Position #: 171465
Expected Start Date: June 2, 2025
Union: SUN
Facility: Community Services 20th Street
City/Town: Saskatoon
Department: New Alcohol and Drug Initiatives - Opioid Assisted Recovery
Type: Full-time temporary
Expected Up to Date: October 31, 2026
FTE: 1
Shift Information: Days, Evenings
Hours of Work: 299 hours per 8 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
3 years’ experience in a community or acute mental health setting
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
Other Education and Training
Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
Nursing diploma is acceptable
Workplace Assessment & Violence Education (WAVE)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate (CPR)
Psychiatric Nursing diploma is acceptable
Professional Assault Response Training (PART)
Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing is acceptable
Competencies
Basic - Presentation skills
Advanced - Organizational skills
Advanced - Interpersonal skills
Advanced - Facilitation skills
Advanced - Communication skills
Advanced - Change management skills
Basic - Computer skills
Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge in developing policies, procedures and standards
Ability to work and communicate in a cross cultural setting
Ability to work independently
Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Ability to be flexible and willing to change
Licenses
Valid Class 5 driver's license
Other Information
Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
Registered/eligible with the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of SK
For more information on the city of Saskatoon please visit https://www.saskatoon.ca/
Travel required
