Type: Full-Time

Location: Brantford, ON

Salary: Starting at $30.29 hourly

Positions: 1

Posted: August 20, 2026

Expires: August 31, 2026

Hours of Work: Full-time, 36 hours/week rotating day and afternoon shifts (every other weekend; no overnights).

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 qualified 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, secure,



and therapeutic environment

Participate in the development of collaborative discharge planning

Qualifications
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.

Eligibility

Eligible to work in Canada

Vacant Position

Benefits
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.

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.

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📌 Full Time Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - Withdrawal Management Treatment Services (Ontario)
🏢 Soar Community Services
📍 Ontario