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Position #: 205869

Expected Start Date: August 19, 2024

Union: SUN

Facility: Weyburn Primary Health Care

City/Town: Weyburn

Department: Primary Care Sites

Type: Full-time temporary

Expected Up to Date: August 31, 2025

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Hours of Work: 224 hours in a 6 week rotation

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: Yes

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Nurse Practitioner $52.590 to $62.910

Job Description: In collaboration with the Primary Health Care Teams, physicians and health care provider team members, the Registered Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) will provide Primary Health Care (PHC) services to assigned populations which may include: urban populations, visiting services to rural communities, and/or priority populations (e.g. newcomers, teens, residents in long term care facilities) as determined by community and program needs. Depending on community and team requirements, the position may include first on-call support. As the PHC Team evolves, and based on needs of the population, the position may be required to provide new practices such as nurse led extended hour clinic services and/or first on-call support. Primary Health Care services include: health assessment, health promotion and education, disease and injury prevention and assessment, treatment interventions; collaboration with, and referral to, other health care providers; participation in Lean, patient safety, community development, clinical practice redesign, quality improvement, and evaluation.

Travel Required: Yes

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience

• Experience as RN (NP) in a Primary Health Care setting preferred.
• Three (3) years nursing experience
• One year experience in community needs assessment/development/health promotion

Education

• Master of Nursing - Nurse Practitioner (MN-NP)

Licenses

• Valid Class 5 driver's license
• Valid Class 5 driver's license

Memberships

• College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)

Other Education and Training

• Certification in recognized Primary Care NP equivalent program is acceptable
• Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
• Basic Life Support Level C Certificate (BLS-C)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certificate (ACLS)

Competencies

• Advanced - Problem solving skills
• Intermediate - Leadership skills
• Basic - Communication skills to provide/obtain verbal and/or written opinions/advice
• Variety of computer programs
• Advanced - Facilitation skills
• Advanced - Research skills
• Advanced - Organizational skills
• Basic - Interpersonal skills
• Advanced - Decision making skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge in health promotion and prevention strategies
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge in community development
• Ability to develop and deliver formal education programs
• Knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge in diverse cultures, values and traditions
• Ability to competently use computers and software applications

Other Information

• Registered/eligible for registration with the CRNS as RN (NP)
• Travel within the region and provincially
• Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
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