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Multiple Career Opportunities Are Available Today In
Mental Health & Substance Use
It's a calling and a passion.
Help us make a lifelong impact on the mental health and well-being of our communities.
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Join our Mental Health & Substance Use teams on Vancouver Island, BC.
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Up to $20,000 signing bonus plus relocation assistance is available for eligible positions.
Why Island Health?
Signing Bonus
Right now, you can join Island Health and receive up to $20,000. This temporary bonus is available until 03/31/2025 for eligible candidates with 24-month return of service.
Municipal Pension Plan
Island Health offers a pension plan, administered by the BC Pension Corporation, which provides secure retirement income to plan members. Island Health matches and exceeds your contributions at 9.31% of your salary.
Relocation Assistance
For those who want to call Vancouver Island their home with us at Island Health, we’ll support your move with up to $5,000. Available for eligible candidates.
BC Top Employer
Island Health is the proud recipient of BC Top Employer (2024), which is a special honour recognizing BC's employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work.
Extended Benefits
Enjoy medical and dental extended benefits, 4 weeks vacation, 13 statutory holidays, accrued sick pay, educational scholarships, and a premium discount program.
Lifestyle
Enjoy easy access to British Columbia's finest beaches, mountains, hikes and many activities. Each city and town has unique charm while sharing the same great qualities of life on Vancouver Island.
Currently Recruiting
We have the following career opportunities in Mental Health & Substance Use
(MHSU) services at Island Health
Registered Nurse
Multiple Opportunities
Up to $20,000 Signing Bonus for eligible candidates!
Island Health is seeking RNs and RPNs to join our MHSU teams across Vancouver Island, BC:​
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Full-time, part-time and casual opportunities
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$41.42 - $59.52 hourly rate of pay
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Opportunities in various MHSU settings
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Up to $20,000 signing bonus and relocation assistance for eligible candidates
Licensed Practical Nurse
Multiple Opportunities
Up to $20,000 Signing Bonus for eligible candidates!
Island Health is seeking MHSU LPNs to join our MHSU teams across Vancouver Island, BC:​
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Full-time, part-time and casual opportunities
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$32.84 - $44.96 hourly rate of pay
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Opportunities in various MHSU settings
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Up to $20,000 signing bonus and relocation assistance for eligible candidates
Social Worker
Multiple Opportunities
Up to $20,000 Signing Bonus for eligible candidates!
Island Health is seeking Social Workers to join our MHSU teams across Vancouver Island, BC:​
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Full-time, part-time and casual opportunities
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$42.27 - $52.81 hourly rate of pay
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Opportunities in various MHSU settings
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Up to $20,000 signing bonus and relocation assistance for eligible candidates
Case Worker & Counselor
Multiple Opportunities
Join a BC Top Employer today!
Island Health is seeking Case Workers and Counselors to join our MHSU teams across Vancouver Island, BC:​
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Full-time, part-time and casual opportunities
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$42.27 - $52.81 hourly rate of pay
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Opportunities in various MHSU settings
"The MHSU team is one of the best-kept secrets in healthcare. Some of the best people I have worked with in my career are in MHSU; they are dedicated to client care and have true empathy and compassion for clients and each other."
Laura, MHSU Housing Coordinator
About Our Programs
Island Health has a variety of programs in communities across Vancouver Island, BC.
Complex Care Housing
Complex Care Housing is a new service in Island Health’s two larger cities – Victoria and Nanaimo. The service helps to address the needs of people who have overlapping mental health and substance use issues, trauma or acquired brain injuries and often experience homelessness or are at risk of eviction. This program provides an enhanced level of health and social supports that serve people where they live, for as long as they need it.
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Our Complex Care Housing initiative is currently recruiting Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses, Registered Psychiatric Nurses, and Licensed Practical Nurses. Learn More
Adult & Child, Youth & Family Acute Care
Acute services offer 24 hour a day, 7 day a week care to persons that require assessment, treatment and stabilization in an acute care setting. The goal of acute services is to support stabilization and recovery of patients in a coordinated fashion to support transitions back to care in the community.
Adult & Child, Youth & Family Crisis Services
Crisis Services offers emergency services aimed at the assessment and rapid stabilization of acute symptoms of mental illness and/or emotional distress. The goal of Crisis Services is to provide an immediate-as-possible response to people seeking help or referred to help during a crisis.
Adult & Child, Youth & Family Tertiary Care
Specialized care for individuals requiring intensive treatment, consultation and psychosocial rehabilitation due to a complex and refractory mental health disorder. In Island Health MHSU services, tertiary level care is provided by Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams, Psychiatric Intensive Care (PIC) Units, and in Adult Community Facilities and Seniors Acute and Community Facilities.
Adult Community Counselling
Teams may be comprised of psychiatrists, psychotherapists, clinical counsellors, and nurses with therapy experience to provide evidence-informed treatment to individuals who are experiencing acute and complex mental health and substance use challenges.
Adult Detox
Withdrawal management (detox) services provide a range of medical and support services in safe and supportive environments that allow for the physical withdrawal from specific drugs including alcohol. Withdrawal management may be achieved through inpatient services, day programs or in-home services.
Are you a
Licensed Practical Nurse
interested in MHSU training?
Island Health offers sponsored education programs for LPNs to gain specialized knowledge in Mental Health & Substance Use care.
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Start Date: The course is delivered by Douglas College, starting in mid-February 2025.
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Includes: Sponsorship covers tuition, textbooks, and paid leave to become a full-time learner for 4 weeks of online theory courses, followed by a 2-week on-site practicum.
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Return of Service: Learners must sign a return-of-service agreement, committing to work in the Island Health department they trained for a period of 18 months following the successful completion of the sponsored education. After completing the sponsored education, learners must post into a regular position in the unit/department that sponsored their learning.
Everyone has a place in
building healthier, stronger communities.
This is yours.
Indigenous Recruitment & Retention
Island Health offers programs and services on the unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka'wakw Peoples.
As an organization, we are committed to cultural safety and humility and we demonstrate this through our actions to address Indigenous-specific racism, systemic racism and the ongoing impacts of colonialism.​
Please reach out to our Indigenous Recruitment and Retention team for support with your application if you identify as Indigenous at indigenousemployment@islandhealth.ca.