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The Community Health Nurse (CHN) will provide general community health nursing services to residents of Carry the Kettles Assiniboine Reserve. The CHN is required to be knowledgeable and skillful in the nursing process as it relates to health education, promotion, treatment and preventive services. It is required to be professionally trained, a registered member of the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association and, as such, to be knowledgeable and skillful in the nursing process as it relates to health education, health promotion, minor treatment and preventive services.
The principal responsibilities of the CHN is that nursing advice and support is provided to mothers and families and their prenatal and postnatal infants and that that communicable disease prevention and control responsibilities are carried in a fashion that meets CTK CHS, FNIH and Provincial reporting requirements.
The CHN will provide relevant professional advice to all health staff employed by CTKCHS, and will consult and share information and advice with the Home Care Nurse.
The Community Health Nurse will work as part of the Carry The Kettle First Nation Health team to provide and develop the Health Policy; Works closely with CAC, Health Canada; Board and Governing Body; Networks with NIHB.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Licensure as a Registered Nurse by the province/territory of work
- CPR certification
Specific Skills
- Supervise licensed practical nurses and other nursing staff
- Engage in research activities related to nursing
- Provide nursing care
- Deliver health education programs
- Assess patients to identify appropriate nursing interventions
- Collaborate to plan, implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care
- Dispense and administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician
- Monitor, assess, address, document and report symptoms and changes in patients' conditions
- Develop and implement health education programs
- Provide health education
- Provide supportive counselling and life skills programming
- Provide consultative services regarding issues relevant to nursing profession and nursing practice
- Plan, develop, implement, monitor and evaluate health education services
- Develop curriculum for advanced education programs
- Manage home care cases
- Participate in community needs assessment and program development
- Conduct disease screening
- Deliver immunization programs
Work Setting
- Community health clinic or centre
Area Of Specialization
- Public and community health
- Pediatrics
- Palliative care
- Obstetrics
- Consulting
- Community
- Drug addiction
- Neonatal
- Mental health
- Geriatrics
- General duty
- Clinic