Job Description

Start Date

Monday, April 10, 2023

Are you looking to be part of an exceptional and passionate health care team in one of Canada\'s most spectacular natural environments with vast and stunning wilderness at your doorstep?

Yukon Hospitals strives to cultivate an environment of passionate and engaged people with a culture that values growth, work/life balance, and wellness in helping all our people reach optimal ability. Our organization is an integrated system of hospitals: Whitehorse General Hospital (58 beds), Watson Lake Community Hospital (6 beds) and Dawson City Community Hospital (6 beds).

Reporting to the Operations Leader, Watson Lake Community Hospital, the Clinical Nurse Leader is responsible for providing clinical leadership to the patient care team of Watson Lake Community Hospital. In addition, they assist with overseeing and allocating human resources and medical supplies for the provision of optimal and consistent patient care.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Knowledge of established best practices and procedures of professional nursing care;
• Knowledge of trends and developments in the nursing field;
• Knowledge of clinical education principles;
• Ability to develop and implement nursing care plans;
• Ability to plan and implement a resource management program for patient care units;
• Knowledge of management methods and techniques including human and financial management;
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing;
• Effective interpersonal relationships;
• Initiative, judgment and reliability;
• Cross-cultural awareness;
• Advocacy and assertiveness skills;
• Ability to teach nursing practices and other relevant unit skills;
• Computer literacy;
• Ability to effectively engage with a variety of physician personalities ranging from widely experienced generalists to highly specialized visiting medical staff from out of province health care facilities.
• Ability to advocate for patients, patients\' family, unit staff or other allied members of the health care team.

The successful candidate will be Registered Nurse with either a Diploma/Baccalaureate degree in Nursing; be currently registered with Yukon Registered Nurses Association (YRNA); and have current CPR/AED and A.C.L.S. Healthcare Provider certification. A Masters in Nursing and/or certification in N.R.P, and T.N.C.C would be desirable.

TO APPLY: quote competition #2023-220 and email your resume to

by 4:00 pm April 3, 2023

For more information, contact recruitment at

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Indigenous Workforce Initiative - We are committed to having a diverse and representative workforce that reflects the community we serve. When applying to YHC Career Opportunities, we invite you to voluntarily self-identify in the email body of your application. Please do so in whatever manner you feel accurately reflects who you are. You will then be connected with Yukon Hospitals\' Indigenous Workforce Initiative (IWI), where you can receive support with application materials, hear about additional training or mentorship opportunities, and ask any questions you have. All self-identification information will remain confidential. You are also welcome to contact IWI supports before submitting your application at or call 867-332-7203.

Yukon Hospital Corporation is committed to employment equity. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however, only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted. Unfortunately, at this time, we are unable to consider resumes from International applicants. Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada in order to apply, i.e. have Landed Immigrant Status, Work Visa, or be a Canadian Citizen.

Posting Date: March 20, 2023

Yukon Hospitals