Job Description

Position #: 9014340

Expected Start Date: October 26, 2026

Union: SUN

Facility: Royal University Hospital

City/Town: Saskatoon

Department: Cardioscience 6000

Type: Full-time temporary

Expected Up to Date: April 26, 2028

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: The Nurse Clinician (NC) is an expert clinical nurse who integrates experience, advanced level skills and knowledge from nursing theory and principles of adult learning in the provision of direct client/patient/resident care, assessment of needs, clinical coordination and problem solving, client/patient/resident and staff education and participation in research for a defined group of clients/patients/families. The NC position requires skill in collaborative consultation with the Manager of Nursing, multidisciplinary healthcare team members and cardiologists to provide seamless coordination of clinical planning, therapeutic activities and client/patient/resident interventions for patients in the Heart Health Value Stream. This may include participating in policy and procedure development, performing quality improvement and participating in the education of nursing staff across the Heart Health portfolio

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience

• Five (5) years nursing experience in the specific clinical area

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)

Licenses

• Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
• Certified in Cardiovascular Nursing Canada (CCN(C))
• Basic Cardiac Life Support Level C Certificate (BCLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certificate (ACLS)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate (CPR)

Competencies

• Basic - Capability to transform systems: Champion and orchestrate change
• Basic - Interpersonal skills
• Basic - Conflict resolution skills
• Basic - Analytical skills
• Basic - Computer skills
• Basic - Teaching skills
• Basic - Assessment skills
• Basic - Critical thinking skills
• Advanced - Communication skills
• Basic - Leadership skills
• Basic - Decision making skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge of current trends/issues/best practice strategies
• Knowledge in research processes and program evaluation
• Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge in role of specific clinical area within health system
• Knowledge in communication techniques and approaches
• Knowledge in leadership strategies
• Knowledge in applicable trends, impacts and perspectives
• Knowledge in policy and procedure development and quality assurance initiatives

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/

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is the largest employer in Saskatchewan, employing more than 45,000 staff in a dynamic healthcare environment. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is committed to providing coordinated quality services that are seamless, safe and patient-centred.