Why work at Covenant Health

Our comprehensive benefits keep you and your family well. Based on your collective agreement and position, benefits include:

• health, dental and travel coverage
• Local Authorities Pension Plan
• group RRSP and TFSA
• flexible spending account
• employee discounts
• relocation assistance

We partner with Homewood Health to offer a range of personal, confidential services that support you through all of life’s challenges.

You and your and immediate family can access counselling, coaching and other resources to help you with mental health concerns, personal and professional growth, health goals, relationships and more.

Available to all staff, The Working Mind increases mental health literacy and equips our people with tools to take care of themselves and others.  

Covenant Health is proud to have been awarded a certificate of recognition from the Canadian Mental Health Association, Alberta, with a Workplace Wellness Award. This award acknowledges mental health promotion in the workplace, and the co-operation between employers, employees and community agencies toward a healthy work environment. 

Diversity and inclusion is not just an initiative or campaign, but part of who we are — including how we treat one another and deliver care. We proudly support our teams and those we serve through a range of initiatives that foster a diverse, inclusive environment at Covenant Health.

We believe everyone deserves to feel safe to be their authentic selves at work. That’s why we promote healthy environments where staff are empowered to speak up, contribute fully and be true to themselves.

Covenant Health signed a public declaration of commitment to the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace developed by the Canadian Standards Association. The first of its kind in the world, this standard includes guidelines, tools and resources to help organizations promote mental health and prevent psychological harm at work. 

Here are a few of the initiatives that help us foster psychological safety at Covenant Health: 

• psychological health and safety advisory committee 
• workplace incident reporting line to report abuse, harassment, injury, near misses or psychological distress 
• Joint Worksite Health, Safety and Wellness Committees 
• just culture policy and guide to outline a work environment where individuals believe they will receive fair and just treatment when involved in an adverse event

Celebrating our people and their contributions—formally and informally—is entrenched in Covenant culture. 

Mission Awards

Our annual Mission Awards celebrates staff, volunteers and physicians who demonstrate our values in action: Compassion, Respect, Collaboration, Social Justice, Integrity and Stewardship. 

Our teams nominate their peers for exemplary contributions, and recipients are announced during a special event. Each Mission Award nominee and recipient is profiled and celebrated, helping us reflect on our values and celebrate team members across the province.

Milestones

We recognize long-serving staff who have reached milestones from five to 50 years of service with Covenant Health, including retirements. The program celebrates our dedicated staff with small gifts, certificates, recognition through internal communication channels and site-specific events. 

Our staff education fund supports team members to pursue post-secondary certificates, diplomas and degrees, reimbursing up to $2,000 per year.

Covenant Health leaders are committed to helping teams thrive, and that includes mentoring emerging leaders.

Our formal mentorship program develops leadership capacity across Covenant, integrating coaching and knowledge transfer. Mentors are senior leaders, who enjoy developing others and understand the value that coaching can have on emerging leaders.

Covenant Health offers many courses, workshops and online learning options to help you deepen your skills, including our online learning platform (CLiC), Leadership Pathways, Crucial Conversations Training and more.