Transfer of nurse positions from AHS to Assisted Living Alberta
United Nurses of Alberta has been informed that 261 positions held by Registered Nurses represented by the union have been identified for transfer from Alberta Health Services to the Assisted Living Alberta provincial health organization.
These positions include nurses who work as educators, in palliative and end-of-life care, pediatric home care, long-term care, home care, adult day programs, discharge/case coordinators, specialty geriatric units, restorative care beds, and wound and ostomy.
Some of these positions include nurses and nurse educators at the Brooks Health Centre, Didsbury District Health Services, Fort Macleod Health Centre, High River General Hospital, Oilfield General Hospital, and Big Country Hospital (Oyen).
UNA members in these positions should have received informal email notification of the position transfers on November 19, 2025. UNA has been informed these transfers will be effective January 15, 2025.
Transferred positions held by UNA members from AHS will be treated as a successorship as outlined in legislation, which means their current collective agreement will continue to apply.
The day-to-day work for staff transitioning will be the same and they will continue to use the same systems and processes, including Connect Care and e-People, UNA was also told.
UNA remains deeply concerned by the chaos caused by this restructuring on nurses and their ability to deliver the best patient care possible within the public health care system. However, a Letter of Understanding signed by United Nurses of Alberta and AHS on May 31, 2024, which is now part of the Provincial Collective Agreement, retains and expands the rights of employees affected by the creation of new provincial health agencies and provincial health corporations.
These position transfers are part of the Alberta government’s ongoing restructuring of publicly owned and operated Alberta Health Services into five separate sector-based provincial health agencies: Acute Care Alberta, Assisted Living Alberta, Health Shared Services, Primary Care Alberta, and Recovery Alberta.
