Nurse c - Clinician
Job Description
Position #: 184115
Expected Start Date: February 17, 2025
Union: SUN
Facility: North East Health Centre
City/Town: Saskatoon
Department: Vaccine Management & Provision For Complex Travel & Purchased Vaccines
Type: Part-time regular
FTE: 0.43
Shift Information: Days, Evenings, Weekends
Hours of Work: 12 shifts of 8 hours per 6 weeks
Relief: No
Float: No
Field Hours: Yes
Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Nurse C $45.830 to $56.140
Travel Required: Yes
Job Description: The Nurse Clinician is part of a multidisciplinary team. Primary contacts are Public Health Nurses, Nurse Clinicians, support staff, and Medical Health Officers. This position reports to the Manager of Specialized Immunizations and Travel Health (SITH). The Nurse Clinician is an expert clinical nurse in the field of immunization with a focus on international travel and specialized immunization populations. The Nurse Clinician integrates experience, advanced level skills and knowledge in immunization and international travel using nursing theory, population health promotion strategies, and adult learning principles. The Nurse Clinician is responsible for staff orientation, certification, continuing education, and resource development. They work in partnership with the Medical Health Officer to lead clinical practice in both travel health and specialized immunization practices. The Nurse Clinician develops clinical policies and resources and leads quality improvement.
Human Resources Exemption: No
Experience
- Five (5) years Public Health Nursing Experience
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
Licenses
- Valid Class 5 driver's license
Other Education and Training
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instructor Certificate (CPR)
- International Travel Medicine course
- Basic Life Support Health Care Provider Certificate (BLS-HCP)
Competencies
- Basic - Interpersonal skills
- Basic - Leadership skills
- Basic - Critical thinking skills
- Basic - Conflict resolution skills
- Basic - Verbal communication skills
- Basic - Teaching skills
- Basic - Capability to transform systems: Champion and orchestrate change
- Basic - Decision making skills
- Basic - Assessment skills
- Basic - Analytical skills
- Basic - Writing skills
- Basic - Organizational skills
Knowledge and Abilities
- Knowledge of population health approach to health promotion/prevention
- Knowledge in international travel vaccines and health impacts
- Knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Knowledge in Saskatchewan Immunization Management System
- Knowledge in health promotion and prevention strategies
- Knowledge in policy and procedure development and quality assurance initiatives
- Ability to work independently
- Knowledge in leadership strategies
- Knowledge of current trends/issues/best practice strategies
- Knowledge in principles and practices of immunization
- Knowledge in conflict resolution techniques
- Knowledge in provincial immunization registry
- Knowledge in applicable trends, impacts and perspectives
- Knowledge in the harm reduction model
- Knowledge in communication techniques and approaches
Other Information
- Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
- For more information on the city of Saskatoon please visit https://www.saskatoon.ca/
About Us
Additional Information
We work together to improve our health and well-being. Every day. For everyone.
We are committed to building a representative, diverse, inclusive, and culturally responsive workforce.
We are committed to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Calls to Action.
We work in the spirit of truth and reconciliation, acknowledging Saskatchewan as the traditional territory of First Nations and Métis People.