Nurse Practitioner
Job Description
Position #: 9000508
Expected Start Date: September 27, 2024
Union: SUN
Facility: Riverside Memorial Health Complex
City/Town: Turtleford
Department: Primary Care Sites
Type: Part-time temporary
Expected Up to Date: September 30, 2025
FTE: 0.14
Hours of Work: 4 shifts of 8 hours per 6 weeks
Relief: No
Float: No
Field Hours: Yes
Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Nurse Practitioner $52.590 to $62.910
Job Description:
Advanced practice nurse with knowledge and skills gained through additional education and experience. Nurse blends an in-depth knowledge of nursing with the legal authority and autonomy to order diagnostic tests, prescribe pharmaceuticals and perform specific procedures in the management and treatment of common acute illnesses and stable chronic conditions patients. Position practices within a framework of evidence-based primary care, holism, health promotion, and disease and injury prevention. Practice involves building partnerships with individuals, families, and communities. This includes community needs assessments; supporting inter-professional collaboration and participating in continuous improvements through evaluative processes/projects. provides clinical assessment and treatment strategies that reflect in-depth knowledge of the care populations.
Travel Required: Yes
Human Resources Exemption: No
Experience
- One (1) year community nursing experience
- Three (3) years nursing experience
Education
- Master of Nursing - Nurse Practitioner (MN-NP)
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
Licenses
- Valid Class 5 driver's license
Other Education and Training
- Basic Life Support Health Care Provider Certificate (BLS-HCP)
Competencies
- Advanced - Interpersonal skills
- Advanced - Problem solving skills
- Advanced - Leadership skills
- Advanced - Organizational skills
- Advanced - Communication skills
- Advanced - Facilitation skills
- Advanced - Research skills
- Advanced - Decision making skills
Knowledge and Abilities
- Knowledge in diverse cultures, values and traditions
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work independently
- Communication skills to transfer knowledge/skills
- Ability to develop and deliver formal education programs
- Ability to be flexible and willing to change
Other Information
- Travel within the region and provincially
- Registered/eligible for registration with the CRNS as RN (NP)
- Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
- Turtleford is located approximately 89 km north of North Battleford
- For more information on the town of Turtleford please visit https://townofturtleford.com/
- One (1) year nursing experience in a primary health care setting preferred