Nurse B - Clinician

Position #: 205275

Expected Start Date: November 25, 2024

Union: SUN

Facility: West Side Community Clinic

City/Town: Saskatoon

Department: HIV & Hepatitis C Treatment

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: No

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

Travel Required: Yes

Job Description: Reporting to the manager of the Positive Living Program , the Nurse Clinician monitors and assess patients through chart review, history, physical assessments and lab data. Triages needs and care, identifies and orders appropriate diagnostic tests in consultation with physicians, other team members and in accordance with medical directives. Identifies the need for and administers vaccines, Mantoux tests, obtains blood (peripheral and per venous access device) and changes/dresses simple and complex wounds and initiates treatments/adjusts dosages as ordered by the physician or in accordance with standard treatment protocols. Provides crisis intervention, follow-up and referral through telephone and one on one contact in a variety of settings such as clinical, community and correctional settings. Supports skill building in prevention and self-management including harm reduction, needle exchange, distributes condoms. Liaises with team members in hospital departments and community agencies to ensure continuity and coordination of care. Provides education to clients/families in all aspects of HIV and Hepatitis prevention, testing, care and treatment a resource for regional and out of region staff RE: all aspects of HIV and Hepatitis. Assists in program planning and activities based on determinants of health, best practice literature and community assessments. Develops protocols, guidelines, standards of care in collaboration with physicians and the multidisciplinary team. Prepares and submits a month end report according to program guidelines and for record keeping (charting, statistics, data-base maintenance) assists in the Federal and Provincial HIV/AIDS notification and HIV partner notification per legal regulations.

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience

• 5 years direct nursing experience with HIV

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)

Licenses

• Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)

Other Education and Training

• Nursing diploma is acceptable
• Registered/eligible for registration with the CRNS as an RN (NP) or RN (GNP)

Competencies

• Advanced - Counseling skills
• Mediation skills
• Advanced - Problem solving skills
• Case management skills
• Advanced - Time management skills
• Advanced - Assessment skills
• Advanced - Leadership skills
• Advanced - Organizational skills
• Advanced - Facilitation skills
• Advanced - Communication skills
• Decision making skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to assist and develop policies and procedures according to best practice
• Ability to develop and deliver formal education programs
• Ability to adapt to changing conditions
• Ability to competently use computers and software applications
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team

Other Information

• For more information on the city of Saskatoon please visit https://www.saskatoon.ca/
• Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)