Position #: 204736
Expected Start Date: June 30, 2025
Union: SUN
Facility: MHAS Community Recovery Adult Services
City/Town: Saskatoon
Department: Mental Health Home Health
Type: Full-time temporary
Expected Up to Date: June 30, 2026
FTE: 1
Shift Information: Days
Hours of Work: 56 shifts of 8 hours per 12 weeks
Relief: No
Float: No
Field Hours: Yes
Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Nurse B $42.040 to $52.440
Travel Required: Yes
Job Description: As a member of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Community Mental Health Nurse is an integral member of the multidisciplinary team providing intensive case management to individuals with chronic and persistent mental illness. These services are provided within an individual and group context. Responsibilities include intensive case management, medication management, crisis intervention, counselling, goal planning, consultation to community agencies, group/community education, student mentoring, documentation, client/family and public education, advocacy, and mental health promotion.
Human Resources Exemption: No
Experience
Min. 5 years working with clients with severe & persistent mental illness
Min. five years recent experience in a community or acute mental health setting
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
Licenses
Valid Class 5 driver's license
Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate (CPR)
Other Education and Training
Professional Assault Response Training (PART)
Nursing diploma is acceptable
Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
Workplace Assessment & Violence Education (WAVE)
Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing is acceptable
Psychiatric Nursing diploma is acceptable
Competencies
Basic - Presentation skills
Advanced - Communication skills
Advanced - Interpersonal skills
Advanced - Facilitation skills
Basic - Computer skills
Advanced - Organizational skills
Advanced - Change management skills
Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge in developing policies, procedures and standards
Ability to work independently
Ability to work and communicate in a cross cultural setting
Ability to be flexible and willing to change
Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Other Information
1st preference given to staff of fSaskatoon HR employees and its affiliates
Registered/eligible with the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of SK
Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
Provincial posting open to SUN members – SUN/SAHO CBA Articles 27.02 and 27.05
Must possess a valid driver's license and have a vehicle available for work.
Travel within the region and provincially
For more information on the city of Saskatoon please visit https://www.saskatoon.ca/
