Department: Mental Health Community Clinics&Programs;
Type: Casual
FTE: 0
Relief: No
Float: No
Hours of Work: Field Hours
Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Nurse B $42.040 to $52.440
Travel Required: No
: 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
- Five years recent experience in community care to clients with mental illness
Education
- Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing (BPN)
Licenses
- Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
Other Education and Training
- Bachelor of Nursing is acceptable
- Current CPR certification
- Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
- Psychiatric Nursing diploma is acceptable
- Nursing diploma is acceptable
- Workplace Assessment & Violence Education (WAVE)
- Knowledge in principles/programs/practices in community mental health nursing
- Knowledge in applicable best practices and principles
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Services Act
- Ability to work and communicate in a cross cultural setting
- Ability to respond under pressure.
- Knowledge in industry best practices and software solutions
- Ability to be self-directed, creative, cooperative and to have sound judgement
Other Information
- 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/
- Registered/eligible with College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of SK - CRPNS
📌 Nurse B - Community Mental Health Nurse (Saskatoon)
🏢 Saskatchewan Health Authority
📍 Saskatoon
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