Community Health Nurse (Public Health or Home and Community Care)

Duties
Indigenous Services Canada is recruiting Registered Nurses to provide quality, evidence-informed nursing services.Community Health Nurses deliver comprehensive health programs which include promoting, supporting and preserving the health of First Nations populations. Programs are designed in partnership with community members to promote environments that support good health. The maintenance of cultural competence and the provision of culturally safe care is paramount.Health services are provided to all age groups, including but not limited to:🌍 Public Health 🌍
• Community outreach and health promotion
• Chronic disease, communicable disease and outbreak management
• Sexual Health and STBBI programming
• Vaccination and well-child clinics
• Maternal child health programming🏫 Home Care 🏫
• Case management
• Care planning and coordination
• Nursing services such as wound and post-operative care, foot care
• Medication management
• Personnel supervision

Work environment
Community Health Nurses, employed by Indigenous Services Canada, work in 19 First Nation communities in rural areas of central and southern Saskatchewan, located across Treaty 4 & 6. Community Health Nurses enjoy both autonomous and team-based work. They work in community health centres or clinics and may also provide services in homes, schools, community buildings and at outdoor events.By joining our team, you will build strong working relationships with First Nation communities, partners, and health professionals.

Intent of the process
A pool of partially or fully qualified candidates may be established to staff similar or identical positions at Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) in Saskatchewan only with various linguistic profiles and/or requirements as well as tenures (acting, assignment/secondment, deployment, term and/or indeterminate) and/or security clearance (reliability or secret), which may vary according to the position being staffed.📢 SELECTED CANDIDATES MUST BE WILLING TO RELOCATE TO SASKATCHEWAN.

Important messages
When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.
📢 If you have previously applied to selection process number 25-DIS-SK-EA-658734, you cannot reapply to this process. Thank you.📢 Applications to this inventory will be pulled on March 9, April 2, May 4, June 2, July 2, August 13.📢 You must complete the application independently without external help, including unauthorized internet resources or Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (for example, Copilot, ChatGPT or any other form of AI). You may be asked to explain or elaborate on your answers in a follow-up interview. Any violation may be investigated and result in serious consequences, including the rejection of your application.• Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.
• Please note that asset qualifications, top-down and/or random selection may be used at any stage of the assessment process to identify which applications will be given further consideration.
• All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, will be used to evaluate the candidates.
• Reference checks may be sought.
• An interview will be administered.
• Candidates are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice.
• Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.
• 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).
• Time sensitive correspondence may be transmitted via e-mail and it will be the candidate's responsibility to ensure they check their e-mail regularly. Failure to respond to communications may result in elimination from this process.

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Reliability Status security clearance

🔐 CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the conditions of employment throughout their employment.
• Current valid registration as a Registered Nurse and a member in good standing with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS).
• Possess and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted driver’s license that allows the holder to drive a motor vehicle in Saskatchewan.
• Willingness and ability to travel by car to communities. Time travelling by car may be up to four (4) hours a day. Due to operational requirements, time driving to and from communities may be increased.
• MEDICAL CLEARANCE:
i) PRE-PLACEMENT: Category 3 health evaluation*.
ii) PERIODIC: Category 1 health evaluation according to the schedule outlined in the Occupational Health Evaluation Guidelines for “Federal Nurses in a Clinical Role.”
* This position requires a successful pre-placement Category- 3 health evaluation. Exceptionally, due to the urgent need to maintain staffing levels in health centres, a temporary preplacement Category 1 Personal Health Declaration evaluation may be accepted. In this case, employees will be asked to complete a Category 3 Health Evaluation within twelve (12) months of hire to ensure their compliance with the Occupational Health Evaluation Standard.
• Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice.
• Willingness and ability to remain on travel status for extended periods of time.
• Willingness and ability to work in a rigorous, diverse and often demanding work environment.
• Willingness to be assigned to a variety of communities as operationally required.
• Willingness and ability to perform on call duties, work after hours, and on weekends as required.
• Willingness and ability to complete mandatory education/training relevant to the position.

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📋 OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION
Eligibility for registration as a registered nurse in a province or territory of Canada.

💼 EXPERIENCE
Recent* and Significant** experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) in one or more of the following areas:• Community Health***
• Primary Care Clinic****
• Acute Care or Intensive Care
• Urgent Care or Emergency Care*Recent is defined as within the last five (5) years.**Significant is defined as a period of two (2) years of full time work or four (4) years of part time work with the candidate performing complex activities related to this task in a wide variety of healthcare situations.***Community Health includes but is not limited to Public Health, Long Term Care, Home and Community Care, Health Promotion / Disease Prevention, Communicable Disease Control, Population Health Assessment, Emergency Preparedness, Surveillance and Response.****Primary Care Clinic = Clinic setting where a variety of professionals are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs.

💡 COMPETENCIES
• Demonstrating Integrity and Respect
• Thinking Things Through
• Working Effectively with Others
• Showing Initiative and Being Action-Oriented
• Communication (Written)
• Communication (Oral)

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Applied / assessed at a later date

English essential

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🎓 EDUCATION
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution* with acceptable specialization in nursing, nursing service administration, nursing education or some other specialty relevant to the position.*A public or private institution that has been given authority to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of a provincial/territorial legislature or through a government-mandated quality assurance mechanism. For greater certainty, also included are institutions authorized to grant specific academic credentials for specific academic programs. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials https://www.cicic.ca/ or Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada (ACESC) https://canalliance.org/en/

💼 EXPERIENCE
• Experience with immunizations such as mass clinics (seasonal influenza, COVID-19), school or well-child clinics.
• Experience in the treatment and management of Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infections (STBBI).
• Experience with maternal-child development, post-partum or newborn assessments.
• Experience in pediatric nursing.
• Experience in infection control and prevention or Communicable Disease Control (CDC).
• Experience in harm reduction processes and procedures.
• Experience with mental health programs or in providing mental health services.
• Proficiency in speaking a First Nations’ language.
• Experience working in outpost or isolated/remote settings.
• Experience working with Indigenous people or organizations.

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Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Learn more about preference to veterans.

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