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Peer Recovery Specialist (IL) at BJC HealthCare | LAYIQ

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose
Trained to incorporate their unique personal experience in their own recovery with a knowledge base in human services and addiction, the Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS) will engage with individuals identified with Opioid Use Disorders or other Substance Use Disorders in both the hospital’s inpatient and outpatient departments. The PRS will be trained to utilize Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) with the goal of decreasing mortality rates and increasing linkage to treatment for those living with addiction. This position is part of a two year grant funded by SAMHSA and administered through the State of Illinois.

Responsibilities

Provide SBIRT to patients identified with Opioid Use Disorders and Substance Use Disorders throughout the hospital. Build therapeutic alliances with each patient utilizing motivational interviewing techniques and working collaboratively with the medical staff, patient and family. Serve as a role model for individuals seeking recovery. Help individuals identify options and participate in all decisions related to his/her recovery goals.
Utilizing a harm reduction model of care, the PRS will work with each patient in developing an individualized treatment plan which includes but is not limited to the induction of buprenorphine, ensuring its availability to patients until each patient is linked to a MAT provider and ensuring each patient is discharged with naloxone.
Link patients to treatment and ensure a smooth transition to the next level of care. Follow-up to ensure that each patient attended his/her initial appointment to treatment. Following discharge from the hospital, contact the patients regularly to provide support, address barriers to treatment and facilitate further linkage to community organizations.
Serve as an active member of the treatment team and will document service provision in the patient’s medical record. Provide addiction education to medical staff. Build relationships with both medical providers and community organizations to improve overall patient outcomes.
Participate in data reporting to the state of Illinois.
Minimum Requirements
Education
High School Diploma or GED
Preferred Requirements
Experience
2-5 years
Supervisor Experience
No Experience
Licenses & Certifications
Cert Peer Recovery Spec - IL
Valid Driver's License

Responsibilities

Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Memorial Hospital Shiloh
, a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

Qualifications

Role Purpose
Trained to incorporate their unique personal experience in their own recovery with a knowledge base in human services and addiction, the Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS) will engage with individuals identified with Opioid Use Disorders or other Substance Use Disorders in both the hospital’s inpatient and outpatient departments. The PRS will be trained to utilize Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) with the goal of decreasing mortality rates and increasing linkage to treatment for those living with addiction. This position is part of a two year grant funded by SAMHSA and administered through the State of Illinois.

Responsibilities

Provide SBIRT to patients identified with Opioid Use Disorders and Substance Use Disorders throughout the hospital. Build therapeutic alliances with each patient utilizing motivational interviewing techniques and working collaboratively with the medical staff, patient and family. Serve as a role model for individuals seeking recovery. Help individuals identify options and participate in all decisions related to his/her recovery goals.
Utilizing a harm reduction model of care, the PRS will work with each patient in developing an individualized treatment plan which includes but is not limited to the induction of buprenorphine, ensuring its availability to patients until each patient is linked to a MAT provider and ensuring each patient is discharged with naloxone.
Link patients to treatment and ensure a smooth transition to the next level of care. Follow-up to ensure that each patient attended his/her initial appointment to treatment. Following discharge from the hospital, contact the patients regularly to provide support, address barriers to treatment and facilitate further linkage to community organizations.
Serve as an active member of the treatment team and will document service provision in the patient’s medical record. Provide addiction education to medical staff. Build relationships with both medical providers and community organizations to improve overall patient outcomes.
Participate in data reporting to the state of Illinois.
Minimum Requirements
Education
High School Diploma or GED
Preferred Requirements
Experience
2-5 years
Supervisor Experience
No Experience
Licenses & Certifications
Cert Peer Recovery Spec - IL
Valid Driver's License

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