DutiesIndigenous Services Canada, strives to provide access to quality health services, improve health outcomes, and support greater control of the health system by First Nations and Inuit.
We are currently looking for a pharmacist to join the regional health team. In both Alberta and Manitoba, the regional team has two distinct focuses for our work: 1. We directly provide health services, by ISC employed nurses and other health professionals, to a number of First Nations and 2. We provide advice and guidance to First Nations that have taken over the delivery of these services with their own nurses and other health professionals. We are searching for a collaborative and strategic individual who enjoys working in a dynamic environment, with a strong focus on quality client service.
The majority of the duties will be completed in an office (and/or hybrid telework environment as per the GoC approach), while dedicated on-sight duties will be required in communities. Specifically, the positions would require at least quarterly travel into remote and isolated communities in both regions for 3-5 days at a time.
While the positions are currently posted as full-time positions, a part-time schedule may be considered upon request for the right candidate, with the right experience and focus.
By joining our team, you will have opportunity to provide direct support to health services and community-based programming.
Intent of the process
This process will be used to establish a pool of qualified candidates which may be used to staff indeterminate, term, secondment, assignment, deployment or acting appointments. Currently, each region has one full-time vacancy.
The intent is to meet the departmental mandate to increase the indigenous representation within ISC. As such, Organizational Needs may be applied and first consideration may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to Indigenous peoples.
Important messages
Please ensure that your email address is on your application for correspondence.
Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email.)
All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.
Based on the hiring division’s needs, additional essential qualifications, asset qualifications, organizational needs, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be identified and applied at any stage during the assessment and/or selection of candidates.
Candidates may be assessed using one or more of the following tools: standardized tests, written exam, interview, simulation exercise and reference checks.
Candidates must ensure that they are available for any testing or interviews required. Candidates from outside the federal public service who are invited to written exams and/or interviews will be responsible for travel and accommodation expenses.
Proof of education will be required. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca.
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.
A top down approach may be used to assess and/or appoint candidates.
Candidates will be asked to provide proof of Canadian citizenship.
Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be applied at the time of staffing.
Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.
An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor may/will be required before an offer can be made.
Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the Conditions of Employment throughout their employment.
Should you be an employee of the public service, please identify clearly your substantive group and level, your employment status and your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) on your resume and/or CV.