Public Health Nurse / Senior Clinical Health Specialist

Title: Public Health Nurse / Senior Clinical Health Specialist

Employee Working Location: In-person (Across Canada)

Employment status: Casual

The Canadian Red Cross (Red Cross) - an inspirational not for profit organization, helps people and communities in Canada and around the world in times of need and supports them in strengthening their resilience. As a Canada's Best Employers 2026 , we are committed to having an accessible, diverse, inclusive, and barrier-free work environment.

The incumbent will be reportingto Site Manager / Clinical Lead / Local Health Partner / Health Roster Managers, and under the clinical leadership of the Health in Emergencies, the Public Health Nurse (PHN) will deploy to different clinical settings in their province or territory and/or across Canada to support local health authorities or communities. The role will include providing direct clinical care to beneficiaries and may require the ability to practice independently in low resources settings and may be located in communities without an onsite Physician or diagnostics team. Virtual support would be provided in this case. There may be opportunities to be assigned to a different role based on clinical experience.The PHN role focuses primarily on maternal/child health, school health, communicable disease, and immunization programs to improve the health of the population and assist the partner in meeting their public health needs

Learn more about a casual position with the Canadian Red Cross, here.

In this role, you will:

• Complete the appropriate CRC Learning Pathway required for deployment
• Complete Site-Specific Training as outlined / required by the partner
• Obtain licensure for the province / territory where being deployed to
• Ensure all certifications / licensures / resume are current
• Ensure professional indemnity coverage through CNPS current
• Adhere to any prerequisite medical requirements

The Public Health Nurse provides health promotion, disease prevention, education, assessment, counseling, and consultation services to individuals, groups, and communities within the framework provided by the health partner including but not limited to the following:

• Assessments and interventions across the life span, including clinical assessment during perinatal, postpartum and newborn visits. Services may be offered in communities, homes, schools, and various outreach locations.
• Provide infant feeding support and education.
• Perform infant, child, youth, and family care through consultation, education, and service coordination including early identification and intervention of developmental concerns through directing appropriate referrals.
• Planning, delivering, and evaluating childhood and school-age immunization programs as well as adult and elder booster programs
• Provide health education on various topics such as immunization, chronic disease prevention, safety, healthy lifestyle, reproductive health for adolescents and adults, and more.
• Ongoing testing, diagnosis, treatment, and contact tracing for communicable disease processes.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members, community care partners, and patient families to develop plans of care and address the needs of the patient and/or community.
• Ability to consult MDs over the phone and provide SBAR reports to ensure full clinical picture and appropriate intervention.
• Demonstrate awareness of culture and traditions and incorporate this knowledge into practice, to provide culturally safe care at all times.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-cultural setting, ensuring that CRC Fundamental Principles are acknowledged and maintained during patient and employee interactions

Public Health Emergency

• Provides communicable disease surveillance and intervention through epidemiological principles including outbreak management and identifying reportable diseases.
• Provide community guidance on outbreak management in collaboration with Health team.
• Provide TB programming appropriate for the TB epidemiology and protocol within community of placement.

These duties complement the key tasks and responsibilities of each staff member and are in addition to the specific mandate of the operation:

• Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross/Red Crescent Principles
• Abide by and work in accordance with the CRC Policies, Protocols and Procedures
• Contribute to a positive team environment and service excellence to meet the needs of beneficiaries
• Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager
• During Health and Human Resource deployment - Review and understand polices and protocols set out by Government partner and practice within scope.
• Practice in accordance with the care standards of professional practice as outlined by your relevant provincial college of nursing regulatory body
• Provide clinical support to the health response in accordance with the clinical setting deployed to
• Perform ongoing public health and/or clinical care duties, with the support of the multi-disciplinary team, to clients with a variety of illnesses/diseases
• Follow processes and regulations as per local health authority guidance including, but not limited to, informed consent, infection control and correct documentation

What we are looking for:

• Managing of any Programs in Public Health. At least 2 of:
  • STI screenings
  • Management of TB
  • Well Baby Programming
  • School Vaccine Programs
  • Prenatal Programming
  • Community Education / Health Promotion programs
  • Contact Tracing and/or disease surveillance
  • Managing the covid response for an organization
• Being a Community Health Nurse (CHN)
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or Bachelor of Nursing (BN), or BNI (DEC-BAC)
• Current Health Care Provider CPR or BLS
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a Public Health Nurse role, or a certificate in Public Health Nursing, or equivalent within the last 3 years
• Experience living / working in Indigenous communities in Canada is an asset.
• Fluency in English and if working in Quebec, fluency in French is required. Bilingual is preferred.
• Experience working in TB programs and DOT
• Mental Health First Aid / ASIST
• Experience living or working in a cultural context other than their own and/or in remote and isolated communities in Canada is an asset
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Skills Online courses, Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and Canadian Health
• Able to travel to destinations province-wide or nation-wide and to provide a 2-4 weeks minimum /year of deployment availability; there is a preference for those able to commit to longer periods and/or multiple deployments
• Ability to coordinate with authorities and foster effective working relationships with health stakeholders at various levels
• Strong analytical, organizational and time management skills
• Resilience and adaptability to changing circumstances and an evolving environment
• Commitment to gender equality and social inclusion

Working Conditions:

• This role is a response and operational profile that requires scheduled travel, deployment and in community in-person presence.
• In addition to salary, personnel receive a daily per diem of $100-$170, depending on deployment location within Canada.
• Additional location-based and duration-related allowances may apply in recognition of the operational context, in accordance with Canadian Red Cross policy."
• Before you apply, please watch this video to learn more about a casual position with the Canadian Red Cross.