Registered Practical Nurse - Medical Withdrawal Service

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Medical Withdrawal Service. We are seeking a fulltime, permanent Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) to join this supportive and collaborative team. MWS serves adult clients with severe substance use and/or complex pain disorders plus mental health and chronic medical conditions, who require medically-supervised withdrawal and initiation of medications to stabilize their conditions and support their recovery. Using principles of harm reduction and measurement-based care, Registered Practical Nurses are an essential part of this interprofessional team. MWS is a very welcoming and supportive team. Successful RPN candidates are well supported during a robust orientation, which includes dedicated support from the Advance Practice Clinical Leader and Nurse Educator. Unit orientation focuses on developing and refining the knowledge and skills needed to work safely and provide excellent, life-preserving care to a vulnerable population. 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. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health. To learn more about CAMH, please visit their website at: www.camh.ca. To view our Land Acknowledgment, please click here.

The Registered Practical Nurse will provide medically-supervised withdrawal care and medication initiation for adult clients with substance use and mental health disorders. They will work within an interprofessional team to support recovery using harm reduction and measurement-based care principles.

Candidates must be registered in good standing as an RPN with the College of Nurses of Ontario and hold a current B.C.L.S. (CPR) certificate. Experience in psychiatric nursing with individuals dealing with mental illness or addictions is considered an asset.

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• Registered Practical Nursing
• Substance use treatment
• Mental health support
• Medically-supervised withdrawal
• Harm reduction
• Measurement-based care
• Clinical leadership
• Decision-making
• Organizational skills
• Problem solving
• Computer literacy
• Psychiatric nursing
• Patient stabilization
• Chronic medical condition management
• Courage
• Mental Health
• Strategic Planning
• Certified Associate In Materials Handling
• Innovation
• Mental Diseases
• Social Change
• Registered Practical Nurse

• Healthcare
• Social Services
• Registered Practical Nurse
• Registered Nurse (General)
• Nursing Professionals
• Registered Nurses

Formation minimale

Diplôme professionnel

Expérience minimale

0+ ans

Postuler avant le

18 sept. 2026

Langue de l’offre

anglais

Heures de travail

40 heures par semaine