Community Mental Health Nurse

Department Name: Correctional Service of Canada
Locations: Winnipeg, MB, Calgary, AB, Edmonton, AB
Classification: NU - CHN - 03
Salary: $61,750 to $69,731 (per annum)
Closing Date: December 1, 2006 - 23:59, Pacific Time Useful Information
Reference Number: PEN06J-006865-000167
Selection Process Number: 06-PEN-EA-PRA-RHQ-99
Employment Tenure: This process is intended to fill full time and part-time indeterminate positions.
Vacancies: Winnipeg, MB (1), Calgary, AB (1), Edmonton, AB (1)

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

Who Can Apply:

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• Persons residing or employed in Winnipeg, MB, Calgary, AB, or Edmonton, AB and within a 1350 km radius of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, within Canadian territory, extending to, amongst others, Victoria, BC, Yellowknife, NT, Thunder Bay, ON.
  
  The distance between your residence or your employment location and the position location will be determined using data provided by the Natural Resources Canada, Geomatics Canada's website. For information on how to use this website please click here: http://www.jobs-emplois.gc.ca/menu/radius_e.htm
• A pool of qualified candidates will be established from this advertised process and may be used to staff similar temporary and/or permanent positions, of various durations.

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 from a recognized diploma or degree program in nursing.

Occupational Certification

The Registration as a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse in province of practice.

Experience

Experience in providing psychiatric nursing or case management services to adult mental health patients.
Experience working in an interdisciplinary team setting.

Other Merit Criteria and Conditions of Employment

• Operational Requirements:
  Willingness to travel frequently within a province or region.
  
  CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
  Security: Reliability Status
  Valid driver's license.
  Valid First Aid and CPR certification.

Statement of Merit Criteria

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

Challenge

Completes, reviews and modifies comprehensive community mental health integration plans in conjunction with other CSC staff community-based agencies and support systems.

Identifies required community resources to meet the psychosocial needs of offenders with mental disorders; and performs ongoing assessments and monitoring of offenders’ psychosocial functioning and community integration.

Provides counselling and other support services to offenders with mental disorders and advocates on behalf of offenders for access to required community-based services.

Supports medication compliance for offenders with mental health disorders through offender and family health teaching.

Contributes to community capacity building to support integration initiatives for offenders with mental disorders.

Delivers National Mental Health Training to CSC and Community Residential Facility (CRF) staff.

Additional Requirements / Comments

• Only applications received or post-marked on/or before the closing date will be considered.
• Notice of intent to apply or to provide the required information will not be accepted.
• Reference checks will be sought.
• Assessment of candidates will include an interview, and will also include written exam and written exercises.
• Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will only contact those candidates screened into the process.
• Applicants must clearly demonstrate on their application that they meet all the education and experience qualifications and are within the area of selection. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of your application.
• Candidates must meet all the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.
• Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications, the organizational needs, or the operational requirements depending on the needs of the specific position being staffed.
• The asset qualifications may be applied. Applicants must clearly demonstrate which asset qualifications they possess.
• General Inquiries: Chantelle Thompson, Human Resources Assistant, (306) 975-4490.

Information to be provided:

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

• Your resumé.
• A covering letter in 500 words (maximum)
• You must ensure that you select at least one employment type when submitting your application: Employment Tenure

Important Messages

Please be aware that the application process for Federal Government jobs has been modified to use a new PSRS system (Public Service Resourcing System).

You must apply on-line for all positions advertised through PSRS.

What is PSRS?
PSRS is an on-line application and screening process that is being used for job opportunities advertised through specific recruitment programs such as: Jobs Open to the Public (JOP), Post-Secondary Recruitment (PSR), Research Affiliate Program (RAP), and Recruitment of Policy Leaders (RPL).

Internet Access
If you are unable to access the Internet in the convenience of 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, Public Service Commission regional and district offices. If it is still impossible for you to access the Internet, please call the toll-free number below.

Questions?
E-mail: psrs-srfp@psc-cfp.gc.ca
Toll free telephone: 1-888-780-4444
Toll free TTY/TDD 1-800-465-7735 (telecommunications device for the hearing impaired and speech impaired persons)

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.