Recovery Specialist - Substance Use Disorders

St. Luke's University Health Network • Sellersville, PA

120d

About The Position

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care. The Recovery Specialist has experience with behavioral health services and is willing to use and share their lived experience and first-hand knowledge to hospital patients and their family members to provide expertise around the recovery process, symptom management, and the persistence required by clients/families to have a recovery oriented and satisfying life. They engage to create warm hand offs between acute inpatient treatment and other levels of care to create rapid access to drug and alcohol or mental health services to improve adherence to treatment recommendations. The Recovery Specialist helps the patient and family identify opportunities from a strength-based approach about enhancing life domain needs.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Eligible to earn the Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS) or Certified Family Recovery Specialist (CFRS) certification within 1 year of hire and maintain the certification.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license accepted by the Network’s insurance carrier and maintain a good driving record.

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Engage in brief relationship building and active listening with clients receiving treatment in emergency room and medical inpatient settings who have a substance use disorder.
• Utilize best practices such as motivational interviewing, and stages of change to provide supportive coaching and encouragement to clients contemplating or actively seeking help with substance use treatment and recovery.
• Ensure that all interactions are strength-based, recovery oriented and understanding of multiple pathways and definitions of recovery.
• Conduct substance use screening, assessment, brief intervention, and referral to treatment and/or other applicable community resources and services.
• Engage in in-person face-to-face, telephonic and telehealth interventions.
• Use ASAM or similar criteria to determine most appropriate treatment level based on clinical presentation of the patient.
• Coordinate with insurance company to complete pre-certification as appropriate.
• Build in depth understanding of MAT options, including methadone, naltrexone, and buprenorphine and ability to objectivity counsel patients on MAT.
• Outreach, engage, and provide education to family members, other natural supports, and other professionals regarding substance use disorders and available programs/resources.
• Engage in team-based care and work cooperatively with other medical professionals and county-wide personnel involved in the Warm Handoff program.
• Complete appropriate documentation, including to document each service-related contact in case note according to program standards.
• Log each interaction into tracking spreadsheet(s).
• Update outcomes of cases as appropriate and write narrative outcomes for success stories.
• Engage in trainings and education sessions regarding the warm handoff process to medical professionals, and other stakeholders to ensure that mutual benefit of program is well understood.
• Coordinate safe transportation for patients to have door-to-door treatment placement.
• Participate in rotating on-call schedule.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED