Position #: 199267
Expected Start Date: November 23, 2026
Union: SUN
Facility: St. Paul's Hospital
City/Town: Saskatoon
Department: CDM COPD Specialty Services
Type: Full-time temporary
Expected Up to Date: November 23, 2027
FTE: 1
Shift Information: Days
Number of Hours per Rotation: 14 shifts of 8 hours per 3 weeks
Relief: No
Float: No
Hours of Work: Standard Hours
Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Nurse B $42.040 to $52.440
Travel Required: No
Job Description: Reporting to the manager of the COPD program, the nurse clinician: has primary clinical responsibility for the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) provincial program. Utilizes established criteria to assess and plan each client's self-management care needs, providing appropriate intervention to ensure timely access to care. The COPD Nurse Clinician will work in inpatient, outpatient, specialty clinics, physician clinics or community setting, with individuals or groups. Assesses client needs/concerns through chart review, history taking, physical assessments, and lab data and in consultation with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. Liaises with multidisciplinary team members, hospital departments, and community agencies to advocate for continuity and coordination of care. Provides efficient and effective self-management education/counselling for clients/families/caregivers in all aspects of copd management, care and treatment. Provides continuing health professional education through communication, resource materials, presentations and in-service education. Assists in the development, monitoring and evaluation of programs, protocols, guidelines and clinical standards of practice, in collaboration with the manager, physicians and multidisciplinary team members. Participates in program administration and supports research, program development, planning, quality monitoring and evaluation. Inputs and maintains a demographic and clinical web based database for the COPD program. The nurse clinician will provide care within a holistic and culturally appropriate framework for the population served with an understanding of the health equity and the impact of poverty and risk conditions on health.
Human Resources Exemption: No
Experience
- 5 years of clinical experience related to patients with COPD required.
- A minimum of 1 year experience in patient/family/professional education is required.
- A minimum of 1 year experience in program/resource development related to needs assessment planning, program design, implementation and evaluation, teaching/counseling, facilitation skills and leading group activities is required.
- Experience in teaching staff and patients in one to one and group settings
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
Other Education and Training
- Nursing diploma is acceptable
Competencies
- Ability to competently use computers and software applications as required by the position
- Ability to travel both within the region and provincially
- Advanced communication skills
- Advanced counseling skills
- Advanced decision making skills
- Advanced facilitation skills
- Advanced interpersonal skills
- Advanced leadership skills
- Advanced mediation skills
- Advanced organizational skills
- Advanced problem solving skills
- Advanced time management skills
- Case management skills
- Demonstrated experience & ability to deliver programs within a holistic and culturally appropriate framework for the population served Knowledge & understanding of health needs of individuals & families living with COPD & chronic conditions, and of health equity and impact of poverty and risk conditions on health
- Willingness to provide patient care in a variety of settings within health system & patient homes
Knowledge and Abilities
- Knowledge in health needs of individuals living with COPD and chronic conditions
Other Information
- Travel required
- Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
- The COPD Program is ran out of RUH and SPH, this position's primary location will be SPH's. Intermittent travel to RUH will be required.
- Willingness to acquire Respiratory Trec certification within 6 mos of start date
- A valid driver's license and a vehicle is required to carry out duties
- Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
- For more information on the city of Saskatoon please visit https://www.saskatoon.ca/
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