Peer Recovery Specialist - Out Patient Substance Use Peoria - Carle Health

Overview:Provide experience, education, and professional services to assist and support individuals in developing and/or maintaining recovery-oriented, wellness-focused lifestyles.Qualifications:License/Certifications:


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Responsibilities:Ensures Patients/Residents receive comprehensive services: Identification of patient into services, assessment, discharge planning, and other aspects of warm handoff.

• Is knowledgeable and capable of working with patients who present a dual problem, Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorder.
• Identifying patient need for services and use identified evidence-based approach in identifying patient with SUD.
• Is able to recruit and work with identified patients, using motivational interviewing to engage the patient and integrate the patient into Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) programming.
• Is able to engage patients with SUD and facilitate warm handoff.
• Ability to establish a collaborative relationship with the patient, provide practical and personalized support for entering and adhering to treatment
• Assist in creation of treatment planning
• Facilitate discharge planning and warm handoff.
• Ensuring that patient receives support and motivation to engage in and adhere to ongoing treatment.
• Provides that all patient contact and interaction is based upon inherent dignity, individuality, culture and beliefs of each patient. Patient care is provided in a compassionate, humane, and non-enabling manner.
• Participates in interdisciplinary clinical staffing or ensures pertinent information is provided to team
• Demonstrates Motivational Interviewing skills when working with patients.
• May be responsible for transporting patients to appointments

Provide continuum of care/follow up care to patients.

• Be available after discharge to deliver recovery support, as needed.
• Ability to bridge care with insurance correlated community services
• Provide follow up instructions, appointments, and coordination for discharge planning.
• Provide detailed communication to receptive discharge providers to ensure warm handoff in the care coordination process.
• Ability to identify barriers to transportation and assist with getting patient transportation to appointments
• Provide ongoing recovery support service to ensure patient arrives and is engaged by intake staff and ensure that patient remains engaged in treatment overtime – helping the patient navigate stages of change and practical considerations.
• Work with insurance provided transportation programs to ensure transportation

Provide education/information to patients, families, and other invested parties.

• Is knowledgeable in understanding of addiction, signs of overdose, and administration of naloxone products.
• Ability to educate patient and family in opiate use and administration of naloxone products.
• Ability to provide consultation with patient, family, insurance provider, and treatment providers to confirm recommended course of treatment is covered and/or affordable.

Assist in facilitation of services, based on quality initiatives and documentation in EMR.

• Ensures accurate documentation
• Collaborates with Manager and other departments to ensure documentation.
• Documents all Discharge Planning and Recovery Planning components accurately in EMR
• Assist with documentation in EMR to support quality initiatives
• Assist with audits for medical necessity documents as requested

Facilitate Recovery Planning Provide Safe environment for Residents Provide Case Managment to those residing in recovery home