Posted 19 days ago
Full Time Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - WMTS
@ SOAR Community Services
Brantford, Ontario
Overview
SOAR Community Services is hiring a full-time Registered Practical Nurse for its Withdrawal Management and Treatment Services team in Brantford, Ontario. The role provides direct bed-based nursing care, client screening and intake, withdrawal monitoring and medication administration. The schedule is 36 hours per week on rotating day and afternoon shifts with every other weekend, and the posting lists a starting wage of $30.29 per hour.
Pay:
From $30.29 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Provide direct nursing care in a bed-based withdrawal management setting
- Monitor withdrawal symptoms and administer oral and injectable medications
- Complete client intake assessments and pre-admission screening
- Coordinate hospital transfers and liaise with pharmacies and RAAM medical teams
Requirements summary:
- Registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
- RPN diploma from a CNO-recognized program
- Clinical experience in addictions or mental health preferred
- Valid First Aid and CPR certification
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and electronic medical records
- Access to reliable transportation
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-22
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-22
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-07
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Nursing & personal care |
| Hours per week | 36 |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Care home, Hospital or clinic |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | CNO registration, First Aid, CPR |
| Encouraged to apply | Indigenous peoples, Racialized people, 2SLGBTQ+, People with disabilities |
| Education | College diploma (required) |
| Fields of study | Practical Nursing |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Wellness |
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SOAR Community Services
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Striving to meet our community needs, with programming in Addictions & Mental Health, Housing, Justice and Employment
Full company description
SOAR Community Services is a not-for-profit organization that has been offering help to the people in Brantford, Brant, and Haldimand for over 55 years. Today, we provide our community members with support in the areas of Employment, Housing, Justice, and Addictions and Mental Health. Some of the most vulnerable people we work with need assistance in more than one – or even all - of these categories.
- LinkedIn followers
- 1,573
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 199
- Reported office locations
- 133 Elgin St, Brantford, Ontario N3S 5A5, CA
- 208 Broad Street East, Dunville, Ontario N1A 1G2, CA
- 11 Argyle Street North, Caledonia, Ontario N3W 1B7, CA
- 225 Fairview Drive, Brantford, Ontario N3R 7E3, CA
- Business categories
- Health Care
- Mental Health
- Other recorded names
- SOAR Community Services
- Specialties
- Addictions & Mental Health
- Justice
- Housing
- and Employment
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- 0
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SOAR Community Services is a not-for-profit organization that has been offering help to the people in Brantford, Brant, and Haldimand for over 55 years. Today, we provide our community members with support in the areas of Employment, Housing, Justice, and Addictions and Mental Health. Some of the most vulnerable people we work with need assistance in more than one – or even all - of these categories.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Individual and Family Services |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Brantford, Ontario |
| Organization type | Nonprofit |
| Year founded | 1968 |
| Specialties | Addictions & Mental HealthJusticeHousingand Employment |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 10 |
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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) 2 weeks of days 7am-4pm - 2 weeks of afternoons 3pm-12am - every other weekend
Start Date: as soon as possible/vacant position
Apply by: November 13th, 2026 | Reference: FT RPN
Email Applications to: [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 Opportunity
SOAR 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.
Personal information submitted will only be used for the purposes of the competition in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Full-time, 36 hours/week rotating day and afternoon shifts (every other weekend; no overnights) 2 weeks of days 7am-4pm - 2 weeks of afternoons 3pm-12am - every other weekend
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