Nurse b - Infectious Disease

Position #: 174893

Expected Start Date: October 13, 2024

Union: SUN

Facility: Royal University Hospital

City/Town: Prince Albert

Department: Communicable Disease Prevention & Control - Provincial TB Program

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Hours of Work: 28 shifts of 8 hours per 6 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: Yes

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

Job Description: The TB Nurse Clinician is part of a provincial program and multidisciplinary team working in collaboration with relevant agencies, health care professionals, First Nations partners, and Provincial Health Authority partners. The TB Nurse Clinician is an expert clinical nurse with a focus on leading best evidence care to prevent transmission and reduce the progression of Tuberculosis (TB) in Saskatchewan. The Nurse Clinician integrates experience, advanced level skills and knowledge of TB disease, TB infection and transmission, applying nursing theory, population health promotion strategies, public health principles, education, clinical care, and disease management strategies in communities. This position requires a high level of skill in collaborative consultation with managers, supervisors, nurse clinicians, acute care, public health nurses, physicians, community health workers, agencies, community stakeholders, and governmental departments to provide a comprehensive approach to communicable disease reduction, adherence, and management support for clients with TB.

Travel Required: Yes

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience

• Experience in an acute care setting would be considered an asset
• Two years recent experience working in Public health/Communicable Disease
• Experience with TB prevention and treatment, including contact investigation

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)

Licenses

• Valid Class 5 driver's license

Other Education and Training

• OH&S Safety for Supervisors Training
• Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
• Masters degree in related field is an asset

Competencies

• Basic - Research skills
• Basic - Interpersonal skills
• Basic - Critical thinking skills
• Basic - Conflict resolution skills
• Advanced - Communication skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge of population health approach to health promotion/prevention
• Knowledge in education and program development, implementation and evaluation
• Ability to develop, evaluate and modify programming provided to clients
• Knowledge in program development and implementation
• Ability to be flexible and willing to change
• Knowledge in developing policies, procedures and standards
• Knowledge in the SHA, community resources and applicable programming

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/
• Travel required