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Correctional Service Canada
Campbellford (Ontario), Gravenhurst (Ontario), Kingston (Ontario)
NU-HOS-03
$81,513 to $92,653 (plus terminable allowance of $4,500 /year, education allowance up to $3,850 /year & Correctional Service Specific Duty Allowance of $2,000 /year. These allowances are subject to change, modification or revocation, with notice.)
For further information on the organization, please visit Correctional Service Canada

Learn more: CSC Health services

Need help for applying? Applying for Government of Canada

Closing date: 17 April 2024 - 23:59, Pacific Time

Who can apply: Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.
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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.

If you participate to our various NU-HOS-03 selection processes posted in different regions, note that you may be assessed once and your assessment results may apply as part of all these selection processes. The waiting period to be reassessed is 180 calendars days from your last assessment.

Work environment
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) hires skilled nurses from all backgrounds and areas of expertise.

As a Nurse within our agency, you will work as an autonomous health provider in a dynamic, evidence-based multidisciplinary practice offering essential health services (assessment, intervention, and treatment) to a diverse patient profile.

Health Services vision is to provide professional, clinically independent, culturally safe and responsive, trauma informed, integrated, and coordinated person-centred care. In collaboration with our partners, CSC Health Services provides a broad range of informed health services that are responsive to the diverse needs of our population through promoting family and community supports, patient advocacy, respecting patient and provider rights and responsibilities, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and quality improvement. You will be called on to provide quality health services to promote patient safety, stabilization, recovery and successful reintegration into our society. Nurses in CSC work in accredited mental health facilities, as well as in Health Services Centres which provide care to Acute, High Intensity, Moderate Intensity and Primary Care Patients. Services can 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.

In addition to the exciting work available, we offer an excellent benefit package, promote a healthy workforce with continuous wellness initiatives, and encourage ongoing professional development aligned with priority initiatives. Furthermore, the structure of the organization supports a culture of career advancement and mobility opportunities.

We encourage diversity and we welcome you to apply.

Intent of the process
CSC will review applications received weekly and contact applicants selected for further assessment based on the needs of the region or institutions. It is therefore important for candidates to indicate all the locations at which they are interested in working.

Immediate needs are to staff positions in the Bath Institution (Bath, ON) and the Regional Treatment Centre (Bath, ON). The candidate qualified pool resulting from this selection process may be used to staff similar positions on an indeterminate (anticipatory), term, or casual basis.
Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide
Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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 receive an employment offer, you must be registered in the province or territory where the position is located.

EXPERIENCE
Experience working in a health care environment, including Clinical fieldwork placements**, such as a medical, surgical, emergency 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.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)
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)
EDUCATION
Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution with a bachelor's or master's degree with acceptable specialization in nursing or in another specialty relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION
Relevant Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) certification(s) in nursing (e.g. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Community Health, Critical Care, Medical-Surgical Health, etc.).

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

EXPERIENCE
Experience in nursing in one or more of the following areas:
-Immunizations;
-Infectious diseases screening;
-Health promotion programs;
-In a rural or remote area;
-In a correctional setting or forensic setting.

Experience providing nursing intervention or therapeutic intervention to patients suffering from a variety of mental illnesses or psycho-social difficulties.

Experience in Community Health Nursing, Public Health Nursing or Occupational Health.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
To support employment equity objectives, increased representation of employment equity groups.
To support diversity and inclusion, increased representation of a member of an equity-seeking group.
To meet business objectives, increased representation of a member of an equity-seeking group.
Achieving a representative workforce has been identified an Organizational Need and may be applied in this appointment process. You must complete the Employment Equity portion of the CREATE/MAINTAIN PROFILE identifying you as a person of an EE group in your application through GC jobs in order to be considered to meet the Organizational Need in this process.

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability and willingness to work shift work, overtime and variable hours.
Ability and willingness to travel occasionally.

Conditions of employment
Reliability Status security clearance - 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/AED level Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. Valid CPR/AED for Health Care Providers (HCP) is also acceptable. Certification must be obtained in person.

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

Candidates who apply on this selection process should include an email address that accepts emails from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). Should your email address change during the process, it is your responsibility to inform us and to regularly verify your emails.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

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

Preference
Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, 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.