Job Description

Position # 107358

Expected Start Date: June 29, 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: April 30, 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 yrs exp in a MH setting working with clients with acute/chronic mental illness
• 3 years experience in a community or acute mental health setting

Education

• Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing (BPN)

Licenses

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

Other Education and Training

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

Competencies

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

Knowledge and Abilities

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

Other Information

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

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.