Recovery Specialist
at RWJBarnabas Health
Somerset, NJ 08873, USA -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 18 Oct, 2024 | Not Specified | 19 Jul, 2024 | N/A | Good communication skills | No | No |
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Description:
Job Overview:
The Recovery Specialist will assist individuals with a substance-use disorder by serving as a role model, advocate, and motivator. Through lived experience, the Recovery Specialist will provide non-clinical individual and group support to develop a recovery care plan, educate individuals on recovery models and cultivate supportive tools to enhance recovery. The Recovery Specialist will work closely with the individual s multidisciplinary care team and community-based organizations to connect patients with additional recovery support services that best fit their needs.
Qualifications:
Required:
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- A minimum of four (4) years of experience in the guiding principles of recovery that assist individuals to improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and reach their full potential
- Nationally Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist (NCPRSS) certification through NAADAC organization required at hire or must obtain certification within 6 months of employment
- Ability to travel within a 60-mile radius of the assigned hospital for cross coverage when needed
- Ability to utilize resources to advocate for patient/client while showing empathy and compassion
Preferred:
- Bilingual a plus
- Previous experience as a Recovery Specialist or other related position, strongly
- Strong organizational and communication skills (grammar, punctuation and sentence structure). Knowledge of computer skills: Microsoft Office, Excel, and Microsoft Outlook.
Certifications and Licenses Required:
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- Nationally Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist (NCPRSS) certification through NAADAC organization required at hire or must obtain certification within 6 months of employment
Scheduling Requirements:
- Night shift, (3) 12 hour shifts
- Full-Time
Essential Functions:
- Engage client/patient to provide non-clinical assistance and recovery support by creating connections and trust through the sharing of real-life experience(s) with the client/patient throughout their intervention.
- Conduct client/patient screening to collect all required information pertaining to client/patient history in all aspects of life. Input screening information into the electronic health record system in accordance with IFPR documentation guidelines.
- Ensures accurate and timely documentation, complete required patient follow up and provide necessary reporting data to ensure grant compliance.
- Create individualized recovery support plans based on patient needs discovered through the screening process and social determinants of health (SDOH) circumstances in accordance to grant requirements. Connect client/patient with non-clinical SDOH related services and resources.
- Establish and maintain a supportive relationship with client/patient and their families by being a positive role model and sharing experiential knowledge, hope, and skills.
- Educate individuals on how to appropriately navigate treatment, social service(s) and recovery support systems by maintaining relationships with an IFPR Patient Navigator and/or hospital staff to ensure the navigation to treatment is successful.
- Empower individuals to make self-determined and self-directed choices about their recovery pathway to maintain recovery.
- Implement and facilitate recovery support meetings and groups that are designed to engage, motivate and empower the audience.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Benefits and Perks:
At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Retirement Plans
- Wellness Programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Short & Long-Term Disability
- Life & Accidental Death Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
- Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!
Note: The first-round interview for this position is a digital, on-demand interview through the HireVue platform. Click the hyperlinks here to learn more about the RWJBarnabas Health hiring process and digital, on-demand interviews. While there is no deadline, we strongly recommend completing the interview as soon as possible after receiving an invitation. Things move quickly, and we may on occasion close applications earlier than anticipated due to large candidate numbers. We don t want to miss meeting you for a great opportunity! Be sure to check your spam and junk folders in email as well!
Responsibilities:
- Engage client/patient to provide non-clinical assistance and recovery support by creating connections and trust through the sharing of real-life experience(s) with the client/patient throughout their intervention.
- Conduct client/patient screening to collect all required information pertaining to client/patient history in all aspects of life. Input screening information into the electronic health record system in accordance with IFPR documentation guidelines.
- Ensures accurate and timely documentation, complete required patient follow up and provide necessary reporting data to ensure grant compliance.
- Create individualized recovery support plans based on patient needs discovered through the screening process and social determinants of health (SDOH) circumstances in accordance to grant requirements. Connect client/patient with non-clinical SDOH related services and resources.
- Establish and maintain a supportive relationship with client/patient and their families by being a positive role model and sharing experiential knowledge, hope, and skills.
- Educate individuals on how to appropriately navigate treatment, social service(s) and recovery support systems by maintaining relationships with an IFPR Patient Navigator and/or hospital staff to ensure the navigation to treatment is successful.
- Empower individuals to make self-determined and self-directed choices about their recovery pathway to maintain recovery.
- Implement and facilitate recovery support meetings and groups that are designed to engage, motivate and empower the audience.
- Perform other duties as assigne
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Hospital/Health Care
Pharma / Biotech / Healthcare / Medical / R&D
Health Care
Diploma
Proficient
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Somerset, NJ 08873, USA