Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - Team Lead
Full Time Program Leadership Brantford, ON, CA

3 days ago Requisition ID: 1009

Salary Range: $31.79 To $35.09 Hourly

We're Hiring: Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) Team Lead (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

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

We are recruiting for a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) – Team Lead. This role is a vital part of our Withdrawal Management & Treatment Services (WMTS) team; combining direct clinical nursing care with on-shift leadership and team support in a bed-based withdrawal management and treatment setting.

The RPN Team Lead plays a key role in fostering high-quality, safe, and consistent practice. Acting as a clinical and team resource, the Team Lead supports staff in complex situations, promotes best practices, reinforces policies and leadership direction, and helps ensure smooth team functioning.

This position is ideal for an experienced RPN who is looking to take on some leadership responsibilities while remaining actively engaged in clinical care.

This program offers meaningful, relationship-based care with a smaller number of clients, 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

Clinical Care (RPN Scope of Practice)

Provide direct nursing care in a bed-based withdrawal management and treatment setting

Complete in-person and telephone screening prior to admission

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 as needed





Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members including Nurse Practitioners and Withdrawal Management Workers

Liaise with external partners (e.g., pharmacies, hospitals, RAAM teams) to support continuity of care

Collect specimens including blood, urine, and blood glucose

Support medication reconciliation and accurate EMR documentation

Contribute to a safe, therapeutic, and recovery-oriented environment

Organize and prioritize tasks to support effective service flow

Provide guidance and support in non-routine or complex situations

Assist with training, coaching, and mentoring of staff

Role model best practices in clinical care, professionalism, and teamwork

Reinforce SOAR policies, procedures, and leadership direction

Encourage collaboration, mutual support, and positive team culture

Support documentation standards and quality expectations

Assist with early identification and informal resolution of team challenges

Identify emerging issues, risks, or trends and communicate them to leadership

Team Lead Responsibilities

Organize and prioritize tasks to support effective service flow

Provide guidance and support in non-routine or complex situations

Assist with training, coaching, and mentoring of staff

Role model best practices in clinical care, professionalism, and teamwork

Reinforce SOAR policies, procedures, and leadership direction

Encourage collaboration, mutual support, and positive team culture

Support documentation standards and quality expectations

Assist with early identification and informal resolution of team challenges

Identify emerging issues, risks, or trends and communicate them to leadership

What You Bring

Registration in valuable standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)

Registered Practical Nurse Diploma from a CNO-recognized program

Minimum of 2 years clinical nursing experience (withdrawal management experience preferred)

Demonstrated leadership, mentorship, coaching, or informal supervisory experience

Strong knowledge of CNO Standards of Practice and commitment to reflective practice

Strong communication, conflict resolution,



and team-building skills

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

Why Join SOAR?

Salary: Starting at $61,991.00 annually.

Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and travel insurance, with options fully paid for Full Time staff.

Reimbursement for CNO registration fees

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.

Our Commitment to Job Seekers
SOAR Community Services is committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wyandot, the Haudenosaunee, and some of the Ojibwa Nation. The territory is mutually covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this community, on this territory. We also acknowledge that the settler population has been able to benefit from this beautiful land. We are all treaty members and will strive to act in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and center their voices.

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.

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📌 Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - Team Lead (Ontario)
🏢 Soar Community Services
📍 Ontario