Peer Recovery Specialist Certified

PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST CERTIFIED at University of New Mexico - Hospitals summary:

The Peer Recovery Specialist Certified provides support and resources to individuals with severe mental illness, substance abuse, or co-occurring disorders, promoting rehabilitation, recovery, and resiliency. This role involves crisis intervention, patient advocacy, coordination of services, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams in community and clinical settings. The position requires certification as a Peer Specialist and focuses on personalized interventions to enhance independent functioning and wellness in diverse populations.

Sign-On Bonus Available

Additional $6.00/hr safety Incentive Pay

Minimum Offer

$ 17.86/hr.

Maximum Offer

$24.47/hr.

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: BH Forensic ACT-Tech

Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) is an evidenced based model that provides wrap around mental health services in the community to adults experiencing persistent and severe mental health issues, and criminal justice involvement. The FACT RN is a part of a multidisciplinary team and is primarily responsible for providing medication support and physical health appointment coordination support to clients. FACT RN is also responsible for managing the FACT medication room.

Most of the services provided by the FACT RN take place in the community, MDC, and other nontraditional settings which includes clients’ homes and shelters.

FTE: 1.00
Full Time

Shift: Days

Position Summary:

Coordinate and provide services and resources to individuals/families necessary to promote rehabilitation, recovery, and resiliency. Identify and address the strengths, which will aid the individual or family in the recovery and resiliency process, as well as the barriers that could impede the development of skills needed for independent functioning in the community. Support the individual and the family in crisis situations;

provide personalized interventions to develop, facilitate, or enhance an individual’s ability to make informed and independent decisions. The patient care assignment may include children who are at risk of/or experiencing serious emotional, neurobiological, and/or behavioral disorders; adults with severe mental illness (SMI), individuals with chronic substance abuse, and/or individuals with co-occurring disorders. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures.

Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups.

Detailed responsibilities:

* PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols

* PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes

* PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk

* PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner

* PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"

* PATIENT CENTERED MED - Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice as applicable

* NAVIGATION/ PATIENT ADVOCACY - Work to eliminate barriers to access to culturally competent medical services for all patients. Assist patients to access community resources, and financial assistance programs and services that are needed

* COLLABORATION - Collaborate with medical providers, multidisciplinary team members and community resource providers to assist patient to meet above described treatment goals

* LIFE SKILLS - Facilitate and encourage the development of skills in the following areas: activities of daily living, interpersonal coping, socialization, & community functioning. Based on the needs of the individual, this function could include facilitating adaptation to the home, school, work, recreational, and social environments; pro-active self-care, nutrition, & money management

* DEVELOPMENT - Plan for professional growth related to professional goals based on self-assessment, evaluation and feedback; assume responsibility for acquiring knowledge and experiences to meet goals

* WELLNESS - Offer information and resources to provide patient information on their specific mental “condition”; serve as a mentor to promote recovery and resiliency and instill hope; teach symptom monitoring, symptom management, and relapse prevention skills

* WELLNESS - Provide information about illnesses; assist individual with knowledge of their medication, side effects, discuss medication concerns with the provider; facilitate…