Job Description

📍Calgary Zone, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta

Employment Type: Temporary Full-Time (1.00 FTE)

Union: United Nurses of Alberta (UNA)

Deadline: 08-Dec-2025

Start Date: 29-Dec-2025

End Date: 28-Dec-2026

Launch your nursing career with Alberta Health Services through the Graduate Nurse Transition Pilot Program (GNTPP). This 12-month structured program supports new graduates to grow confidently with guidance from experienced Clinical Guides (RNs). You will transition from enhanced orientation to independent practice with ongoing mentorship.

Program Phases:

•  Phase 1 – Enhanced Orientation: Supernumerary, paired with a Clinical Guide, personalized learning plan.
•  Phase 2 – Independent Practice with Support: Transition to independent practice while having access to a mentor throughout the remaining program.

Responsibilities:

•  Provide safe, quality, patient- and family-centered care.
• Utilize nursing processes with critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making.
• Teach, counsel, and advocate for patients and families.
• Support an integrated, holistic approach to patient care, health promotion, and maintenance.
•  Reflect organizational vision and values in all nursing practice.

Salary:

• Provisional Permit holders: $39.58 – $54.16/hour
•  Full license: $43.26 – $59.21/hour

Shift Details:

•  Length: 7.75 hours per shift
•  Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends (57 shifts per 12-week cycle)

Required Qualifications:

• Completion of an accredited nursing program
• Active or eligible for registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA)
•  Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification
•  Eligible for GNTPP: Graduated within 12 months and not yet in a regular AHS/Covenant Health/Recovery Alberta position
•  Ability to meet “heavy physical demand” requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

•  Experience in nephrology, transplant, or comparable unit
•  Charge nurse experience

Skills & Competencies:

• Critical thinking and problem-solving
• Team collaboration in dynamic environments
•  Time management and organization
•  Adaptability to change

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