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Employer Job Number: GO-00531373-2
Facility: CO-MANAGED
Job Description: The Public Health Nurse Specialist as a member of the Population Health Unit (PHU) team consults and works closely with the Medical Health Officers. They also work with other Public Health Nurse Specialists and PHU team members; managers of public health and health promotion within the Saskatchewan Health Authority and Athabasca Health Authority; and the Ministry of Health. Their duties also entail consultation and collaboration with northern First Nations and Metis partners and intersectoral work with governmental and non-governmental agencies as required.
They work with stakeholders to support the planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based public health programs and policies by providing expert leadership, guidance and consultation in specific areas. Their primary areas of focus are immunization, maternal-child health, school health, chronic disease and injury prevention, travel health and population health promotion programs.
Education:
Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing and registration with Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association
Master's degree in nursing, community health and epidemiology, or public health or a suitable combination of education and experience is preferred
Completed National Collaborative Centre for Methods and Tools online modules for evidence informed public health preferred or willingness to so within the first year of hire
Experience
Progressive experience in public health/primary care nursing with demonstrated clinical competence
Experience in immunization programs
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Ability to apply key knowledge about the health status of populations, inequities in health, the determinants of health and illness, strategies for health promotion, disease and injury prevention and health protec
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