy backbone. It will be nice to have some new staff who don't need to be spoonfed.

That's fantastic news, hope it works out for you all

I thought I would pass this on and see if anyone has heard anything....Word is that there are job cuts coming..... Recently something happened at the Foothills with 10 jobs (in the Emerg), not sure what or what happened to the nurses that were in those lines, but the lines were eliminated.:confused::confused::confused: I also hear that the Urgent care center in downtown Calgary is going to have MAJOR cuts to staff (in the urgent care) and other areas as well. YIKES !!!!!! I am very concerned .....anyone else hear anything????

Uhm, 3-4% across each surgical unit at RAH. If the budget isn't trimmed on each unit then layoffs will start. For some reason they think they will be able to offer the IENs on two year contracts permanent lines before their own longstanding floats.

Didn't you hear Stelmach's "inspiring" speech tonight? We just need to have "courage" to embrace the "new health care" that the Conservatives have planned for Alberta.

Truly frightening. Someone get them out of there. I don't want that kind of "courage" in our society.

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