Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - Withdrawal Management & Treatment Services
Why Work for SOAR Community Services
About SOAR Community Services
SOAR Community Services (formerly St. Leonard's Community Services) has been an established part of the community for more than 55 years, and is accredited for our excellence in serving children, youth, adults, and families.
Our Purpose
We support people to achieve new heights.
We do this by:
- Delivering quality services
- Coordinating care
- Partnering with others
- Supporting staff success
- Continuously improving our services
Our Principles
- Empowered Client Voices
- Clarity with Compassion
- Unified by Teamwork
- Integrity Through Consistency
- Inclusion in Action
- Leadership Through Empowerment
- Community Connected Care
- Adaptation and Innovation
- Governance in Partnership
Full-time, 36 hours/week rotating day and afternoon shifts (every other weekend; no overnights)
Duties
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.
• 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
Qualifications
• 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
Eligibility
- Eligible to work in Canada
- Vacant Position
Benefits
• 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.
How to Apply
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.
Apply by: July 20th, 2026 | Reference: FT RPN - WMTS
Email Applications to: recruit@soarcs.ca
Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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
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