09 Aug
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Government of Nunavut
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Iqaluit
09 Aug
Government of Nunavut
Iqaluit
Title Nurse Practitioner – Job Share Department Health Community Kinngait Requisition Number 734 Type of Employment Job Share – 8 week rotation Salary $129,550 to $147,024 per year, 37.5 hours/week Northern Allowance $24,676 per year Housing Subsidized Staff Housing is Available Union Status Nunavut Employees Union Closing Date Open until filled Key Responsibilities - Provides professional nursing care and community health services to clients.
- Develops, facilitates, implements and modifies client and family education/teaching based on client needs.
- Conducts health surveillance and preventative activities that may improve the health of the population.
- Provides expert and specialized knowledge of primary health care related to nursing in Nunavut.
Qualifications and Experience - Graduate Level Advanced Nursing Practice degree, Certificate in Advanced Nursing Practice, or Nurse Practitioner–Primary Health Care Diploma; or completion of a Nurse Practitioner competency challenge process through a regulatory‑licensing body.
- Eligible to register as an NP with the College and Association of Nurses of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (CANNN).
- Preferred two to five years NP experience; new NP graduates with five years recent RN experience in acute care setting are also considered.
- Preferable certifications: Basic Trauma Life Support (BTLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP), ALARM, STABLE, fetal monitoring, pelvic examination, labour and delivery experience with advanced obstetrical training.
Preferred
Certifications (to be completed within first 12 months) - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - Trauma Nursing Care Course (TNCC) - Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - Fetal monitoring - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Care (ENPC) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- ALARM/ESW/FHS - Non‑violent Crisis Intervention - ASIST or Mental Health First Aid Assets - EKG interpretation - Critical Incident Stress Management - Pelvic Examination Training - Cross Cultural Training - Specialized Nursing Certificates Special Requirements - Highly Sensitive Position – satisfactory Criminal Record Check and transparent Vulnerable Sector Check required.
- Official Languages of Nunavut are Inuktut, English and French; ability to communicate in more than one official language is an asset.
- Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture, land, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Inuktut and experience in a northern cross‑cultural environment are considered assets.
- Applicants may submit their resume in any of the Official Languages of Nunavut.
Benefits - Tier One allowance: $10 per hour premium for full‑time, permanent, and job share employees in Kinngait, Grise Fiord, Naujaat, Cambridge Bay, Kugaaruk, Taloyoak, Arctic Bay, Clyde River, Sanirajak, Iqaluit, Kimmirut, Qikiqtarjuaq, Resolute Bay.
- Tier Two allowance: $15 per hour premium for same categories in Arviat, Baker Lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Gjoa Haven, Coral Harbour, Igloolik, Kugluktuk, Pangnirtung, Pond Inlet, Rankin Inlet, Sanikiluaq, Whale Cove. Prioritization - Priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit who self-identify as enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement in accordance with the Priority Hiring Policy.
- Government of Nunavut employees in a probationary period must provide written authorization from the deputy head of their department. The authorization must accompany the application.
- Possession of a criminal record may not disqualify candidates; assessment is based on duties of the position. This is a requirement for positions requiring a satisfactory criminal record or vulnerable sector check.
Additional Information The onus is on candidates with foreign post‑secondary credentials to have their credentials assessed through a recognized Canadian education institution. Failure to do so may result in rejection of their application.
📌 Nurse Practitioner - Job Share (Iqaluit)
🏢 Government of Nunavut
📍 Iqaluit