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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Why join CMHA Peel Dufferin?</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Support your community. Advance your career. Fulfill your purpose.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Joining the Canadian Mental Health Association – Peel Dufferin Branch means you’ll be part of something meaningful. For starters, we’re honored to have received the<span> </span><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Canadian Non-Profit Employer of Choice Award<span> </span></span>for our efforts to help people live better. Providing support and services to those who live with mental illness and addictions, we’re committed to increasing awareness and addressing the stigma surrounding mental health. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to create a diverse organization that represents the communities we serve – and the people we help.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">What We Offer</span></p>\n<p>As a community-based agency, we’re dedicated to the mental, physical, and social health of everyone – including our team members. That’s why we’re proud to offer a total rewards package that helps our team members balance their professional and home life. You’ll also be empowered to keep learning new skills and reaching your goals – from developing a career growth plan to participating in training sessions.</p>\n<p> <br><em>In addition to competitive benefits like Employee Family Assistance Plan and extended health and dental benefits, we offer our team members some unique perks that really stand out:  </em></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 weeks accrued vacation </li>\n<li>Up to 18 paid sick days accrued per year, plus 2 flexible days each year</li>\n<li>HOOPP Pension Plan</li>\n<li>Ongoing professional development plus $250 annual funding for continuing education and certifications</li>\n<li>$350 annual allowance to invest in achieving your personal wellness goals<br></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">We're looking for a Registered Nurse to join our team! </span></p>\n<p>The Rapid Access Model allows for walk in and planned appointments, thus promoting low access barriers for service. Priority group is individuals aged 25-50 with opioid addictions and opioid addiction/mental illness. Other opioid addiction clients will be supported, and the clinic will increase capability to serve alcohol users seeking medical support.  The RAAM Clinics provide an addictions treatment pathway between emergency departments and primary care sector.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>The multi-disciplinary team will work through the Brampton/ Etobicoke and Area region, including Dufferin County and Mississauga. The program can accept client’s self-referral as well as referrals from a clinician or primary care physician. An initial consultation is followed by treatment planning, counselling, medication and referrals to community programs, follow up and on-going support to the client’s primary care physician. </p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>This position will work to provide addiction services to clients at the Rapid Access Addition Clinic (RAAM), including initial screening and assessment, treatment planning, brief intervention and monitoring of anti-craving medication in the community following induction at RAAM.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>The Registered Nurse (RN) in the RAAM program 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 Rapid Access Addictions Medicine Clinics and outreach for withdrawal management at various locations. The position involves working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team including Nurse Practitioner, Concurrent Disorder Specialists, Pharmacy and Psychiatry.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Status:</span><span> </span><span>Permanent full-time, 37.5 hours per week. Availability Evenings and Weekends. Note, this posting is for an active vacancy.</span></p>\n<p><br><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Salary:</span><span> $75,509.31 - $89,160.03 </span>annually. (Candidate qualifications will be considered when determining the starting salary)</p>\n<p><br><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Location: </span><span>This position is based out of 60 West Drive office and there will be the need to travel throughout the region to attend to clinics. Although we operate within a hybrid workplace model, staff are required to have on-site and/or community presence as per program/client needs</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">What You Will Do:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>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.</li>\n<li>Conduct comprehensive bio-psychosocial model of care and best practices for concurrent disorders.</li>\n<li>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.</li>\n<li>Participate in regular staff meetings and treatment planning review meetings and to provide the nursing perspective.</li>\n<li>Take the lead role or participate in providing medication administration and other medical services, under the direction of the prescribing physicians.</li>\n<li>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; evaluate and chart psychotropic medication effectiveness, complications, and side effects; and arrange for required lab work according to protocol.</li>\n<li>Under the direction of the Psychiatrist, organize and manage the system of getting medication to clients and integrating medication administration tightly into clients’ individual treatment plans and providing direction and guidance to other team members.</li>\n<li>Under the direction of the psychiatrist and in collaboration with other registered nurses within the agency, manage pharmaceuticals and medical supplies.</li>\n<li>In collaboration with the Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatrist, coordinate, schedule and administer medical assessments of client physical health, making appropriate referrals to community physicians for further assessment and treatment, and coordinate psychiatric treatment with medical treatment.<br></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><em>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.</em></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">What You Need to Join Our Team:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelor of Nursing (BScN) and current registration as a Registered Nurse with College of Nurses of Ontario</li>\n<li>A minimum of 4 years’ experience with individuals with serious and persistent mental illness, both inpatient and outpatient in the community, preferred.</li>\n<li>Certification in psychiatric/mental health nursing CPMHN (c) is an asset</li>\n<li>Excellent assessment, crisis intervention and problem-solving skills.</li>\n<li>Excellent communication and interpersonal 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.</li>\n<li>Demonstrated ability to be flexible in work assignments.</li>\n<li>Advanced knowledge of psychotropic medication.</li>\n<li>Working knowledge of chemical dependency, including the pathophysiology of substance abuse and withdrawal. </li>\n<li>Venipuncture skill and experience is an asset.</li>\n<li>Experience in forensic/dual diagnosed/developmental delay will be an asset.</li>\n<li>Good working knowledge of the RAAM model.</li>\n<li>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.</li>\n<li>Openness to operate from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive, 2SLGBTQ+ affirming and intersectional framework.</li>\n<li>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.</li>\n<li>Fluency in a second language, including ASL (American Sign Language) is considered an asset.</li>\n<li>Valid Canadian driver’s license and access to an insured automobile in good repair</li>\n<li>A satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screening (Police Check) report.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Deadline to Apply: Friday June 12, 2026 @ 4:00 PM</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>At the Canadian Mental Health Association – Peel Dufferin Branch, we provide a wide array of community services, resources, and care for people with mental illness. In your role, you’ll not only assist people who are struggling, you’ll help them return to good health and reintegrate into the community. In everything we do, we work together to make the world a better place – one person at a time.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Apply Now and EMPOWER your career!</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>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.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><em>*2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and a range of gender and sexual diversity categories not listed).</em></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Accessibility Statement</span></p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[email protected]</a></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Recruitment</span><br>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 candidate’s experience, skills and potential. AI is not used to make any decisions in our recruitment process.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Next Steps</span></p>\n<p>We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. We retain all applications submitted for one (1) year after the closing date of the posting for consideration in future career opportunities.</p>",
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