Nurse B - Clinician

Position #: 149507

Expected Start Date: February 02, 2026

Union: SUN

Facility: Royal University Hospital

City/Town: Saskatoon

Department: CDM COPD Specialty Services

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: 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. 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

• Experience delivering applicable clinical programs/services

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)

Licenses

• Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
• Respiratory Trec Certificate

Other Education and Training

• Nursing diploma is acceptable

Competencies

• Advanced - Interpersonal skills
• Advanced - Communication skills
• Advanced - Leadership skills
• Advanced - Decision making skills
• Advanced - Counseling skills
• Advanced - Mediation skills
• Advanced - Problem solving skills
• Basic - Case management skills
• Basic - Computer skills
• Advanced - Facilitation skills
• Advanced - Organizational skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge in health needs of individuals living with COPD and chronic conditions

Other Information

• Travel required
• 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/