Staff Nurse Inventory

Department Name: Correctional Service of Canada
Location: Abbotsford
Classification: NU - HOS - 02
Salary: $63,786 to $71,303 (per annum)
Closing Date: N/A
Reference Number: PEN06J-007155-000089
Selection Process Number: Anticipatory
Employment Tenure: Temporary and/or permanent part-time or full-time positions (Anticipatory)
Vacancies: Number to be determined

Website: For further information on the department, please visit Correctional Service of Canada

Who Can Apply:

Useful Information

• Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad

Citizenship

Useful Information

Preference will be given to Canadian citizens. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit.

Language Proficiency

Useful Information

Applicants must demonstrate in their application that they meet the following merit criteria to be retained for further consideration.

English essential

Occupational Certification

Currently registered as a practicing member in good standing as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) OR a Registered Nurse (RN) in British Columbia.

Possession of a valid certificate in CPR level C.

Experience

Experience in providing nursing care to patients with acute and chronic psychiatric/mental health conditions, behavioural, brain injured and personality disorders.
Experience in creating and maintaining a therapeutic milieu with the above patient group.
Experience in providing general nursing care to the above patient group, including physical and medical health care problems.

Other Merit Criteria and Conditions of Employment

• Organizational Needs which may apply for this position.
  • Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, Persons in a visible minority group, Persons with disabilities, Women
• Reliability clearance.
• Shift Work
• A satisfactory pre-employment medical clearance for candidates not currently in the NU group is required for this position.

Statement of Merit Criteria

Applicants who meet the above criteria will also be assessed against the Statement of Merit Criteria for this position.

Work Environment

The Correctional Service of Canada, as part of the criminal justice system and respecting the rule of law, contributes to public safety by actively encouraging and assisting offenders to become law-abiding citizens, while exercising reasonable, safe, secure, and humane control. It provides general nursing care and specialty psychiatric nursing assessments, interventions and prescribed therapeutic treatments to inmate patients in the Regional Treatment Centre (Pac) according to professional nursing practice standards and institutional, regional and unit philosophy, objectives and policies; assists in maintaining the nursing and institutional communication system; ensures security, safety and good order of patient and nursing areas; provides emergency care to staff and patients; and performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor form time to time as required.

Challenge

Under the direct supervision of the unit manager and professional practice consultation from the Professional Practice Leader, provides general nursing care and psychiatric mental health nursing interventions and assessments to patients in the Regional psychiatric Centre (Pac) according to professional nursing practice standards and institutional, regional and unit philosophy, objectives and policies; assists in maintaining patient care communication systems; ensures security, safety and good order of patient and treatment/assessment areas; provides emergency care to staff and patients; and performs other related duties as assigned from time to time.

Additional Requirements / Comments

• Correctional Service Canada is continuously recruiting persons with Professional expertise for inclusion in the Nurse Inventory used to fill permanent or temporary positions. Please remember that you are registering into an inventory, not applying to a specific process.
• Essential qualifications are valid for a one year period. To be considered beyond that time, the essential qualifications must be updated.
• Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.
• Candidates may/will be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.
• Highest score on one or any combination of the ”essential qualifications” or “asset qualifications” may/will be used.
• Valid copies of your RPN or RN registration in BC, CPR Level C and citizenship are to be faxed to the number provided below at the time of application. Only those candidates who provide the above-noted documentation may be considered further.

Information to be provided:

When you apply, you must provide the following information or your application will be rejected:

• Your resumé.
• You must ensure that you select at least one employment type when submitting your application: Employment Tenure

Important Messages

Your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements.

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Questions regarding travel and relocation.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA
Regional Headquarters
Staffing - NU-HOS-02 Inventory
PO Box 4500
Abbotsford, BC
V2T 5L7

Fax: (604) 870-2598