Peer Recovery Coach, Day Shift, Behavioral Health

Adventist HealthCare • Rockville, MD

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center - Behavioral Health seeks to hire an experienced Peer Recovery Coach who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

Requirements

• High school diploma or G.E.D. is required.
• The candidate must be actively engaged in his/her own recovery program with a minimum of three years demonstrated personal recovery and sustained abstinence from alcohol and/or drug use.
• For PHP roles, may accept mental health recovery experience in place of substance abuse recovery experience.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Free Employee parking
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
• Paid Time Off
• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

What This Job Offers

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