Infection Prevention & Control

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Work environment

The Department of National Defence (DND) is one of the largest federal government employers, offering over 70 different types of civilian career opportunities. DND's role is to provide services and support to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in their operations and missions at home and abroad. As a civilian employee, you will be an essential part of the Defence Team. In this regard, the department fosters a work environment where employees have opportunities to grow, to learn, to progress in their careers and have job satisfaction over the long-term.

The Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS) is the designated health care provider for Canada’s military personnel, delivering medical and dental services at military installations across Canada and overseas.

Our mission is to deliver quality care and promote health protection to Canadian Forces personnel. We are a multi-disciplinary team that works together, guided by the best interests of those we serve. We support, promote and encourage the professional and personal development of our employees.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one (1) position in Ottawa on an indeterminate basis with a linguistic profile of English Essential. A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates will be established to staff similar positions with various language requirements within National Defence.

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)

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
Current registration as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the province or territory of employment and a member in good standing in that province and willingness and eligibility to become registered, at the time of appointment, in the province where the position is located

EXPERIENCE

E1 – Significant* experience as a nurse in a community or clinical setting

*Significant is defined as at least seventeen-hundred (1,700) hours of experience in a broad range of related activities within the last two (2) years.

E2 – Experience applying the principles of communicable diseases management for infection prevention and control

E3 – Experience identifying risk of infections, environmental risks and/or communicable diseases

E4 – Experience applying policies, procedures and control measures

E5 – Experience conducting health assessment and intervention

E6 – Experience applying a systematic approach to critical thinking and decision making

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION
AOP1: Certification in Infection Control (CIC)
AOP2: Certification in Community Health Nursing or Public Health Nursing

ASSET EXPERIENCE

E1 – Experience working in a Public or Community Health - Communicable Disease Control Program, Primary Care, or Occupational Health environment.

E2 – Experience resolving IPAC issues such as local risk of infectious disease outbreaks through early identification, investigation, contact tracing, preventive measures, and activities to promote safe behaviours.

E3 – Experience developing and promoting local IPAC and Community Health educational program for patients and staff such as information sessions, posters, pamphlets, and educational signage.

E4 – Experience in organizing and providing annual Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) education to promote compliance with IPAC policies. The education topics include:
a. Use of routine practices, chain of infection
transmission, and additional precautions;
b. Procedures for the proper donning and removal
of personal protective equipment (PPE);
c. Hand Hygiene; and
d. Biomedical waste management.

E5 – Experience conducting annual hand hygiene audit and housekeeping audit.

E6 – Experience monitoring, providing guidance and support clinic central sterilization processing staff on IPAC practices and maintain related records;

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

ABILITIES
A1 – Ability to gather and analyse information to influence treatment and outcomes
A2 – Ability to provide evidence-based recommendations
A3 – Ability to prioritize tasks
A4 – Ability to identify infectious diseases processes (signs and symptoms)
A5 – Ability to providing advice to senior management
A6 – Ability to work in multi-disciplinary healthcare collaborative practice environments
A7 – Ability to communicate effectively orally
A8 – Ability to communicate effectively in writing

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
PS 1 – Demonstrating Integrity and Respect
PS 2 – Working Effectively with Others
PS 3 – Showing Initiative and Being Action Oriented
PS 4 – Judgement
PS 5 – Reliability

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT
The requirement to work overtime may be required
The requirement to travel outside of the immediate area may be required
Willingness to work flexible hours

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Continuous registration, in good standing, with the provincial regulatory body responsible for regulating the profession of nursing in which employment is maintained

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

PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews).

Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

You will be required to show how you demonstrate the essential qualifications (i.e. Education, Experience and/or Occupational Certification) for the initial screening through your resume and in answering online screening questions. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples. Information on your described skills, experience, etc. provided in screening questions should be supported by your resume. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A test may be administered.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

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

A random and/or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

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.