Occupational Health Nurse

Requisition : 410855

Position Number: -C262-T1

Posting End Date: September 18, 2026

Employer: Southern Health-Santé Sud

Site: To be determined

Union: MNU

Department/Unit: Staff Development, Infection Prevention & Control

Work Location: To be determined

City: To be determined

Hiring Status: Temporary

FTE: 0.5

Employment arrangement: In Person

Daily hours worked: 7.75

Anticipated shift: Days

Anticipated Start Date – End Date: 10/26/2026 – 03/31/2027

Salary: As per MNU Collective Agreement

Find your rewarding career in a vibrant and diverse community within Southern Health-Santé Sud. Our organization is privileged to provide care for people at every point in their lives.

Partnering with our communities, we provide safe, accessible and sustainable people-centered health care. We are proud to work in collaboration with all our partners within and throughout our diverse region: seven First Nations Communities, Francophone, Métis, Mennonite and Hutterite communities as well as a growing number of immigrants from all over the world.

Be part of the Southern Health-Santé Sud team, who is rooted in what matters most. Join a region that offers a lifestyle like no other – a safe, peaceful, beautiful, fulfilling life for you and your family.

The Occupational Health Nurse (OHN) is accountable to the Director Health Services - Staff Development, Infection Prevention & Control. The OHN is responsible for assisting with the design, delivery, maintenance and evaluation of a prevention orientated occupational and environmental safety and health program for the clients it serves. Working independently, as well as in collaboration with others, the OHN advocates for workers and worker groups to promote health in a safe and healthy work environment.

Working in collaboration with the worker/worker group, employer, union, health professionals, and others, the OHN assists clients with health issues through informed decision-making.

The OHN manages and administers an occupational health service within legal and professional parameters. The work may include: assessing the work environment, providing prevention strategies, providing health education, developing a health promotion program, providing counseling intervention programs, managing data collection and information system, conducting health surveillance program, assessing and follow-up of work-related injury/illness, participating in return-to-work planning and monitoring of occupational illness/injury trends, programming the plan, coordination and delivery, and developing policies.

The incumbent exercises the appropriate level of initiative and independent judgment in determining work priorities, work methods to be employed and action to be taken on unusual matters. The position functions in a manner that is consistent with the mission, vision and values; and the policies of Southern Health-Santé Sud.

• Four (4) years nursing experience to include three (3) years Occupational Health Nursing.
• Experience in community health, ambulatory care, critical care or emergency nursing preferred.

• Baccalaureate degree in Nursing required.
• Occupational Health Nursing Certificate required, or willingness to obtain within 36 months.

• Professional Licensure in good standing with the applicable College or Professional Association and the scope of practice as defined by the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA).
• Canadian Occupational Health Nursing Certification preferred.

• Knowledge of Occupational Health policies/protocols/programs, disability case management, Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba programs and processes, Manitoba Workplace Safety & Health Act and…