Medical Travel Clerk- Sanikiluaq

Title: Medical Travel Clerk 
Department: Health
Community: Sanikiluaq
Requisition Number: 954
Type of Employment: Indeterminate

Salary range: $73,419 to $83,352 per year, 37.5 hours/week 

Northern Allowance: $24,146 per year 
Housing: Subsidized Staff Housing is not Available
Union Status: Nunavut Employees Union
Closing date: September 25, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m. eastern time

This employment opportunity is restricted to all Nunavut Inuit.

An eligibility list may be created to fill future vacancies.

Reporting to the Supervisor Health Programs, the Medical Travel Clerk provides specific support to individuals going on medical travel and the Supervisor by ensuring documentation is completed correctly in a timely manner and engaging with community members and individuals going on medical travel.

Main responsibilities for the Medical Travel Clerk include: 

• Preparing travel documents (medical travel referral forms) for review by Supervisor;
• Verifying that travel documents are completed correctly with appropriate signatures and forwarded to the regional medical travel office
• Notifying clients of upcoming appointments and travel arrangements;
• Troubleshooting medical travel issues such as cancelled flights and cancelled appointments
• Filing/pulling charts/photocopying;
• Organizing received appointment notifications and record keeping
• Completing medical travel evacuation paperwork
• Answering phone calls concerning medical travel questions
• Liaising with in-territory and out of territory case managers and referral coordinators on upcoming and outstanding appointments

• Liaising with Supervisor and Director of Health Programs concerning medical travel approvals and appeals

The knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this job are usually obtained through a completion of Grade 10 and two years clerical experience providing direct customer service.

  This is a Highly Sensitive Position and a satisfactory Criminal Record Check, along with a clear Vulnerable Sector Check is required.

The Official Languages of Nunavut are Inuktut, English and French. Applicants may submit their resume in any of the official languages of Nunavut. Fluency in Inuktitut is required for the position.  Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture,land, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Inuktut and experience working in a northern cross-cultural environment are also considered assets.

Acceptable combinations of education and experience may be considered for this position. We encourage you to apply if you have equivalent years of education and/or experience equal to the education and experience requirements listed above.

• The Government of Nunavut is committed to creating a representative workforce; therefore, priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit who self-identify as being enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement in accordance with the Priority Hiring Policy.
• Government of Nunavut employees serving a probationary period must obtain and provide written authorization from the deputy head of their employing department. The authorization from the deputy head must accompany your application for your application to be considered.  
• Possession of a criminal record may not disqualify candidates from being considered. An assessment of the criminal record will be measured against the scope and duties of the position. This is only a requirement for positions that require a satisfactory criminal record or vulnerable sector check. 
• Applicants may submit their resume in any of the Official Languages of Nunavut.
• Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
• The onus is on candidates in receipt of foreign post-secondary education credentials to have their foreign credentials assessed through a recognized Canadian education institution.  Failure to do so may result in the rejection of their application.