Nurse Practitioner

Job description
Position #: 205872

Expected Start Date: November 17, 2026

Union: SUN

Facility: Jim Pattison Children's Hospital

City/Town: Saskatoon

Department: General Emergency - Children

Type: Part-time temporary

Expected Up to Date: November 30, 2026

FTE: 0.75

Shift Information: Days, Weekends

Hours of Work: 21 shifts of 8 hours per 6 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: No

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

Travel Required: No

Job Description: Nurse Practitioners work alongside the Pediatric Emergency Specialist within a regulated scope of practice as well as SHA policies and procedures. They work within a framework of evidence-based practices, health promotion, and disease and injury prevention. As health care professionals, they participate in self and peer review to evaluate the outcome of their services at the patient, community, and population level. In this setting, pediatric experience is important to supplement advanced clinical skills, knowledge, and abilities. Nurse Practitioners are responsible for their professional development and maintaining competence and registration with the CRNS.

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience
• Three FT years recent experience with children with acute/chronic conditions
• Three full-time years recent experience in pediatric primary care/emergency care
• Five (5) years nursing experience

Education
• Master of Nursing - Nurse Practitioner (MN-NP)

Other Education and Training
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation HCP Certificate (CPR-HCP)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certificate (PALS)

Competencies
• Advanced - Critical thinking skills

Knowledge and Abilities
• Proven ability to collaborate and partner with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Commitment to continued learning and professional development.
• Commits to continuous quality improvement of NP role and department as a whole
• Communicates effectively with patients, families and other health professionals
• Knowledge of social determinants/resource evaluation for assessment/mngment plan
• Adaptability for competing/changing patient priorities, situations, environment
• Demonstrates an understanding of Emergency Department flow and function

Other Information
• Minimum of two years Nurse Practitioner experience, is an asset
• Registered/eligible for registration with the CRNS as RN (NP)
• For more information on the city of Saskatoon please visit https://www.saskatoon.ca/