Registered Nurse - Concurrent Outpatient Medical Psychosocial Addiction Support Service

About CAMH

Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence
, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan:
Connected CAMH
, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital; it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness, aiming to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental health is central to our healthcare system.

The Acute Care Program is currently seeking a full-time, permanent, Registered Nurse to work in COMPASS (Concurrent Outpatient Medical Psychosocial Addiction Support Service). COMPASS provides assessment and treatment for individuals using substances with concurrent mental health concerns, including medical and non‑medical interventions within our Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinic (RAAM), Fit‑In Clinic, outpatient withdrawal management, and larger COMPASS programs. In this role you will conduct assessments and contribute to multidisciplinary treatment plans, liaise with other services, community agencies, and practitioners to coordinate and deliver care for clients efficiently and safely.

• Provide client‑centered psychiatric, addictions, and general nursing care while ensuring the security and safety of the care environment.
• Practice in accordance with CNO standards, CAMH Policies, the CAMH Practice Model, and the Canadian Standards of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practice.
• Offer individual and group therapeutic interventions and actively engage in interdisciplinary and cross‑program collaboration.
• Utilize critical thinking and a solution‑focused, customer‑service approach to direct client care.
• Work with clients from diverse populations; contribute to program development, clinical supervision, and education support for students.
• Support the research activities of the program and may be required to engage in research training for competence.
• Conduct behavioural observations, mental status, and physical assessments; monitor patients’ responses to pharmaceutical and care interventions; document and communicate with other team members.
• Apply sound knowledge of pain assessment and management, crisis intervention, addiction nursing, concurrent disorders, recovery‑oriented care, and trauma‑informed care.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate inter‑professional client‑centered care plans within an addiction medicine framework.
• Support a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, collaboration, and compliance with all regulatory and legislative requirements.
• Attend some evening and/or weekend hours as required.

• Registered in good standing as a Registered Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Current B.C.L.S. (CPR) certificate.
• Minimum two years of nursing experience, with preferred experience in psychiatric/mental health nursing.
• Experience in Addiction Medicine nursing is required.
• Preference for candidates who possess or are pursuing a
  
  B.Sc.N. and/or CNA certification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for developing the nurse‑client relationship within a dynamic, collaborative, and diverse inter‑professional team.
• Effective leadership, decision‑making, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to intervene effectively in the prevention and management of clinical situations.
• Ability to work with clients of diverse cultural and social backgrounds within an Addiction Medicine framework.
• Computer literacy required.
• Bilingualism (French/English) or proficiency in a second language is an asset.
• Location:
  
  Queen Street Site; role is full‑time, permanent.