Job Description

Position #: 9014061

Expected Start Date: October 31, 2026

Union: SUN

Facility: Prairie North Plaza

City/Town: Lloydminster

Department: Primary Care Sites

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days, Standby

Number of Hours per Rotation: 28 shifts of 8 hours per 6 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Hours of Work: Field Hours

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Nurse Practitioner $52.590 to $62.910

Travel Required: Yes

Job Description: This Nurse Practitioner (NP) role provides autonomous, evidence-informed care across continuing care, long-term care, primary health care, acute care, urgent care, and emergency settings. The position will report to and work under the direction of a manager in one of the designated program areas. Practicing within Saskatchewan Health Authority policies, CRNS standards, and legislated NP scope, the NP assesses, diagnoses, treats, prescribes, orders and interprets diagnostic tests, performs authorized procedures, and evaluates care for clients with common acute illnesses, stable chronic conditions, urgent and emergent needs, and health promotion priorities as the most responsible provider (MRP). The NP works collaboratively with clients, families, physicians, multi-disciplinary teams, community partners, and managers to support safe, person-centered, culturally responsive, and coordinated care.

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience

• One (1) year community nursing experience
• Three (3) years nursing experience

Education

• Master of Nursing - Nurse Practitioner (MN-NP)
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)

Licenses

• Valid Class 5 driver's license

Other Education and Training

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certificate (ACLS)
• Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) training
• Basic Cardiac Life Support Level C Certificate (BCLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certificate (PALS)

Competencies

• Advanced - Facilitation skills
• Advanced - Organizational skills
• Advanced - Research skills
• Advanced - Decision making skills
• Advanced - Leadership skills
• Advanced - Problem solving skills
• Advanced - Communication skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Adaptability for competing/changing patient priorities, situations, environment
• Demonstrates capacity to plan, implement and evaluate multiple assessments
• Ability to take initiative
• Knowledge in diverse cultures, values and traditions
• Knowledgeable a trauma informed approach to patient and family care
• Demonstrates leadership abilities
• Demonstrates skills in clinical governance, research-informed practice
• Ability to integrate clinical knowledge and experience into clinical practice
• Respects Indigenous health priorities, community context, client values
• Communicates through therapeutic relationships, client and family education
• Ability to develop and deliver formal education programs
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of social determinants/resource evaluation for assessment/management plan
• Able to practice autonomously within SHA policies, clinical practice guidelines
• Knowledge in research processes and program evaluation
• Working knowledge in health promotion
• Knowledge in chronic disease prevention and management
• Knowledge in significance of quality improvement
• Knowledge in disease and injury prevention, health protection and harm reduction
• Ability to lead, mentor, and support staff in a collaborative team environment
• Ability to work autonomously with high levels of responsibility & accountability
• Knowledge in wellness and holistic models of health care
• Ability to apply evidence-based decision making
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge of the diversity of cultures, values and traditions
• Proven conflict resolution skills
• Ability to practice autonomously within NP scope, legislation, CRNS standards

Other Information

• Multisite position serving Lloydminster Hospital and Prairie North Health Centre
• Registered/eligible with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS)
• One (1) year nursing experience in a primary health care setting preferred
• May be eligible for Recruitment and/or Retention Incentives
• For more information on the city of Lloydminster please visit https://www.lloydminster.ca/
• Travel within the region and provincially
• Travel may be required to provide service to sites within the network
• Standby may be required.
• Registered/eligible for registration with the CRNS as RN (NP)

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.