Director of Nursing

Important messages

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

If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please submit your request through the contact person identified below. All information received related to accommodations is confidential.

For more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/assessment-accommodation-page.html

Duties

- Responsible for the oversight of the Regional Nursing Operations and its program delivery, including 22 remote and isolated nursing stations in addition to Percy Moore and Norway House Hospitals
- Responsible for the overall nursing budget in the Manitoba Region, managed according to Treasury Board Guidelines
- Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to provide expert advice, knowledge and support to health professionals, communities and organizations
- Prepares reports and briefings on emerging trends and issues related to nursing, primary health care and allied clinical program areas
- Provides leadership and direction for the development of strategies which promote recruitment, retention, and excellence in healthcare service delivery
- Manages human resources including the staffing, recruitment and retention of both professional and administrative personnel to ensure that appropriate expertise is available for the delivery of nursing/healthcare services. This includes professional development, guidance and supervision, organizational development, and handling labour relations cases

Work environment

Indigenous Services Canada strives to be a trusted partner that respects Indigenous perspectives and supports First Nations, Inuit and Métis in controlling the delivery of high-quality services for healthy, prosperous and thriving communities. With this unique vision, the Department’s work is grounded within two fundamental guiding principles: respect the diversity of Indigenous cultures and see their influence in the way we work; and recognizing that partnerships are at the core of how we do things.

Intent of the process

This is an anticipatory process.

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

Note: Successful placement in a pool does not guarantee an offer of employment.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A response to a text question addressing the following:

• - Indigenous Cultural Competency

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education:

• Graduation with a master’s 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.

*Recognized post-secondary institution: A public or private institution that has been given authority to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of 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 a specific academic programs.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification:

• Eligibility for registration as a registered nurse in a province or territory of Canada

Experience:

• Experience providing direct primary care, home and community care, or public health services
• Extensive experience* leading multi-disciplinary teams, working groups or committees on complex** issues
• Extensive experience* leading the development, implementation or evaluation of health programs or services
• Recent and extensive* experience in managing financial resources ***, human resources**** and multi-disciplinary teams

*Extensive experience refers to the depth and breadth of the experience associated with having performed a broad range of related activities which are normally acquired over a period of four (4) years.

**Complex is defined as policies or initiatives that are national in scope, deal with multiple issues, feature engagement with partners and stakeholders, or are focused on a priority departmental file.

***Financial resources management: Applicants must clearly demonstrate that they have managed financial resources for a budget. Some examples of managing financial resources may include full delegation for a budget, forecasting, planning, reporting and budget allocation, etc. Applicants must also indicate the size of the budget they managed.

****Human resources management: Applicants must clearly demonstrate that they have managed human resources. Some examples of managing human resources may include: assigning work, establishing performance objectives, developing resourcing plans, determining needs and approving training, etc. Applicants must indicate the number of employees they managed.

NOTE:

Candidates must clearly demonstrate how they meet the essential education and experience factors listed by answering the screening questions. Candidates should write concrete examples demonstrating how they meet the experience and education required.

When answering screening questions, candidates should:

• Choose examples that illustrate a high degree of complexity and difficulty and have sufficient impact to allow you to illustrate the extent and depth of your experience.
• Include the date or period when the situation occurred, the context, your role and the outcome.
• Separate your role from that of others, if you have talked about an experience within a team

The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience and will not contact candidates for additional or potentially missing information.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Experience:

• Experience leading engagement and collaboration with Indigenous communities, organizations or stakeholders.
• Experience providing direct health services to Indigenous populations.
• Experience providing direct health services in Northern or remote communities.
• Experience working in a home-care, continuing care or long-term care setting.
• Experience applying population-based health approaches.
• Experience leading the development or adaptation of evidence-based clinical guidance.
• Experience working in communicable disease control.
• Experience in interpreting and applying health care research data to inform policy or practice decisions.

Organizational Needs

Indigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population its serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, preference may be given to candidates who, at the time of application, indicate that they are belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups (self-declaration): Indigenous peoples, Women, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

Operational Requirements

• Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice.
• Willingness and ability to travel on occasion.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the Government of Canada’s reconciliation activities as it relates to the delivery of health care services.
• Knowledge of best practices and processes related to change management

Competencies:

• Create vision and strategy
• Mobilize People
• Uphold Integrity and Respect
• Promote Innovation and Guide Change
• Achieve Results
• Indigenous Cultural Competency

Abilities:

• Ability to develop and present written and oral briefings to senior management**
• Ability to work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders on the development and implementation of policy
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing
• Ability to communicate effectively orally

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the federal and provincial roles in the delivery of health care services.

Conditions of employment

• Security: Various (Reliability, Secret)
• A valid license/registration to practice nursing in the province or territory of employment.

Other information

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

• Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

• Communication for this process will be sent via email. Applicants MUST check their e-mail accounts frequently as there may be a deadline for responses. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). Please note that we will have to consider that you are no longer interested in participating in the selection process and that you have withdrawn your candidacy should you not provide us with an up-to-date email address or respond to our communications.

If you need to communicate with us during any stage of this process, please indicate the selection process number (24-DIS-MB-EA-640832) in the subject field of your email.

• Please note that your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, throughout the entire process may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.

• Candidates must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to a position, however, a person may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. Meeting these criteria is nonetheless desirable and may be a deciding factor for the staffing of some positions.

• Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be applied at any stage in this selection process (i.e. screening and appointment stage). Top-down and/or random selection may be used at any stage of the assessment process to identify which applications will be given further consideration.

Appointment decisions may be based on one or more of the following criteria:
• Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team.
• Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed.
• Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience.
• Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications.

• Candidates will be asked to provide proof of their education credentials at the assessment stage of this process.

• Applicants are entitled to participate in the staffing process in the official language of their choice and are required to indicate their preferred official language in their application profile.

• Candidates are required to submit their application by using the online system. If you are unable to apply online, please contact the email address indicated in the "Contact information" section below. Please provide an explanation as to why you are not applying on-line for consideration. (Note: You must state the Selection Process number in the Subject of enquiry).

• Various means of assessment may be used (for example: interview, written exam, reference checks, performance assessments, achievement record), depending on the needs of the hiring manager.

• Candidates are expected to make a reasonable effort to make themselves available for assessments as scheduled. Rescheduling will only permitted for accommodation measures or for other exceptional/extenuating circumstances, to be determined on a case-by-case basis.

• Successful candidates will have to obtain the required security clearance level prior to being appointed to the position. Personal Information will be required when completing security clearance level documentation.

• LEAVE/ABSENCES DURING THIS SELECTION PROCESS:

It is the responsibility of the candidate to notify the Departmental contact of any pre-approved leave throughout the duration of the process in order to facilitate scheduling of evaluations. One (1) alternate date will be possible only if requested for the following reasons:

1) Medical reasons with doctor’s certificate;
2) Death in your immediate family;
3) Confirmation of pre-approved travel plans or training plans (made before the advertisement posting date);
4) Religious reasons OR
5) Participation in an assessment for another selection process.

You may also review jobs open to the public through INFOTEL at 1-800-645-5605. The INFOTEL number for persons using a TTY/TDD is 1-800-532-9397.

Preference

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.

Contact information

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