Notification Officer (Nurse)

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Duties

Join us in our efforts to reduce the introduction and spread of communicable diseases in Canada!

Notification Officers perform a variety of duties related to travel health. Under their designation as Quarantine Officer, they remotely assess and respond to notifications regarding ill travelers at Canadian borders. In this capacity, they engage with travellers and stakeholders to take appropriate and timely action in response to these notifications in compliance with the Quarantine Act. Notification Officers also participate in projects and ongoing duties such as global health monitoring, stakeholder engagement and the production of resources on travel health.

Visit our website to find out more about Quarantine Services: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/emergency-preparedness-response/centre-emergency-preparedness-response/quarantine-program.html

Work environment

At the Office of Border and Travel Health, you will have the opportunity to leverage the Public Health Agency of Canada’s resources and expertise as you engage and collaborate with colleagues who have experience in the fields of public health, travel health, communicable diseases, epidemiology, and emergency preparedness.

Based in Ottawa-Nepean, our office boasts free parking, a cafeteria and a gym (membership required). It is located near stores, restaurants and other commodities. To perform your daytime functions, you will need to be present in the office: regular virtual work / teleworking arrangements are NOT available.

The job is challenging and always interesting, but can be stressful and demanding. The position supports a 24/7 bilingual service to the border partners year round. To ensure this service, notification officers rotate through a stand-by on-call schedule which includes evenings and weekends. Consequently, you must be willing to accept set working hours, to be part of a stand-by roster to provide on-call services as needed after hours, and to travel occasionally within Canada or internationally.

We offer:
* Work that benefits public health across the country;
* A work environment that promotes a strong team approach;
* A bilingual, science-based environment;
* Comprehensive salary pay and benefits packages, overtime pay as applicable; and
* The opportunity to work in a unique nursing environment.

Intent of the process

The immediate intent of this Job Opportunity Advertisement is to staff one (1) bilingual indeterminate position, with a Reliable Security Clearance.

A pool of qualified candidates (fully assessed or partially assessed) will be established and this pool may be used to staff similar positions at this group and level within the Office of Border and Travel Health:

* various tenures,
* various conditions of employment.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with acceptable specialization in nursing, nursing service administration, nursing education or some other specialty relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification:
Eligibility for registration as a registered nurse in Ontario, Canada.

Experience:
- Experience (2 years cumulative) in public health, community health, travel related nursing or other specialty relevant to the position.
- Experience in performing health assessments in order to identify health issues and independently decide on a course of action.
- Experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with key partners and stakeholders.
- Experience in successfully dealing with challenging clients.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)
LANGUAGE: At a minimum, intermediate proficiency (reading, writing, and speaking) is required for all positions. Successful completion of the Public Service Commission second-language evaluations will be required prior to hiring.

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
- Knowledge of the prevention and control of infectious diseases.
- Knowledge of principles of communicable disease control in the context of public health.
- Knowledge of the Federal, Provincial/Territorial/ local public health roles.

Abilities:
- Ability to review, evaluate and analyse information to access public health risk and make recommendations on mitigation measures to management.
- Ability to manage urgent, competing, changing, and multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally.

Personal Suitabilities:
- Respectful of diversity
- Effective Interpersonal Relations
- Reliability
- Judgement
- Team Player
- Initiative

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

Asset Occupational Certification:
Travel Health Certificate

Asset Experience:
- Experience developing plain language communication material.
- Experience (5 years cumulative) in public health, community health, travel related nursing or other specialty relevant to the position.

Organizational Needs

The Public Health Agency of Canada is committed to Employment Equity. In order to ensure a diversified workforce, preference may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the four designated Employment Equity groups provided the candidate meets all essential qualifications listed on the job poster and any applicable asset qualification(s): Indigenous Peoples, Persons with a Disability, Visible Minorities, and Women.

Operational Requirements:
- Willingness and ability to travel within Canada and internationally as required
- Willingness and ability to work overtime as required, on short notice
- Willingness and ability to work on call on a rotational basis and stand-by as required

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

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All communication received from candidates throughout the staffing process may be used to assess qualifications on the Statement of Merit Criteria.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A written examination may be administered.

Ability to communicate in writing will be assessed by a candidate’s application for employment. Please ensure that consideration and attention is given to your written communication when submitting your application.

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes. This will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor may be required before an offer can be made.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

Asset criteria may be used to narrow down the list of individuals who may be invited for an exam or interview.

Preference may be given to candidates who possess asset qualifications or candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Performance assessment results from the past two years may be used as an additional screening tool to assess the abilities and/or personal suitabilities noted in the Statement of Merit.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

Preference

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

Information on the preference to veterans

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