Nurse b

Position #: V37382

Expected Start Date: August 30, 2024

Union: SUN

Facility: Southeast Integrated Care Centre

City/Town: Moosomin

Department: Primary Care Sites

Type: Full-time temporary

Expected Up to Date: January 03, 2025

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days, Evenings, Weekends

Hours of Work: 8 hours shifts, field hours

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: Yes

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Nurse B $42.040 to $52.440

Job Description. The Public Health Nurse (PHN) provides services within the Population Health Promotion Model and Primary Health Care framework. The PHN translates knowledge from health and social sciences to support health-enhancing behaviors of individuals, families and population groups through targeted interventions, programs, and advocacy. Inherent in the role are knowledge, skills, and abilities specific to health promotion, prevention, and protection. The PHN works relatively independently and makes decisions based on sound assessments in accordance with Public Health Act, Public Health Nursing program policies and the Health Authority, CRNS Standards of Practice, Canadian Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice, and other relevant legislation. This employee liaises with, and refers to, other health personnel, sectors and community groups. The PHN works within established guidelines established by SHA policy to plan, organize, implement and evaluate nursing programs in an assigned area.

Travel Required: Yes

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience

• One (1) year of public health experience required

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)

Other Education and Training

• Public Health Nursing courses

Competencies

• Facilitation skills
• Negotiation skills
• Conflict resolution skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Demonstrates skill in group education, individual counselling and advocacy
• Uses critical analysis, reflective practice and assessment.
• Demonstrated knowledge in media communication and social marketing.
• Knowledge of prevention used in promotion, prevention and protection of health.
• Applies understanding of child development.
• Ability to demonstrate appropriate level of professional conduct and judgement.
• Able to assist all levels of clients to take responsibility for their own health
• Demonstrated high degree of accuracy is required of assigned responsibility
• Demonstrates knowledge in community development/assessment.
• Ability to exercise independent decision making in a community-based environment
• Demonstrates flexibility by adjusting workload to accommodate client needs.
• Ability to work collaboratively with team members and the community at large.
• Identifies the importance of culture on health.
• Ability to analyze health issues in the context of political & social climate
• Ability to be self-directed
• Uses knowledge of determinants of health in interactions with clients.
• Demonstrates knowledge of multiple health promotion strategies
• High level of accuracy in health assessment, nursing diagnosis and treatment.
• Evaluates nursing interventions in individual, group and community outcomes.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Demonstrated knowledge in educational resource development.
• Uses independent judgment based on Public Health principles.
• Demonstrates application of the nursing process
• Willingness to adhere to established Public Health policies and procedures.

Other Information

• For more information on the town of Moosomin please visit
• Provincial posting open to SUN members - SUN/SAHO CBA Articles 27.02 and 27.05
• Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
• Moosomin is located approximately 224 km east of Regina