Nurse in Charge

Department: Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) offers challenging and exciting careers in health and social services delivery and administration in Canada’s North. The Territorial Authority has service locations in communities across the territory and a staff of more than 1,600 serving over 43,000 residents of the NWT and 5,900 residents of the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. Challenging work, welcoming communities, and expanded opportunities are some of the benefits offered to employees of the NTHSSA.

Job Information

Located within the Health Centre and reporting directly to the Manager, Community Health Services in Fort Laird, the Nurse in Charge (NIC) will manage the delivery of community health services to a client population. In addition to managing the Health Centre, the NIC will also provide services and patient care. The Health Centre is the sole medical and social services facility.

Services include providing non-emergency medical care; responding to medical crises that require decision-making outside of the usual policies, procedures, and standards of nursing care; and delivering nursing programs designed to promote community health and wellness (including but not limited to Well-Child/Woman/Man clinics, pre and post-natal clinics, school health program, chronic disease clinic, immunization programs, communicable disease surveillance, and treatment). A physician supports the provision of critical incident services when telephone communication links are available.

Within the Health Centre, the NIC will be required to provide on-call coverage on a rotational basis during the evening and weekends to provide emergency nursing care.

Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, you must have a successful completion of a Nursing Degree, 3 years of recent nursing experience with at least 1 year in a northern health center, and 6 months of supervisory experience.

GNWT Inquiries

Inquiries Only:

Health Recruitment
Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR
BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9
Tel (867) 767-9154 Extension 14106
Fax (867) 873-0445
hlthss_recruitment@gov.nt.ca

Note: If you do not receive electronic notification confirming receipt of your application, please follow up via telephone.