Medical Adjudicator (Nurses) - Post-Secondary Recruitment

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Duties

Medical Adjudicators are registered nurses who review and analyze client applications for Canada Pension Plan Disability benefits to determine whether the client is eligible for benefits. Service Canada’s medical adjudicators are trained nurses with extensive knowledge of CPP legislation, regulations, policies and procedures; they are drawn from all nursing specialties.

Work environment

Whether a newly registered Nurse or one with years of experience, this is a great place to continue and develop your nursing skills and abilities. We offer daytime hours, no weekends, good work life balance options, a comprehensive benefit program, continuing education and professional development as well as the ability to maintain ongoing nursing registration requirements.

Adjudicators are provided with in depth training with ongoing support as required. The positions are located in different cities across Canada. Successful applicants will be required to regularly use their written and oral communication skills, work in the local office at a personal computer and desk, and read from both hard copy and electronic documents.

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Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates will be established to fill immediate and future vacancies in the Ontario, Atlantic, and Western regions.

Positions to be filled: 60

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

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.

Degree equivalency

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION:

Currently registered as a registered nurse (RN) in the province or territory where you work and be a member in good standing in that province or territory, as well as be willing and eligible to register, at the time of appointment, in the province or territory of the location where the position will be staffed.
AND
Entitled to practice with no restrictions.

Candidates must maintain this occupational certification throughout their employment.

EXPERIENCE:

Experience in clinical settings; or long term care settings or rehabilitation settings; or public health; or home care; or other experience relevant to the position.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Various language requirements
Chatham and Scarborough – English essential
Timmins – English essential, Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC
Winnipeg, Edmonton and Victoria – English essential or Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC
Fredericton, Dartmouth and St-John's – English essential or Bilingual imperative CCC/CCC

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of Service Canada and the programs and services it delivers;
Knowledge of aetiology and diagnostic techniques; health and disease processes and how they affect the individual's functional capacity; treatment modalities and their side effects; and medical prognoses.

ABILITIES:

Thinking skills;
Ability to apply principles and procedures;
Ability to communicate effectively orally ;
Ability to communicate effectively in writing;
Ability to use technology (such as word processing, spreadsheets, and e-mail);
Ability to plan and organize.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:

Working with others
Decisiveness
Client focus
Initiative
Results orientation
Changing and learning

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

EXPERIENCES:

Experience in specialized nursing in areas such as psychiatric, medical surgical, oncology, neurological, medical rehabilitation or palliative care;

Adjudication experience with Canada Pension Plan Disability, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), Veterans Affairs, private insurers, or other medically-based disability programs.

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Willingness and ability to work overtime as required;
Capable of working in an open office space.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Requirement that a person must meet at the time of appointment and comply with for as long as they occupy the position.

Other information

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 e-mail address that accepts e-mail from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mail).

Candidates will be required to submit their proof of education and occupational certification documents at the time of assessment.

Candidates from outside the public service may be required to pay for travel and relocation costs associated with this selection process.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.