FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Employment Opportunities for Health Professionals

Health professional employment sites

  • Health Jobs in Alberta
    The Alberta Healthjobs website offers a wealth of career opportunities in vibrant Alberta. Alberta offers health care professionals a breadth of challenging and rewarding job options in a province that is a proven leader in health care delivery and with health care innovation.
  • Alberta Provincial Nominee Program
    The PNP allows employers to offer eligible health professionals from outside Canada permanent employment and permanent resident status.
  • Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan (RPAP)
    RPAP is an independent not-for-profit organization funded by Alberta Health and Wellness. The RPAP provides a provincially-focused comprehensive, integrated and sustained program for the education, recruitment and retention of physicians for rural practice.
  • Alberta Physician Link
    Find an online posting of physician vacancies available in Alberta.

Nursing opportunities in Alberta

Internationally-educated nurses

If you were a nurse before moving to Canada and would like to become a nurse in Alberta, this is your opportunity.

We have made it easier than ever to have your credentials assessed and become registered—so you can work as a nurse once again.
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Once a nurse, always a nurse

If you are a nurse who has left the profession in the past five years, your expertise is needed now more than ever.

Whether you are an RN, LPN or RPN, return to nursing and let’s work together as we improve our health care system. We’re already making positive strides. For instance, we are paying for former registered nurses to take refresher courses and for nursing professional development.

Call 780-644-1998 to speak to someone or to get more information on how to return to nursing in Alberta. Call toll-free in Alberta at 310-0000, then 780-644-1998.

Nursing in Alberta

Contact the following colleges for information on how to register as a nurse in Alberta –

  1. Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) – The College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA) is the regulatory body for Licensed Practical Nurses in the province of Alberta, Canada.
  2. Registered Nurse (RN) – The College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) is the regulatory body for registered nursing in the province of Alberta, Canada. If you have worked as a registered nurse within the past five years, contact CARNA directly.
  3. Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) – The College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta (CRPNA) is the regulatory body for registered psychiatric nursing in Alberta.

Education and Supports

  1. For Registered Nurses (refresher):
  2. For Licensed Practical Nurses:
  3. For Registered Psychiatric Nurses: NOTE: Alberta does not offer a psychiatric nursing refresher program. Former registered psychiatric nurses in Alberta that want to re-enter the profession must utilize a refresher program from another province. Suggested institutions nearby are:
    1. Douglas College (British Columbia), Tel: 604-527-5400 (switchboard);
    2. Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology - SAIST (Saskatchewan), Tel: 306-798-4258 (switchboard - Wascana Campus)
  4. For Internationally-Educated Nurses:

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