Position #: 9009253

Expected Start Date: October 06, 2026

Union: SUN

Facility: Addictions Outreach Office

City/Town: Saskatoon

Department: Addiction Serv Res Care Unit&Trtmt Facil-Adlt Outreach&Target Prev Services

Type: Part-time regular

FTE: 0.64

Shift Information: Days

Number of Hours per Rotation: 9 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: 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

1 year experience in a mental health setting.
Three (3) years nursing experience

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)

Other Education and Training

Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
Nursing diploma is acceptable

Competencies

Advanced - Demonstrates word processing skills using Microsoft Office programs
Critical thinking skills
Decision making skills

Knowledge and Abilities

Ability to treat patients with compassion and empathy
Demonstrated high degree of accuracy is required of assigned responsibility
Knowledge in drugs of abuse and their effects
Knowledge in Mental Health nursing processes and appropriate interventions
Advanced knowledge of drug abuse and their effects during use and withdrawal
Demonstrates empathy, trust and respect in the provision of care
Knowledge Transtheoretical Model of Change
Knowledge in methadone/methadone assisted recovery
Knowledge in Provincial Addiction Clinical Model and DSM-4R
Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Knowledge of the Mental Health Services Act
Knowledge of Motivational Interviewing/Assessment
Knowledge in mental health and addictions and concurrent medical conditions
Knowledge in harm reduction in Addictions Medicine
Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills.

Other Information

Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
Registered/eligible to be registered with RPNAS (Reg Psych Nurses Assoc of Sask)
For more information on the city of Saskatoon please visit https://www.saskatoon.ca/

Nurse B - Addictions

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