Nurse Practitioner

Position #: 9002951

Expected Start Date: 

Union: SUN

Facility: Saskatoon City Hospital

City/Town: Saskatoon

Department: Emergency

Type: Part-time temporary

Expected Up to Date: September 30, 2025

FTE: 0.75

Shift Information: Evenings

Hours of Work: 21 shifts of 8 hours per 6 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: No

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

Travel Required: No

Job Description:  Nurse Practitioners work alongside the Emergency Physician within a regulated scope of practice as well as SHA policies and procedures. They work within a framework of evidence-based practices, health promotion, and disease and injury prevention. As health care professionals, they participate in self and peer review to evaluate the outcome of their services at the patient, community, and population level. In this setting, emergency and/or acute care experience is important to supplement advanced clinical skills, knowledge, and abilities. Nurse Practitioners are responsible for their professional development and maintaining competence and registration with the CRNS

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience

• Five (5) full-time years of experience as a Registered Nurse
• Two (2) years experience as a nurse practitioner, is an asset
• 3 full time yrs recent exp in acute/chronic conditions, specializing in primary/emerg care

Education

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

Licenses

• Registered Nurse Practitioner (RN(NP))

Memberships

• College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)

Other Education and Training

• Current CPR certification
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), is an asset
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certificate (ACLS)

Knowledge and Abilities

• Commits to continuous quality improvement of NP role and department as a whole
• Demonstrates an understanding of Emergency Department flow and function
• Knowledge of social determinants/resource evaluation for assessment/mngment plan
• Ability to function as a role model for staff and physicians
• Decision making through the application of knowledge and critical thinking
• Communicates effectively with patients, families and other health professionals
• Adaptability for competing/changing patient priorities, situations, environment
• Commitment to continued learning and professional development.  

Other Information

• Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
• Registered/eligible for registration with the CRNS as RN (NP)