We're Hiring: Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) – Withdrawal Management & Treatment Services
Location: Brantford, ON
Hours: Full-time, 36 hours/week rotating day and afternoon shifts (every other weekend; no overnights)
Start Date: as soon as possible/vacant position
Apply by: June 15, 2026 Reference: FT RPN
Email Applications to: [email protected] or [email protected]
About SOAR Community Services
At SOAR, we believe in lifting communities through compassionate, inclusive, and innovative care. Serving the communities of Brantford, Brant, Haldimand, and Norfolk since 1968, we are accredited in Children and Youth Mental Health, Community Mental Health and Addictions Services and Youth Justice Services through the Canadian Centre for Accreditation. Our departments include Employment, Justice, Mental Health and Addictions, and Housing. Join a team that’s committed to making a difference – every day.
The OpportunitySOAR Community Services is seeking a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) to join our Withdrawal Management & Treatment Services (WMTS) team. In this bed-based setting, you will provide direct nursing care to clients accessing withdrawal management and treatment services, working to your full scope of practice.
This role offers meaningful, relationship-based care with a smaller caseload, greater professional autonomy, and the opportunity to make a real impact in an underserved area of healthcare. You will work within a collaborative interdisciplinary team focused on safe, compassionate, and evidence-informed care throughout the client’s treatment journey.
What You’ll Do
- Provide direct nursing care in a bed-based withdrawal management and treatment setting
- Conduct in-person and telephone screening prior to admission
- Complete comprehensive client intake assessments
- Monitor withdrawal symptoms using evidence-based protocols
- Administer oral and injectable medications and document care accurately
- Identify clients requiring a higher level of care and coordinate hospital transfers when necessary
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, including Nurse Practitioners and Withdrawal Management Workers
- Liaise with external partners such as pharmacies, hospitals, and RAAM medical teams to support continuity of care
- Collect specimens including blood, urine, and blood glucose
- Support medication reconciliation and maintain EMR records
- Contribute to maintaining a clean, safe, and therapeutic environment
- Participate in the development of collaborative discharge planning
What You’ll Bring
- Registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
- Registered Practical Nurse Diploma from a CNO-recognized program
- Clinical experience in addictions or mental health preferred (withdrawal management experience an asset)
- Strong knowledge of CNO Standards of Practice and commitment to reflective practice
- Valid First Aid and CPR certification
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with electronic medical records
- Access to reliable transportation
- Capacity to manage exposure to direct and vicarious trauma
Training and Capacity Building
New to addictions nursing? We want to hear from you.
SOAR supports a compassionate learning environment and will collaborate with you on a tailored training and capacity-building plan to build confidence and competence in working with our client population. Ongoing professional development is strongly supported.
Why Join SOAR?
- Salary: Starting at $30.29 hourly
- Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and travel insurance, with options fully paid for Full Time staff.
- Time off: 3 weeks’ vacation, 60 hours of personal leave, and 15 hours of wellness time (pro-rated first year).
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) for staff and their families.
- RSP/TFSA matching for eligible staff.
- A supportive, values-driven workplace that prioritizes your well-being.
Ready to Make an Impact?
We’re looking for someone passionate about empowering client voices, connection in community care and inclusion in action! If that’s you, we want to hear from you.
SOAR Community Services is committed to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging within our workplace and across the communities we serve. We welcome applications from individuals with lived and living experience and from members of equity-deserving groups, including Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, and persons with disabilities. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals. If you require accommodations as part of the hiring process, please let us know so that we may arrange for their provision
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $30.29-$33.59 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Application question(s):
- Are you registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario?
Education:
Work Location: In person
