Indigenous Services Canada - First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Winnipeg (Manitoba)
NU-CHN-03
$81,513 to $92,653
For further information on the organization, please visit Indigenous Services Canada
Closing date: 31 March 2025 - 23:59, Pacific Time
Who can apply: Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.
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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.
Candidates must clearly demonstrate with concrete examples, IN THE PRE-SCREENING QUESTIONS, how they meet the education and experience factors listed in the essential qualifications. Only screening questionnaire will be used during pre-screening process. We may use resumes as a secondary source to validate the answers to the pre-screening questions. Candidates who fail to provide sufficient information will be eliminated from further consideration.
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB), Indigenous Services Canada, is recruiting Registered Nurses to provide quality, evidence-informed nursing services.
These positions will be a part of the Manitoba Public Health Response Team which delivers comprehensive health programs including promoting, protecting and preserving the health of First Nations populations. These programs are designed in partnership with community members to promote environments that support good health where the maintenance of cultural competence and the provision of culturally safe care is paramount.
Nurses reduce inequities in healthcare through community engagement and home based wellness campaigns. They provide education and mentorship to strengthen health literacy and improve health system processes.
The team provides health services to all age groups, including but not limited to:
- Community outreach and health promotion
- Communicable disease and outbreak management and case closure
- Sexual Health and STBBI programming, case and contact management (in field or in office)
- Vaccination to all ages and well-child clinics
- Maternal child health programming
- TB case and contact management (in field or in office)
- Emergency response to support community health needs in the event of a natural disaster (wildfire, flooding)
PLEASE NOTE:
- As part of the Manitoba Public Health Nurse Response Team, you are required to travel to communities in remote and isolated areas, which may be for up to 14 consecutive days per month, inclusive of weekends.
- The position location is in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Please apply ONLY if you have a genuine interest in working in or willingness to relocate to Winnipeg.
The creation of Indigenous Services Canada is an important development in our renewed relationship with Indigenous peoples. These structural changes will allow our government to work more effectively with Indigenous partners to provide services that improve people’s day-to-day quality of life. The candidates are encouraged to visit the website https://www.canada.ca/en/indigenous-services-canada.html for more information on various programs and services.
This process will be used to staff positions at the NU-CHN-03 level.
Please note that this process will ONLY be used to staff positions in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Applicants are encouraged to apply ONLY if they are able to relocate to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Positions to be filled: Number to be determined
Your résumé.
A response to a text question addressing the following:
In 500 words or less please tell us why you want to work with First Nations communities.
The text question will be used to assess the ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Education:
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with an 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 a province or territory of Canada.
Experience:
- Recent* experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) providing Public Health or Community Healthcare services in three (3) or more of the following areas:
- Immunizations
- Sexual health and STBBI programming
- Maternal and well-child clinics
- Community outreach
- Health promotion
- Outbreak management
- TB case management
- Experience in Microsoft Office Word and Excel.
- Recent is defined as having at least one (1) year of experience within the last five (5) years.
ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
- Master’s degree in nursing or Master’s degree in a field relevant to the position from a recognized university.
Degree equivalency
Experience:
- Experience with immunizations such as mass clinics (seasonal influenza, COVID-19), school or well-child clinics.
- Experience in the treatment and management of Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infections (STBBI).
- Experience with maternal-child development, post-partum or newborn assessments.
- Experience in pediatric nursing.
- Experience in infection control and prevention or Communicable Disease Control (CDC).
- Experience in harm reduction processes and procedures.
- Experience with mental health programs or in providing mental health services.
- Experience with health emergency management.
- Experience working in outpost or remote settings.
- Experience working with Indigenous people or organizations.
- Experience with electronic medical records or public health information systems including EMR, eCharts and/or PHIMS.
English essential
Information on language requirements
Competencies:
- Thinking Things Through
- Demonstrating Integrity and Respect for Diversity
- Adaptability
- Oral Communication
- Written Communication
Indigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population it serves. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment goals for Indigenous peoples, preference may be given to candidates who, at the time of application indicate that they are an Indigenous person (self-declaration).
Operational Requirements:
- Willingness and ability to travel in small aircraft, off-road vehicles and by boat in varied weather conditions to communities in remote and isolated areas, as required.
- Willingness to operate a government issued vehicle.
- Willingness and ability to work overtime on occasion.
- Willingness and ability to work overtime in the event of a public health emergency or outbreak.
- Reliability Status
- Medical Clearance
- Maintain current and ongoing certification as a Registered Nurse with the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba.
- Willingness to complete education/training relevant to the position.
- Willingness to complete and maintain current and ongoing immunization certification.
- Maintain current and ongoing certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation-Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.
- Willingness to obtain and maintain certification in other certification programs as deemed necessary by employer.
- Willingness to perform on call duties as needed.
- Willingness to work overtime and on weekends as needed.
- Possession of a valid driver’s license or personal mobility associated with the possession of a valid driver’s license.
- Required to travel to various locations/communities (includes travelling in small aircraft, off road vehicles and by in varied weather conditions).
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
All communication throughout the entire staffing process, including email correspondence may be used in the assessment of qualifications.
We will communicate with applicants by e-mail. It is your responsibility to verify your e-mails regularly to ensure that you do not miss out on any opportunities. Failure to respond in the prescribed timeframe will result in your application not being referred to the hiring manager. The applicant shall ensure that the e-mail address provided is valid and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.
Candidates invited to the assessment stage will be required to provide ORIGINAL proof of their education credentials, i.e., their degree or official transcript. Failure to do so may result in you not being considered further in the selection process.
Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at https://www.cicic.ca/.
In order to manage the number of applications in the selection process, management may use random selection and/or top down consideration of scores at various steps in the process, to determine the number of candidates who will be further considered in the process.
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.