Posted 2 months ago
Community Health Representative
@ Lac La Ronge Indian Band
La Ronge, Saskatchewan
Overview
Lac La Ronge Indian Band is hiring a full-time Community Health Representative to demonstrate, teach and support community members in making healthy decisions. The role liaises between community members and health staff, assists with health programs and clinics, and plans health promotion events. Shifts are 7.5 hours, with overtime possibly required.
Responsibilities:
- Assist health staff in delivering health care services
- Act as liaison between community members and LLRIBHS staff
- Assist with health programs, consents, transport and clinic bookings
- Plan health promotion workshops and community education events
Requirements summary:
- Grade 12 and Community Health Representative or related health care certificate
- Combination of education and experience may be considered
- Basic computer skills
- First Aid, CPR and Safe Food Handling required or willing to obtain
- Valid driver's licence
- Cree language and First Nations community experience are assets
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-10
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-09
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Allied health |
| Hours per week | 37.5 |
| Schedule | day, overtime |
| Travel | air: none · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Client sites, Office, Outdoors |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer low |
| Languages | Cree |
| Licences & certifications | Community Health Representative certificate, First Aid, CPR, Safe Food Handling |
| Driver’s licence | required |
| Encouraged to apply | Indigenous peoples |
| Education | High school (required) |
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Lac La Ronge Indian Band
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Full company description
The five communities we serve work together to promote and enhance healthy lifestyles for all band members, while ensuring continuous quality improvement and sustainable health services. The LLRIB Health provides services: Prevention and recovery Community Health Services Home Care Services Dental Health Group Health Long Term Care Community Development Administration Water Quality Control Health Education Medical Transportation Prenatal/ Maternal Health Immunizations Mental Health and Youth Wellness etc. The Health Department provides health services to approximately 4017 members.. The service centers include health clinics in Kitsaki with 2412 members, Sucker River with 387 members, Grandmother’s Bay with 363 members, Hall Lake with 512 members and Little Red with 343 members. Each of the outlying health centers are staffed at a minimum of five dedicated staff to provide direct service delivery from the community in the areas of: Home Care, Community Health, Prevention & Recovery, Dental, Health Center clerk and traveling staff from the community of Kitsaki. Mission Statement The mission of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band Health Services Department is to provide quality, equitable and accessible programs and support by ensuring the wholistic well being of each member of it’s communities. By working on community change to address underlying causes of poor health and by ,strengthening our programs to become more effective, we will take action of our top priority health challenges of addictions, violence, parenting, and chronic diseases and work to maintain good health, and better balance our efforts at all levels of prevention. Our Board consists of elected community members on two year terms. Each community, has one member, with the exception of Kitsaki which has two members. Their terms comes up for re-election May 2011.
- LinkedIn followers
- 169
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 40
- Reported office locations
- Jennie Bird Clinic, P.O. Box 1770, La Ronge, SK S0J 1L0, CA
- Business categories
- Health Care
- Communities
- Medical
- Other recorded names
- Lac La Ronge Indian Band
- Lac La Ronge Indian Band Health Services
- Specialties
- Prevention and Recovery
- Mental Health
- Community Development
- Community Health Nursing Program and Services
- Immunization
- Community Health Representation
- Dental Health
- and Home and Community Care Program and Services
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
The five communities we serve work together to promote and enhance healthy lifestyles for all band members, while ensuring continuous quality improvement and sustainable health services. The LLRIB Health provides services: Prevention and recovery Community Health Services Home Care Services Dental Health Group Health Long Term Care Community Development Administration Water Quality Control Health Education Medical…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitals and Health Care |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | La Ronge, SK |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | Prevention and RecoveryMental HealthCommunity DevelopmentCommunity Health Nursing Program and ServicesImmunizationCommunity Health RepresentationDental Healthand Home and Community Care Program and Services |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 41 |
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We are looking for a compassionate, caring, patient person, with an upbeat attitude and strong interpersonal skills. You will need to remain calm during hectic and changing situations. The Community Health Representative (CHR) demonstrates, teaches and provides support and encouragement so community members plan and make healthy decisions. This role requires workers to be organized, flexible and adaptable. If you feel like this would be a good fit for your personality and career ambition, we encourage you to apply!
About the facility: LLRIBHS promotes health in our communities for the wellbeing of all members. We provide accessible, high quality health services and programs. Together with others, we work to build capacity and educate as we address both acute needs and determinants of health.
About the position: Working 7.5-hour shifts, overtime maybe required. The CHR aims to empower community members to make healthy decisions, through demonstrating, teaching and providing support and encouragement with a focus on addressing health needs of the community
Duties:
- Assisting health staff in delivery of health care services and contributing to the health team through health advocacy, health promotion and illness prevention;
- Act as a liaison between community members and LLRIBHS staff and health programs;
- Assist in the delivery of health programs by obtaining consents, transporting community members, booking Child Health Clinics, participating in community health fairs, events and activities;
- Carry out health promotion programs by planning workshops, in-service sessions, community education events and developing public awareness materials;
Qualifications: Suitable candidates will have a minimum Grade 12; Community Health Representative certificate or related health care certificate; Combination of Education and Experience may be considered; Basic computer skills; Certified First Aide & CPR and Safe Food Handling Certificate required or willing to obtain; Excellent organizational skills and ability to work within a multidisciplinary team; Ability to speak/understand Cree is an asset; Experience working with First Nations Communities is an asset; Candidates must have a valid driver’s license.
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