Community Health Nurse - Practice Advisor

Duties
In this role, you will work closely with community health teams to provide clinical guidance, support program development, and respond to emerging health needs, including but not limited to wildfire and flood response. Your day may include mentoring nurses, assisting with case or outbreak management, delivering education sessions, collaborating with leadership and partners, and supporting quality improvement initiatives. You will also support and participate in door-to-door health service outreach, helping to increase access to care and connect directly with community members. Work is dynamic and community-driven, with a strong focus on relationship-building, adaptability, and advancing safe, culturally appropriate care in rural and remote settings.This position involves regular travel (approximately 50–75% of the time), which may include day travel within local communities or extended stays in rural and remote communities, depending on service needs.

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 Alberta 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.Successful placement in a pool does not guarantee an offer of employment.Please note that this process will ONLY be used to staff positions in Alberta.
Applicants are encouraged to apply ONLY if they are able to relocate to Alberta.

Important messages
📢 Candidates must clearly demonstrate with concrete examples, IN THE PRE-SCREENING QUESTIONS, how they meet the education and experience factors listed in the essential qualifications. Only the screening questionnaire will be used during pre-screening process. We may use resumes as a secondary source to validate the answers to the pre-screening questions. Candidates who fail to provide sufficient information will be eliminated from further consideration.
📢 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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Conditions of Employment
• Reliability Status Security Clearance
• Valid driver's licence or personal mobility to a degree normally associated with the possession of a driver's license
• Medical Clearance
i) PRE-PLACEMENT: Category 3 health evaluation*
ii) PERIODIC: Category 3 health evaluation according to the schedule outlined in Section I of the Occupational Health Evaluation Standard for “Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) Nurses Assigned to Isolated Posts in Northern First Nations Communities”
* This position requires a successful pre-placement Category- 3 health evaluation. Exceptionally, due to the urgent need to maintain staffing levels in nursing stations, 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 to be assigned to a variety of communities as operationally required, including remote locations and isolated posts
• Willingness and ability to travel in small aircraft, off road vehicles, across ice bridges and by boat in varied weather conditions to communities in remote and isolated areas
• Willingness and ability to work in a rigorous, diverse and often demanding work environment
• 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
• Continuous professional registration, without conditions or restrictions, with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta
• Willingness and ability to relocate to Alberta

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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.

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) providing nursing services in one or more of the following areas:1. Community Health (Public Health or Home and Community Care)
2. Med Surge
3. Primary Care
4. Addiction and Mental Health
5. Urgent or Emergency Care
6. Acute or Intensive Care *Recent is defined as within the last five years
**Significant is defined as at least two years’ experience with the candidate performing complex activities related to this task

Communication (Written)
📢 The competency "Communication (Written)" is included in the online application process. Please read the instructions carefully when completing your application.

Competencies
Demonstrating Integrity and Respect
Thinking Things Through
Mobilize People
Achieve Results
Team Leadership
Communication (Oral)

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Applied / assessed at a later date

English essential

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Education: Graduation with a master’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with an acceptable specialization in nursing, nursing service administration, nursing education or some other specialty relevant to the position.

• Significant** experience with immunizations such as mass clinics, school or well-child clinics
• Significant** experience in the treatment and management of Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infections (STBBI)
• Significant** experience in harm reduction and addictions processes and procedures
• Significant** experience with mental health programs or in providing mental health services
• Significant** experience with health emergency management
• Significant** experience as a labour and delivery nurse, NICU, and/or as a post-partum nurse.
• Significant** experience managing diverse patient populations with chronic disease, post-discharge planning, wound care, and case management. **Significant is defined as at least two years' experience with the candidate performing complex activities related to this task in a wide variety of situations.• Experience providing outreach health services in non-traditional healthcare settings
• Experience in providing health care services to Indigenous people and/or Indigenous communities
• Proficiency in speaking a First Nations’ language
• Experience working with Indigenous people or organizations
• Experience working in rural, remote or isolated locations
• Experience in developing policies, procedures or directives
• Experience in mentoring adult learners.
• Experience in curriculum development and teaching in nursing.

Organizational NeedsIndigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, preference may be given to candidates who, at the time of application, indicate that they are belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups (self-declaration): Indigenous peoples, Women, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

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Preference will be given to veterans first, followed by Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of jobs located in Nunavut or Yukon. For positions located in Nunavut, qualified Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement will be appointed first. For positions located in Yukon, qualified Yukon First Nations will be appointed first, followed by qualified Indigenous persons.

Learn more about preference to veterans.

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