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 have participated in a previous Correctional Service of Canada Nurse (NU-HOS-03) selection process, please note that your assessment results may transfer to this selection process. If you have previously been deemed not qualified, the eligibility period for this process is 180 calendar days from your last assessment.

Registered Nurses or Registered Psychiatric Nurses work in health clinics located within our federal institutions. Nurses provide care specializing in services that reflect the needs of a diverse patient population. As regulated (licenced) providers, nurses practice in accordance with professional standards and departmental/ institutional policy. Care may include services targeted at:

• Opioid agonist treatment
  
• Emergency care
  
• Infectious disease prevention and treatment
  
• Mental health care and treatment
  
• Interventions to preserve life and prevent serious bodily harm
  
• Discharge planning

As a Nurse, you will provide patients with:

• Essential health care
• Reasonable access to non-essential health care
• Contribute to patient rehabilitation and successful reintegration into the community
• Work closely with the interdisciplinary team of professionals to improve the lives of patients

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) hires skilled nurses from all backgrounds and areas of expertise. With the current health challenges facing our offender population, there is a need to recruit more nurses into our organization.

Nurses at CSC play an important role in providing quality care to approximately 15,000 offenders incarcerated in Canada's federal institutions, they work in accredited facilities. In their daily work, nurses in CSC care for offenders by contributing to the prevention, care, treatment, and support of acute and chronic physical and mental health conditions. The care provided by nurses assists in maintaining the safety of Canadians by helping to improve offender health and reintegration into the community. CSC nurses provide a wide range of clinical services that can be found in a community setting, while focusing on services that reflect the needs of the offender population.

📌 The selection process is intended to create an inventory of qualified candidates to support staffing needs across multiple regions and institutions. CSC will review applications received on a regular basis and contact applicants based on the needs of the institutions. It is therefore important that you indicate all the locations where you want to work. 

Please note that not all locations currently have vacancies. Staffing needs will be reviewed periodically and will be updated in the above hiring section.

The candidate qualfied pool resulting from this inventory may be used to staff positions on a permanent/indeterminate (anticipatory), temporary/term (anticipatory), or casual basis. Casual work is offered for a fixed duration not exceeding 90 working days in a calendar year. 

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION:
Registration as a Registered Nurse OR a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in a province or territory of Canada.*

* In order to receive an employment offer, you must be registered in the province or territory where the position is located.

EXPERIENCE:
Experience working in a health care environment, including Clinical fieldwork placements**, such as a medical, surgical, emergency or a psychiatric setting.

** Clinical fieldwork placement is defined as a guided clinical practice in selected nursing settings to facilitate the application of theoretical concepts and skill development.

EDUCATION:

Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution with a bachelor's or master's degree with acceptable specialization in nursing or in another specialty relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION:

Relevant Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) certification(s) in nursing (e.g. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Community Health, Critical Care, Medical-Surgical Health, etc.).

Certification in Infection Prevention and Control accredited by the Certification Board of Infection Control & Epidemiology.

EXPERIENCE:

Experience in nursing in one or more of the following areas:
- Immunizations;
- Infectious diseases screening;
- Health promotion programs;
- In a rural or remote area;
- In a correctional setting or forensic setting.
Experience providing nursing intervention or therapeutic intervention to patients suffering from a variety of mental illnesses or psycho-social difficulties.
Experience in Community Health Nursing, Public Health Nursing or Occupational Health.

Various language requirements
English Essential (Pacific, Prairies, Ontario and Atlantic regions)
Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB (Ontario and Quebec regions)

French Essential (Quebec region)
Bilingual imperative BBC/BBC (Atlantic region)

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES:
Demonstrating integrity and respect.
Thinking things through.
Working effectively with others.
Showing initiative and being action-oriented.

ABILITIES AND SKILLS:
Ability to communicate effectively orally.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEED:

To support employment equity objectives, diversity and inclusion and/or to meet business objectives, selection may be limited to a member of an equity-seeking group.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability and willingness to work shift work, overtime and variable hours.
  
• Ability and willingness to travel occasionally.

Reliability Status security clearance

Possess a Registered Nurse license or Registered Psychiatric Nurse license in good standing from the provincial regulatory body in the province or territory of practice.

Valid CPR/AED level Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. Valid CPR/AED for Health Care Providers (HCP) is also acceptable. Certification must be obtained in person.

Valid medical clearance through Health Canada.

Some positions may require working shifts, variable hours, weekends, and statutory holidays.

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

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

The selection board may use random selection at any stage of the process to choose candidates for the next assessment step.

The recruitment platform 'VidCruiter' is used throughout this selection process. If you are being considered as per the current institution needs, and you meet the essential qualifications (occupational certification and experience) and possibly some asset qualifications (education, experience, and occupational certification), you will receive an invitation to proceed with reference checks and the recorded video interview.

For this selection process, we will communicate with you by email. You must provide a valid email address to which you wish to receive communication regarding this selection process. It is your responsibility to inform of any change of address, telephone number and / or email address. You must ensure to check/view your email accounts including spam, promotion or other folders regularly as there may be a deadline for responses. Candidates who respond past the deadline risk being removed from the selection process.

To identify candidates who must be appointed first to a position, it is your responsibility to inform us of any updates regarding your legal status in Canada, priority entitlement, or Veterans' preference. If your status changes, please contact us at the following address: HSjobs-EmploisSS@csc-scc.gc.ca. 

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.

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