Registered Nurse Rapid Access Addiction Medicine

Canadian Mental Health Association Peel Dufferin (CMHA Peel Dufferin) is pleased to partner with various agencies in Peel and Dufferin to offer services to the local community at the *new*Homeless and Addictions Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub.

HART Hubs are community-based care hubs designed to address mental health addiction and housing needs for people experiencing homelessness. They provide integrated care offering a wide range of services such as primary care mental health services addiction care and employment supports. With targeted community outreach and rapid referral pathways HART Hubs aim to support individuals with complex needs helping them recover achieve housing stability and inclusion.

Why join CMHA Peel Dufferin

Support your community. Advance your career. Fulfill your purpose.

Joiningthe Canadian Mental Health Association Peel Dufferin Branch means youll be part of something meaningful. For starters were honored to have received the Canadian Non-Profit Employer of Choice Award for our efforts to help people live better. Providing support and services to those who live with mental illness and addictions were committed to increasing awareness and addressing the stigma surrounding mental health. Thats why weve made it a priority to create a diverse organization that represents the communities we serve and the people we help.

What We Offer

As a community-based agency were dedicated to the mental physical and social health of everyone including our team members. Thats why were proud to offer a total rewards package that helps our team members balance their professional and home life. Youll also be empowered to keep learning new skills and reaching your goals from developing a career growth plan to participating in training sessions.

In addition to competitive benefits like Employee Family Assistance Plan and optional extended health and dental benefits we offer our team members some unique perks that really stand out:

• 4 weeks accrued vacation
• Up to 18 paid sick days accrued per year plus 2 flexible days each year
• HOOPP Pension Plan
• Ongoing professional development plus $250 annual funding for continuing education and certifications
• $350 annual allowance to invest in achieving your personal wellness goals
  

We are looking for a Registered Nurse - Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) to join our team!

The Registered Nurse is responsible for assisting clients in developing skills to manage substance misuse and/or planning for solution focused time limited services. They will provide care to clients with substance abuse/co-occurring disorders in a variety of community settings including RAAM Clinics and outreach for withdrawal management at various locations.

Status: Permanent full-time 37.5 hours per week between the hours of 8am-8pm Monday through Sunday on a rotational schedule. Note this posting is for an active vacancy.
Salary: $74028.74 - $87411.79 (Candidate qualifications will be considered when determining the starting salary)
Location:This position is based out of both 10 Peel Centre Drive Brampton and 30 Centre St Orangeville . Due to the nature of this program this role is on-site and/or community based.

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate with mental health and addiction service providers to support the mental health addiction and primary care health needs of clients who may be in crisis or involved with community mental health and addictions agencies
• Conduct comprehensive bio-psychosocial model of care and best practices for concurrent disorders
• Communicate information both verbally and in writing regarding assessments treatment plans and evaluations to the treatment team client referral source and other caregivers within practice/agency/legal guidelines
• Participate in regular staff meetings and treatment planning review meetings and to provide the nursing perspective in both HART Hub and RAAM team setting
• Take the lead role or participate in providing medication administration and other medical services under the direction of the prescribing physicians
• Develop maintain and supervise psychopharmacologic and medical treatment and medication policies and procedures including transcribing administering evaluating and recording psychotropic medications prescribed by the Nurse Practitioners or Psychiatrist
• Under the direction of the Psychiatrist organize and manage the system of getting medication to clients and ensuring medication are administered as prescribed and providing direction and guidance to other team members
  
• In collaboration with the Nurse Practitioner and HART Hub partners coordinate schedule and administer medical assessments of client physical health making appropriate referrals to primary care for further assessment and treatment and coordinate psychiatric treatment with medical treatment
• Facilitate recovery and/or social-recreational groups as needed including developing new group materials
  

This posting description indicates the key responsibilities and core functions of the position. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities.

What You Need to Join Our Team:

• Bachelor of Nursing (BScN) and current registration as a Registered Nurse with College of Nurses of Ontario
• A minimum of 4 years experience with individuals with serious and persistent mental illness both inpatient and outpatient in the community preferred
• Certification in psychiatric/mental health nursing CPMHN (c) is an asset

• Excellent assessment crisis intervention and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to establish therapeutic supportive relationships with client/family/caregivers/community agencies by utilizing skilled interviewing and communication techniques and appropriate nursing interventions.

• Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to approach listen build trust and communicate across diverse cultures and intersectionality. Willingness to continually improve understanding around cultural competence.
• Openness to operate from an anti-racist anti-oppressive 2SLGBTQ affirming and intersectional framework.
• Willingness to learn and apply practical understanding of different elements of diversity such as gender identity/expression race/cultural background religion sexual orientation disability immigration and precarious status family status etc.
• Fluency in a second language including ASL (American Sign Language) is considered an asset.
• Valid Canadian drivers license and access to an insured automobile in good repair
• A satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screening (Police Check) report.

Deadline to Apply: Friday October 31st at 5:00 PM

At the Canadian Mental Health Association Peel Dufferin Branch we provide a wide array of community services resources and care for people with mental your role youll not only assist people who are struggling youll help them return to good health and reintegrate into the everything we do we work together to make the world a better place one person at a time.

Apply Now and EMPOWER your career!

CMHA Peel Dufferin strives to be an equitable employer. We are committed to supporting inclusive recruitment and selection processes work environments and a qualified workforce reflective of the diverse populations we serve. We acknowledge that removing existing barriers and preventing new barriers is required to foster dignity and independence for people of all ages genders cultures and abilities. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized including but not limited to First Nations Inuit Métis and Urban Indigenous (FNIMUI) populations ethno-racial communities people with disabilities *2SLGBTQIA communities women and gender diverse people low-income communities and all equity-deserving groups.

*2SLGBTQIA (Two-Spirit Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans Queer Intersex Asexual and a range of gender and sexual diversity categories not listed).

Accessibility Statement

When contacted by CMHA Peel Dufferin for a career opportunity please advise the People and Culture Department of any accommodation needs that may make your experience through the recruitment process more comfortable. We are committed to working with you to meet these needs by providing reasonable accommodations ensuring you have access to a fair and equitable process. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs. Should you have feedback please email us at

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Recruitment

To streamline our recruitment process we utilize an applicant tracking system (ATS) to manage and organize applications. While the ATS aids in efficiency the essential review and evaluation of candidates is carried out by members of our People and Culture team. This approach ensures a personalized assessment that allows us to gain a comprehensive view of a candidates experience skills and potential. AI is not used to make any decisions in our recruitment process.

Next Steps

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be retain all applications submitted for one (1) year after the closing date of the posting for consideration in future career opportunities.

Required Experience:

Manager