Transitional Graduate Nurse positions now available
United Nurses of Alberta encourages recent nursing school graduates to apply for Transitional Graduate Nurse positions that have recently been posted on the Alberta Health Services Careers website.
The more than 200 positions on the AHS job board are part of the Graduate Nursing Transition Pilot Project that was negotiated as part of UNA’s Provincial Collective Agreement. The pilot project requires the employers to hire 1,000 new nursing graduates for each year of the four year contract.
These positions are for 12-months and include two phases.
During the first phase, these nursing positions will be supernumerary and will include a 3 to 6 month enhanced orientation where the employee is paired with a Clinical Guide to develop and complete a personalized learning plan.
The second phase of these positions will include independent practice with support from an assigned mentor.
After transitioning to independent practice, nurses in these positions will be required to apply for available vacant positions of no less than 0.5 FTE in a similar practice setting, ideally within the same unit, program, site, or office.
