Job Description

Position # 9007558

Expected Start Date: June 01, 2026

Union: SUN

Facility: MHAS Community Recovery Adult Services

City/Town: Saskatoon

Department: Mental Health Home Health

Type: Full-time temporary

Expected Up to Date: January 31, 2027

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Number of Hours per Rotation: shifts of 224 hours per 6 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Hours of Work: Field Hours

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Nurse B $42.040 to $52.440

Travel Required: Yes

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

• 3 years experience in a community or acute mental health setting
• 3 yrs exp in a MH setting working with clients with acute/chronic mental illness

Education

• Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing (BPN)

Licenses

• Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
• Valid Class 5 driver's license
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate (CPR)

Other Education and Training

• Professional Assault Response Training (PART)
• Bachelor of Nursing is acceptable
• Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)
• Workplace Assessment & Violence Education (WAVE)
• Psychiatric Nursing diploma is acceptable
• Nursing diploma is acceptable

Competencies

• Basic - Presentation skills
• Advanced - Facilitation skills
• Advanced - Change management skills
• Basic - Computer skills
• Advanced - Communication skills
• Advanced - Organizational skills
• Advanced - Interpersonal skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge in developing policies, procedures and standards
• Ability to work and communicate in a cross cultural setting
• Ability to be flexible and willing to change
• Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to work independently

Other Information

• Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
• Travel within the region and provincially
• 1st preference given to staff of fSaskatoon HR employees and its affiliates
• Registered/eligible with College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of SK - CRPNS
• For more information on the city of Saskatoon please visit https://www.saskatoon.ca/
• Provincial posting open to SUN members – SUN/SAHO CBA Articles 27.02 and 27.05
• Must possess a valid driver's license and have a vehicle available for work.

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.