Licensed Practical Nurse – Join CSC’s Dedicated Health Services Team

Posting details

• Reference number: PEN26J-023181-000150
• Selection process number: 2026-PEN-EA-PRA-200148
• Who can apply: Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.
• Level: HS-PHS-07 - CSSDA $2140

Duties

Licensed Practical Nurses work in health clinics located within our federal institutions. Practical Nurses provide care specializing in services that reflect the needs of a diverse patient population. As regulated (licenced) providers, Practical 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 Practical 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

Work environment

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) hires skilled Practical Nurses from all backgrounds and areas of expertise. With the current health challenges facing our offender population, there is a need to recruit more Practical Nurses into our organization. Practical 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, Practical 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 Practical Nurses assists in maintaining the safety of Canadians by helping to improve offender health and reintegration into the community. CSC Practical 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.

Intent of the process

📌 The selection process is intended to create an inventory of qualified candidates to support staffing needs across the Prairie Region 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 qualified 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. ‼️First Applicant Pull - July 28, 2026‼️

Important messages

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment. *️⃣ Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice. 📧 For screening and assessment purposes, all communications related to this selection process will be by email. Therefore, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is recommended to include a secondary valid work email, if applicable. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email) and frequently check their inbox and Junk/Spam folders. It is also the candidate's responsibility to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated, as required, by communicating to the email indicated below. APPLICATION PROCESS 📝 It is the responsibility of the applicant to clearly outline how they meet each of the screening criteria (i.e. Experience Qualifications) by responding to the screening questions in the online application. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities; rather, the applicant must provide concrete examples that illustrate how they meet the requirement. Lack of examples and details may result in your application being rejected. ❗ Your resume will be used as a secondary source of information and must accurately reflect your employment history and support your qualifications. It is therefore inappropriate to only state “refer to resume” in response to screening/text questions.