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Employer Job Number: GO-00537260
Facility: Royal University Hospital
Job Description: The Nurse Clinician is part of a provincial program and multidisciplinary team working in collaboration with relevant agencies, health care professionals, First Nations partners, and Provincial Health Authority partners.
The Nurse Clinician is an expert clinical nurse with a focus on leading best evidence care to prevent transmission and reduce the progression of Tuberculosis (TB) in Saskatchewan. The Nurse Clinician integrates experience, advanced level skills and knowledge of TB disease, TB infection and transmission, applying nursing theory, population health promotion strategies, public health principles, education, clinical care, and disease management strategies in communities.
This position requires a high level of skill in collaborative consultation with managers, supervisors, nurse clinicians, acute care, public health nurses, physicians, community health workers, agencies, community stakeholders, and governmental departments to provide a comprehensive approach to communicable disease reduction, adherence, and management support for clients with TB.
This position takes a leadership role in the areas of care, assessment, research, education, and reporting related to TB programs and clients.
The Nurse Clinician provides direct client service and/or direction in TB clinical case management in support of client treatment and management plans; Direct Observed Therapy (DOT), Directly Observed Prophylaxis (DOP), and Self-Administered Prophylaxis (SAP). This position directs/facilitates the coordination of the clinical components of the fixed site and outreach TB Prevention and Control Program. The Nurse Clinician leads client and staff education/orientation; contributes to resource development; and participates in research for target populations.

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