Indigenous Services Canada - Regional Delivery Sector – Saskatchewan

Northern Saskatchewan - Other locations (Saskatchewan), Southern Saskatchewan - Other locations (Saskatchewan)

NU-CHN-03

$95,896 to $109,001 (Salary effective Oct 1, 2025.)

For further information on the organization, please visit Indigenous Services Canada

Closing date: 14 October 2025 - 23:59, Pacific Time

Who can apply: Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.

Apply online

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

Candidates must clearly demonstrate how they meet the essential (and asset, if applicable) 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. Failure to provide information in the required format may result in your application being rejected from further consideration in the process.

Duties

Indigenous Services Canada is recruiting Registered Nurses to provide quality, evidence-informed nursing services.

Community Health Nurses deliver comprehensive health programs which include promoting, supporting and preserving the health of First Nations populations. Programs are designed in partnership with community members to promote environments that support good health. The maintenance of cultural competence and the provision of culturally safe care is paramount.

Health services are provided to all age groups, including but not limited to:
Public Health

• Community outreach and health promotion

• Chronic disease, communicable disease and outbreak management

• Sexual Health and STBBI programming

• Vaccination and well-child clinics

• Maternal child health programming

Home Care

• Case management
• Care planning and coordination
• Nursing services such as wound and post-operative care, foot care
• Medication management
• Personnel supervision

Work environment

Community Health Nurses, employed by Indigenous Services Canada, work in 19 First Nation communities in rural areas of central and southern Saskatchewan, located across Treaty 4 & 6. Community Health Nurses enjoy both autonomous and team-based work. They work in community health centres or clinics and may also provide services in homes, schools, community buildings and at outdoor events.

By joining our team, you will build strong working relationships with First Nation communities, partners, and health professionals.

Intent of the process

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

SELECTED CANDIDATES MUST BE WILLING TO RELOCATE TO SASKATCHEWAN.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION
Eligibility for registration as a registered nurse in a province or territory of Canada.

EXPERIENCE

Recent* and Significant** experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) in one or more of the following areas:

• Community Health (Public Health, Long Term Care, or Home and Community Care)

• Primary Care Clinic***

• Acute Care or Intensive Care

• Urgent Care or Emergency Care

• Recent is defined as within the last five (5) years.

** Significant is defined as a period of two (2) years of full time work or four (4) years of part time work with the candidate performing complex activities related to this task in a wide variety of healthcare situations.
*** Primary Care Clinic = Clinic setting where a variety of professionals are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs.

COMPETENCIES

• Communication (Written)

The competency "Communication (Written)" is included in the online application process. Please read the instructions carefully when completing your application.

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

EDUCATION
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution* with acceptable specialization in nursing, nursing service administration, nursing education or some other specialty relevant to the position.

• A public or private institution that has been given authority to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of a 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 specific academic programs. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials https://www.cicic.ca/ or Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada (ACESC) https://canalliance.org/en/

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.
• Proficiency in speaking a First Nations’ language.
• Experience working in outpost or isolated/remote settings.
• Experience working with Indigenous people or organizations.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES

• Demonstrating Integrity and Respect
• Thinking Things Through
• Working Effectively with Others
• Showing Initiative and Being Action-Oriented
• Communication (Oral)

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEED
Indigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Women, Indigenous Persons, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Reliability Status Security Clearance.
• Current valid registration as a Registered Nurse and a member in good standing with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS).
• Possess and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted driver’s license that allows the holder to drive a motor vehicle in Saskatchewan.
• Willingness and ability to travel by car to communities. Time travelling by car may be up to four (4) hours a day. Due to operational requirements, time driving to and from communities may be increased.
• MEDICAL CLEARANCE:

i) PRE-PLACEMENT: Category 3 health evaluation.
ii) PERIODIC: Category 1 health evaluation according to the schedule outlined in the Occupational Health Evaluation Guidelines for “Federal Nurses in a Clinical Role.”

• Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice.
• Willingness and ability to remain on travel status for extended periods of time.
• Willingness and ability to work in a rigorous, diverse and often demanding work environment.
• Willingness to be assigned to a variety of communities as operationally required.
• Willingness and ability to perform on call duties, work after hours, and on weekends as required.
• Willingness and ability to complete mandatory education/training relevant to the position.

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

• Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.
• Please note that asset qualifications, 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.
• All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, will be used to evaluate the candidates.
• Reference checks may be sought.
• An interview will be administered.
• Candidates are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice.
• 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.
• Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the conditions of employment throughout their employment.
• Candidates will be required to provide proof of education as part of this selection process. Candidates with foreign educational credentials are required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. You may consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials at www.cicic.ca for further information.
• Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.
• Communication for this process will be sent via email. 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).
• Time sensitive correspondence may be transmitted via e-mail and it will be the candidate's responsibility to ensure they check their e-mail regularly. Failure to respond to communications may result in elimination from this process.

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.