POSITIONS ARE IN REMOTE AND/OR ISOLATED COMMUNITIES

Allowances: Nurse Practitioner positions may be eligible for the following allowances: Education allowance ($ 605 – 3850), Recruitment allowance ($6,750 upon signing $9,750 after 12 months)*, Retention allowance ($16,500)*, Expanded Professional role ($6,000)**, Nurse Practitioner ($18,000), and Isolated Post ($4,299 to $23,126 (w/o dependents)).

*(Recruitment allowance for registered nurses (RNs) will be paid in 2 installments ($6750 in the first month of hire and $9,750 after 12 months for a total of $16,500. For part-time employees, the amounts are prorated.)

**Nurse practitioners are not eligible for the expanded professional role allowance when in receipt of the nurse practitioner allowance.

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

 * 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.

Overview

Nurse practitioners provide onsite and remote consultative services to the population health and primary care team. They are responsible for:

illness treatment

• referrals
• ordering and interpreting tests
• prescribing medications
• performing minor medical procedures
• educating clients and their families on:
• healthy living
• disease prevention
• managing illness

We are recruiting experienced nurses to fill various positions available in remote and/or isolated First Nations communities in Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and Quebec

A pool of partially or fully qualified candidates may be established to staff similar or identical positions at Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) with various linguistic profiles and/or requirements as well as tenures (acting, assignment/secondment, deployment, term and/or indeterminate) and/or security clearance (reliability or secret), which may vary according to the position being staffed.

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

Official Language Proficiency

• Various language requirements depending on the position being staffed.
• This selection process may be used to staff similar positions within Indigenous Services Canada with various linguistic profiles including English essential or bilingual imperative (BBB, CBC or CCC).
• For Quebec Region: Positions are bilingual ONLY and candidates must be willing to take Second Language Evaluations.  This means the candidate must be able to communicate (read, write and speak) fluently in English and French.
• Second Language Evaluations will be completed for your second official language.  
• Information on Language Requirements

Occupational Certification

• Eligibility for registration as a Registered Nurse in a province or territory of Canada.

Education

• Graduation with a Master’s degree in Nursing from a recognized post-secondary institution* or graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution* in Nurse Practitioner Program with successful completion of approved training in Primary Care, All Ages specialization or some other specialty relevant to the position.
  
  *Recognized post-secondary institution: Public or private institution that has been given authority to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of a provincial/territorial legislature or through a government-mandated quality assurance mechanism. For greater certainty, also included are institutions authorized to grant specific academic credentials for specific academic programs.
  
  
  
• Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials or Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada (ACESC).

Essential Experience

Recent* and Significant** experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) providing community health or primary care nursing services in one or more of the following areas:

• Community Health (Public Health and Home and Community Care)
• Primary Care
• Urgent or Emergency Care 
• Acute or Intensive Care

Recent* is defined as within the last fiveyears

Significant** is defined as at least twoyears' of experience with the candidate performing complex activities related to this task

Applicants interested in working in Quebec must be required to have a minimum of two years’ experience obtained within the last five years as a Registered Nurse (RN) providing Community Health or Primary Care nursing services in one or more of the areas listed above

Competencies

All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidates on the below competencies:

• Demonstrating Integrity and Respect for Diversity
• Thinking Things Through
• Working Effectively with Others
• Showing Initiative and Being Action-Oriented
• Dependability
• Adaptability
• Communication (Oral)
• Communication (Written)
• Continuous Learning
• Ability to Mentor