As a Peer Recovery Coach you will:
• Conducts brief interventions to patients that screen positive for alcohol and/or drug use.
• Identifies patient’s history of drug/alcohol use, treatment history, motivation to change behavior and other needs for community support services.
• Identifies patient’s readiness to change and use motivational interviewing techniques and other communication skills to support a plan for reducing or eliminating harmful drug and/or alcohol use.
• Works with ED staff and social worker to identify community support services.
• Assist patient and family with understanding how to utilize these community services.
• Assists patients in linking to community support services and substance treatment services including securing appointment and transportation.
• Acts as a peer support throughout the hospitalization and post-discharge, as appropriate to facilitate attainment of goals.
• Provides family members with recovery support materials.
• Provides telephone outreach to patients to assist with linkages and continued peer support.
• Models coping techniques and self-help strategies.
• Demonstrates ability to meet the productivity requirements set in accordance with program goals.
• Participates in trainings to continually gain new skills
• Attends required staff and other meetings.
• Completes required documentation and other reports.
• Acts as a resource to other clinical team members on recovery support.
• Consults with nursing staff, social work as requested, even if patient does not screen positive.
• Notifies patient’s nurse before visiting the patient.
• Telephones treatment providers to verify patient showed up for appointment; and follow-up by telephone with any patient that misses an appointment.
• Demonstrates competencies for position within the first 90 days of employment.
• Satisfactorily meets requirements of position during periodic and annual evaluations.