RN - Community Health Nurse (Vaccinations)

Job summary

The nurse manages immunization and travel medicine instructions while facilitating health promotion clinics for CAF members. Responsibilities include screening for illnesses, providing patient education, and analyzing population health trends.

Job details

About Calian At Calian, we help organizations overcome obstacles, manage risks, and drive progress. Since 1982, we’ve grown from a small consulting firm into a trusted global company across defence, space, health, nuclear energy, public safety, and government. We create innovative solutions that tackle complex challenges and help organizations and communities stay resilient, informed, and connected. If you’re driven by purpose and energized by solving real-world challenges, we want you on our team. Job Type: Full Time Calian is proud to continue a long-standing contractual relationship with the Department of National Defence (DND) to provide healthcare services to the Canadian Armed Forces. Through the Health Care Provider Contract, Calian employs health care professionals across Canada who are integral to supporting the health and wellbeing of our military members. Position Overview Calian is currently seeking a “Community Health Nurse” to add to our dedicated team of civilian professionals working at CFB Halifax. In this role you will be primarily involved with disease and infection prevention initiatives, immunizations, and overall health promotion and protection of all CAF members posted to CFB Halifax. Responsibilities Manages and participates in immunization and travel medicine instructions. Manages and participates in desensitization clinics. Performs screening for tuberculosis and/or other illnesses. Promotes health improvement initiatives by planning, coordinating, and facilitating health promotion clinics Assess individual needs for and provides education and counseling related to the prevention of health disorders and the maintenance of quality of life when health is impaired. Attends clinics that support and guide CF members affected by similar health conditions, documents and makes recommendations for outside referrals. Participates in the management of the outcome data on population health and assists in the extrapolation of health trends pertaining to individuals. Promotes health improvement initiatives by planning, coordinating, and facilitating health promotion clinics. Qualifications Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in Nova Scotia Baccalaureate Degree from a recognized nursing program Copy of current BLS or CPR-C with AED certification 3 years of full time clinical experience within the last 5 years in the field of Public Health / Community Health / Occupational Health (Infection prevention and control, disease prevention, health promotion and education, immunization programs, etc) Successful completion of a Nurse Immunizer course considered an asset Additional Requirements You will be able to obtain a Government of Canada Security Clearance at the Reliability level Compensation $45 – $50.61 hourly Vacancy We have one available position AI Usage Disclosure At Calian, we do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to screen or evaluate candidates. AI tools may support backend administrative tasks, but they do not influence hiring decisions. All evaluations and decisions are made by real people on our recruitment team and hiring managers. All applicants are reviewed and only those chosen for an interview will be contacted by our recruiting team. Related Careers Nurse Practitioner Dartmouth, NS Halifax, NS Full Time Health Nursing 2026-08-28

What you’ll do

The nurse manages immunization and travel medicine instructions while facilitating health promotion clinics for CAF members. Responsibilities include screening for illnesses, providing patient education, and analyzing population health trends.

Requirements

Candidates must be a Registered Nurse licensed in Nova Scotia with a Bachelor's degree and current BLS/CPR-C certification. At least 3 years of full-time clinical experience in Public, Community, or Occupational Health within the last 5 years is required.

Listed skills

• Control · Preferred
• Dedicated · Preferred
• Recruitment · Preferred
• CPR · Preferred
• Health · Preferred
• Energy · Preferred
• Planning · Preferred
• management · Preferred
• Time · Preferred
• maintenance · Preferred
• Administrative · Preferred
• Infection Prevention · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Immunization
• Disease Prevention
• Infection Control
• Health Promotion
• Patient Screening
• Patient Education
• Counseling
• Population Health Management
• Travel Medicine
• Tuberculosis Screening

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Government & Public Sector