Department Information

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

The Territorial Specialist, Community Health Nursing is responsible to research and recommend patient care quality standards as they relate to the community health centre services provided to all age group ranging from neonate to geriatrics. This position collaborates with Territorial, Regional, and professional practice leadership to establish performance improvement activities, and works to ensure competency of community health centre personnel is maintained.

Key Responsibilities:

- Assesses the variability in community health centre practice settings within the authority to determine areas in which to improve client care/service outcomes, quality, or efficiencies.




- Evaluates community health centre client care/service excellence from a structure, process and outcomes framework.
- Champions inter-skilled collaboration among nursing, medical and allied health professionals to achieve optimal client care/service outcomes and effective integration of care.
- Champions safety, quality care and evidence-based practice.

Key Qualifications: A Baccalaureate in Nursing plus ten (10) years of recent experience in a clinical health care setting.

Must be eligible for registration with RNANTNU.

Equivalencies:

A Master in Nursing plus seven (7) years of recent experience in a clinical health care setting.

OR A Diploma n Nursing plus twelve (12) years of recent experience in a clinical health care setting.

Must be eligible for registration with RNANTNU.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.

GNWT Inquiries

Inquiries Only:

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

[email protected]

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

📌 Territorial Specialist, Community Health Nursing - One (1) Year Term (Yellowknife)
🏢 Government of Northwest Territories
📍 Yellowknife