Psychiatric Nurse- Job Share- Kugluktuk

Title: Psychiatric Nurse
Department: Health
Community: Kugluktuk
Requisition Number: 884
Type of Employment: Indeterminate Job Share – 8 – week rotation

Salary range: $121,199 to $137,539 per year,37.5hours/week

Northern Allowance: $22,483 per year

Housing: Shared Subsidized Staff Housing is Available
Union Status: Nunavut Employees Union
Closing date: Open until filled

This employment opportunity is open to all applicants. Applicants must be currently eligible to work in Canada

An eligibility list may be created to fill future vacancies.

For Psychiatric Nurse position that is full-time and permanent, recruitment bonuses include: $3,000 on start date, $3,000 at 6 months of service, $5,000 at 1 year of service and $7,000 at 2 years of service. For Job shares, salary, bonuses/allowances are pro-rated in accordance with hours worked.

As an Indeterminate or Job Share Psychiatric Nurse you will earn a Tier Two $15/hour premium allowance as the position is located in Kugluktuk.

Reporting to the Regional Manager, Mental Health and Addictions, the Psychiatric Nurse may work as the only professional registered practitioner in the community to deliver specialized services to individuals with mental illness and/or problems, concurrent disorders, addictions, and suicide ideations/attempts and acts as a point of contact for physicians, locally, territorially, and out of territory, for assessments and patient critical care information.

The key responsibilities of this position are:

• Providing clinical direction and front-line service in the community;

• Developing care plans, case management, conferencing, initial and ongoing assessments, medical administration and monitoring, crisis intervention; and

• Provides leadership and mentoring to team members

The knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this job are usually obtained through an undergraduate degree in Nursing with experience in mental health, or an undergraduate degree in Psychiatric Nursing and a minimum of 3 years of experience as a psychiatric nurse.

Candidates must be eligible to register prior to start date with the College of Nurses of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (CNNN) with annual re-certification. Five years of psychiatric nursing is considered an asset. A valid driver’s license is required.

This is a Highly Sensitive Position and a satisfactory Criminal Record Check, along with a clear Vulnerable Sector Check is required.

The Official Languages of Nunavut are Inuktut, English and French. Applicants may submit their resume in any of the official languages of Nunavut. Fluency in more than one of Nunavut’s official languages would be considered an asset. Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture, land, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Inuktut and experience working in a northern cross-cultural environment are also considered assets.

Acceptable combinations of education and experience may be considered for this position. We encourage you to apply if you have equivalent years of education and/or experience equal to the education and experience requirements listed above.

• The Government of Nunavut is committed to creating a representative workforce; therefore, priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit who self-identify as being enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement in accordance with the Priority Hiring Policy.
• Government of Nunavut employees serving a probationary period must obtain and provide written authorization from the deputy head of their employing department. The authorization from the deputy head must accompany your application for your application to be considered.
• Possession of a criminal record may not disqualify candidates from being considered. An assessment of the criminal record will be measured against the scope and duties of the position. This is only a requirement for positions that require a satisfactory criminal record or vulnerable sector check.
• Applicants may submit their resume in any of the Official Languages of Nunavut.
• Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
• The onus is on candidates in receipt of foreign post-secondary education credentials to have their foreign credentials assessed through a recognized Canadian education institution. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of their application.