Nurse - Inventory

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

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.

COMMUNICATION:
For this inventory, it is our intention to communicate with applicants via email for screening and assessment purposes. To that end, applicants must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidates responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users.

Applicants are responsible for travel expenses related to this process.

Work environment

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) hires skilled nurses from all backgrounds and areas of expertise. With the current health challenges facing our offender population, there is a need to recruit more nurses into our organization. Nurses at CSC play an important role in providing quality care to approximately 15,000 offenders incarcerated in Canada's federal institutions; they work in accredited mental health facilities as well as in Health Services Centers.
In their daily work, nurses in CSC contribute to prevention, care, treatment, and support of acute and chronic physical and mental health conditions of offenders. Their interventions are extremely valued as they assist in maintaining the safety of Canadians by helping to improve offender health and reintegration into the community.
CSC nurses provide a wide range of clinical services that can be found in a community setting, while specializing in services that reflect the needs of the offender population. These include infectious disease prevention and control, opiate substitution therapy programs, suicide prevention, enhanced discharge planning, and mental health interventions to support offenders with mental health disorders.

Intent of the process

The CSC will periodically access the applications received and contact applicants selected for further assessments based on the needs of the institution. It is therefore important for candidates to indicate all the locations for which they are interested and registered to work in.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION

• Registration as a Registered Nurse OR a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in a province or territory of Canada. (In order to be appointed, candidates must be registered in the province or territory where the position is being staffed.)

EXPERIENCE

• Experience working in a health care environment, including Clinical fieldwork placements*, such as a medical and/or surgical and/or emergency and/or a psychiatric setting.

* Clinical fieldwork placement is defined as a guided clinical practice in selected nursing settings to facilitate the application of theoretical concepts and skill development.

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

EDUCATION

• Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution with a Bachelors or Masters degree in nursing or in another area relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION

• Certification in Infection Prevention and Control accredited by the Certification Board of Infection Control & Epidemiology.

• Relevant Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) certification(s) in nursing (Cardiovascular, Community Health, Critical Care, Emergency, Gastroenterology, Gerontology, Hospice Palliative Care, Medical-Surgical, Neuroscience, Occupational Health, Orthopaedic, Psychiatric & Mental Health, Rehabilitation)

EXPERIENCE

• Experience providing nursing intervention and/or therapeutic intervention to patients suffering from a variety of mental illnesses or psycho-social difficulties.
• Experience in Community Health Nursing and/or Public Health Nursing and/or Occupational Health.
• Experience in the provision of mental health services (e.g. mental health assessment, counselling, triage)
• Experience in providing crisis/suicide risk assessments
• Experience in nursing in Immunizations
• Experience in nursing in Infectious diseases screening
• Experience in nursing in Health promotion programs
• Experience in nursing in a rural and/or remote area
• Experience in nursing in a correctional setting
• Experience in nursing in a forensic setting
• Experience in nursing in substance use treatment and support

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

Various language requirements
BBC/BBC
CCC/CCC
English essential

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES

• Demonstrating integrity and respect
• Thinking things through
• Working effectively with others
• Showing initiative and being action-oriented

ABILITIES

• Ability to communicate effectively orally.

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

Priority may be given to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal person, Person with a disability, Women, Member of a Visible Minority group.

• Ability and willingness to work shift work, overtime and variable hours.

• Ability and willingness to travel occasionally.

Conditions of employment

• Reliability and Security: Reliability status.

• Possess a Registered Nurse license or Registered Psychiatric Nurse license in good standing from the provincial regulatory body in the province or territory of practice.

• Valid CPR certification – level HCP (Health Care Provider)

• Valid Medical Clearance through Health Canada.

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

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.