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Employer Job Number: GO-00743520-7
Facility: COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH EAST
Job Description: IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PRIMARY CARE TEAMS, THE NURSE PRACTITIONER WILL PROVIDE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO CLIENTS ACROSS LIFESPAN TO SEVERAL COMMUNITIES.
BLENDING AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF NURSING WITH THEIR LEGAL AUTHORITY AND AUTONOMY TO ORDER DIAGNOSTIC TEST, PRESCRIBE PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERFORM SPECIFIC PROCEDURES IN THE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENTS OF COMMON ACUTE ILLNESS AND STABLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, THE NURSE PRACTITIONER UTILIZES EVIDENCE BASED FRAMEWORKS AND INTERVENTIONS TO ASSESS, PLAN, IMPLEMENT AND EVALUATE CLIENT CARE BOTH IN COMMUNITY AND IN LONG TERM CARE, INDEPENDANTLY AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH PHYSICIANS AS NEEDED.
WITH A FOCUS ON THE WHOLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND OR COMMUNITY THE NURSE PRACTITIONER WILL PROMOTE HEALTH AND SAFETY CHOICES; PROVISION OF SUPPORTIVE, INSTRUCTIVE TREATMENT AND EMERGENCY AND OR FIRST LINE TREATMENT SERVICES; SUPPORTIVE COUNSELLING; COLLABORATION WITH AND REFERRAL TO OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; CONDUCTING COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND PARTICIPATING IN EVALUATIVE PROJECTS. THE INCUMBENT REPORTS TO THE MANAGER OF THE PRIMARY CARE SITE FOR THE PRINCE ALBERT PARKLAND HEALTH REGION.
Required Qualifications

Approved school of Nursing, Bachelaureate Degree in Nursing preferred
Certification in recognized Primary Care Nurse Practitioner equivalent program or Nurse Practitioner Master's Program required
Maintain current certification in: Level C, Basic Cardiac Life Support / Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Registered or eligible for registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS) as an RN (NP) or RN (GNP)
Valid Class 5 driver's license
Experience
- Three full time years experience as a Registered Nurse
- Two to Three
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