ED Peer Support Specialist-FT- Bladen

Cape Fear Valley Health • Beach, ND

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for providing essential expertise, advocacy, and consultation to the plan of care for clients to include a special focus on behavioral health discharge planning and warm handoff connections to community resources.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• North Carolina Certified Peer Support Specialist (NCCPSS) or National Certified Peer Specialist Certification (NCPSC) required
• Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking the English language
• Knowledge of and experience collaborating with mental health and substance use disorder treatment providers and members of recovery support community members in Fayetteville and surrounding areas
• Excellent interpersonal communication and negotiation skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of community resources
• Ability to work with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds
• Flexible, open-minded, and adaptable to change
• Ability to prioritize and process multiple tasks/responsibilities
• Ability to connect patients and families with appropriate services
• Ability to see, hear, read, and have manual ability to use telephone and computer keyboard
• Ability to effectively communicate orally to patients, family members, personnel, and physicians
• Much standing, walking, bending, and lifting
• Position may involve skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious material

Nice To Haves

• 2 years of experience as a Peer Support Specialist involving collaboration with Emergency Medical Services preferred

Responsibilities

• Coordinates care pre/post discharge for the client following case management criteria and identified related issues
• Collaborates and communicates with departmental and system-wide personnel, physicians, patients, and with various outside insurance and referral representatives to facilitate timely and effective actions and decisions
• Provides information and education to patient/family on community resources and options appropriate to the age of the patient served
• As the patient is discharged from the ED, communicate pertinent information to facilitate the patient’s transition to the next level of care
• Documents activities with entries that are consistent with meeting department/facility requirements and regulatory guidelines
• Initiates contacts with agencies or support systems of Adult ED Patients and Behavioral Health Patients
• Participates in multidisciplinary treatment conferences and/or rounds
• Completes all required documentation fully and in a timely manner
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED