Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - Team Lead

Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - Team Lead

Full Time Program Leadership Brantford, ON, CA

3 days ago Requisition

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 good standing with…