Saskatchewan Health Authority
Location
Saskatoon, SK | Canada
Job description
Employer Job Number: GO-00752607
Facility: Royal University Hospital
Job : Reporting to the manager of the COPD program, the nurse clinician: has primary clinical responsibility for the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) provincial program. Utilizes established criteria to assess and plan each client's self-management care needs, providing appropriate intervention to ensure timely access to care. Assesses client needs/concerns through chart review, history taking, physical assessments, and lab data and in consultation with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. Liaises with multidisciplinary team members, hospital departments, and community agencies to advocate for continuity and coordination of care. Provides efficient and effective self-management education/counselling for clients/families/caregivers in all aspects of copd management, care and treatment. Provides continuing health professional education through communication, resource materials, presentations and in-service education. Assists in the development, monitoring and evaluation of programs, protocols, guidelines and clinical standards of practice, in collaboration with the manager, physicians and multidisciplinary team members. Participates in program administration and supports research, program development, planning, quality monitoring and evaluation. Inputs and maintains a demographic and clinical web based database for the COPD program. The nurse clinician will provide care within a holistic and culturally appropriate framework for the population served with an understanding of the health equity and the impact of poverty and risk conditions on health.
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$42.04k - $52.44k per year
