Occupational Health Medical Officer - Inventory

Department Name: Health Canada
Location: Edmonton
Classification: MD - MOF - 03
Salary: $105,393 to $117,929 (per annum, plus a terminable allowance at a daily rate of $83.37)
Closing Date: April 3, 2007 - 23:59, Pacific Time Useful Information
Reference Number: SHC06J-002405-000203
Selection Process Number: 06-NHW-AL-EA-118
Employment Tenure: Due to the labour shortage for this occupational group, the Department is establishing an inventory from which to draw qualified applicants to staff present and future positions at various locations across Canada.
Vacancies: 1

Website: For further information on the department, please visit Health Canada

Who Can Apply:

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• Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad

Citizenship

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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

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

English essential

Education

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Graduation with a degree from a recognized school of medicine.

Occupational Certification:
License to practice medicine in a province or territory of Canada. Must be eligible to obtain a license to practice in Alberta.

Your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the educational requirements.

Experience

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION

Experience in the practice of occupational or community medicine.

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

Recent clinical experience (general medicine or equivalent).

Experience in the assessment of patients with physical and mental disabilities.

Experience in the assessment of medical fitness to work.

Certification by the Canadian Board of Occupational Medicine or FRCP in Occupational Medicine or Community Medicine.

Other Merit Criteria and Conditions of Employment

• OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
  Occasional travel is required.
• Extended work hours may be necessary.
• CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
  • Willingness to undergo and successfully pass a reliability security clearance.
  • Possession of a valid driver’s license, or mobility equivalent to that of possessing a valid driver’s licence.
  • Licence to practice medicine in a province or territory of Canada.

Statement of Merit Criteria

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

Challenge

The Workplace Health and Public Safety Programme of Health Canada in Edmonton invites you to join our multi-disciplinary team of occupational health and safety professionals.

As Occupational Health Medical Officer, you will provide occupational health services to federal government employees and managers located throughout Alberta and the North-West Territories. The primary functions are to perform occupational health medical examinations and assessments for client organizations; provide medical advice to clients and to members of the multi-disciplinary team regarding medical assessments, health surveillance, infectious diseases and work site investigations; and, collaborate within the multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement service improvements.

Additional Requirements / Comments

• As this inventory is being created in order to staff positions in various locations, please indicate your choice of work location(s)/region(s).

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

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS / COMMENTS

Only online applications are accepted.

If you do not have Internet access in your home or through friends, relatives or neighbours, here are some suggested alternate locations: campus career centres, libraries, community centres, Internet cafés, Canada/Student Employment Centres, and Public Service Commission (PSC) regional offices. You may also call 1-800 O-Canada (1-800-622-6232) or TTY/TDD 1-800-926-9105, for information on the nearest public internet access location.

If after trying these options you still cannot access the Internet, please call the toll-free number 1-888-780-4444; or toll-free TTY/TDD 1-800-465-7735 (telecommunications device for the hearing impaired and speech impaired persons); or the nearest PSC office.

Important Messages

Interested persons must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to the position. A person may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

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.