Position #: 204023
Expected Start Date: July 07, 2025
Union: SUN
Facility: Mental Health - McKerracher
City/Town: Saskatoon
Department: Mental Health Residential Care Unit - Approved Home Enhancements
Type: Full-time regular
FTE: 1
Shift Information: Days
Hours of Work: 14 shifts of 8 hours per 3 weeks
Relief: No
Float: No
Field Hours: No
Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Nurse B $42.040 to $52.440
Travel Required: No
Job Description: As a member of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Community Mental Health Laison Nurse is an integral member of a multidisciplinary team that will address the issues of complex clients who have a primary diagnosis of a major mental illness. This position will work closely with the psychiatry inpatient unit and the transition team to provide assistance with clients transitioning from hospital back into the SHA housing partnership community beds. Responsibilities include intensive case management and stabilization, medication management, crisis intervention, counseling, goal planning, establishment of community supports through consultation with community agencies, student mentoring, documentation, and client/family education.
Human Resources Exemption: No
Education
Workplace Assessment and Violence Education certificate (WAVE)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
Experience
Five years recent experience in community mental health or relevant setting required.
Licenses
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate (CPR)
Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
Other Education and Training
Psychiatric Nursing diploma is acceptable
Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing is acceptable
Nursing diploma is acceptable
Competencies
Advanced - Communication skills
Basic - Interpersonal skills
Advanced - Organizational skills
Basic - Computer skills
Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge in applicable Acts
Ability to be flexible and willing to change
Other Information
For more information on the city of Saskatoon please visit https://www.saskatoon.ca/
Travel required
Valid driver's license, where required
Registered/eligible with the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of SK
Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
