AUPE auxiliary nursing
Your position is covered under the terms and conditions of the AUPE auxiliary nursing collective agreement. Make sure you are familiar with this agreement, particularly any local conditions specific to your position.
Benefits
If you are eligible, you must enroll in benefit offerings within the first 31 days of initial eligibility as per your employee grouping. We will email you when you can elect benefits.
Learn more about benefits and pension at Covenant Health.
Benefits resources
Probation period
See the Probationary Period/Orientation article in your collective agreement.
If you move into a new position within the bargaining unit, see the Appointments and Transfers article for information about transferring within your probation period and trial periods
Previous experience, portability and site transfers
Recognition of previous experience
We may recognize relevant work experience hours from previous positions or employers to determine your salary placement. This only applies to time worked before your start date with us. See the Salaries article in your collective agreement.
You will be placed at Step 1 of the salary grid for your job classification. To have your rate of pay reviewed, you must submit your previous experience.
Health care aides
Changes to your directory status
If your competency status on the Alberta Health Care Aide Directory changes, you must submit a completed Education and Certificate Cover Form with a copy of your new status on the directory and, where applicable, your educational qualifications, through the HR Contact Centre ServiceHub.
How to submit through the HR Contact Centre ServiceHub
- Log in to the HR Contact Centre ServiceHub
- Under Get Support, select HR Catalogue
- Select HR Administration from the Categories, then the Rate of Pay tile
- Under Request Type, select Education/license
- Under Please type your request, specify "For review by HRBSSS, Covenant Health for HCA Directory Changes" and upload the documents identified above.
Portability
You may port the following if you meet the conditions in your collective agreement (e.g., termination from a previous employer with same provisions):
- see Vacation article, which applies to vacation accrual date only
- see Sick Leave article
Site transfers
There are currently no provisions for site transfers in the collective agreement with other employers.
More information
See recognition of previous experience, portability and site transfers for more details. You will need your employee ID to submit these requests.