Recovery Specialist - Long Branch, NJ

vision insurance, parental leave, paid time off, sick time, long term disability, tuition reimbursement

Recovery Specialist – Long Branch, NJ

Req #:

Category: Revenue Cycle and Patient Access

Status: Full-Time

Shift: Night

Facility: Central Jersey Behavioral Health

Department: Grant Opioid Overdose Monmouth

Pay Range: $23.45 - $27.88 per hour

Location: 300 Second Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07740

Job Title:

Recovery Specialist

Location:

Monmouth Medical Center

Department Name:
Grant Opioid Overdose Monmouth

Req #:

Status:
Hourly

Shift: Night

Pay Range: $23.45 - $27.88 per hour

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

The Recovery Specialist will assist individuals with a substance-use disorder by serving as a role model, advocate, and motivator. Through lived experience, the Recovery Specialist will provide non-clinical individual and group support to develop a recovery care plan, educate individuals on recovery models and cultivate supportive tools to enhance recovery. The Recovery Specialist will work closely with the individual's multidisciplinary care team and community-based organizations to connect patients with additional recovery support services that best fit their needs.

Required
:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• A minimum of four (4) years of experience in the guiding principles of recovery that assist individuals to improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and reach their full potential
• Ability to travel within a 60-mile radius of the assigned hospital for cross coverage when needed

Preferred
:

• Bilingual a plus
• Previous experience as a Recovery Specialist or other related position
• Strong organizational and communication skills (grammar, punctuation and sentence structure). Knowledge of computer skills:
  Microsoft Office, Excel, and Microsoft Outlook.

• Nationally Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist (NCPRSS) certification through NAADAC organization required at hire or must obtain certification within 6 months of employment

• (3) 12-hour night shifts
• Full-Time

• Engage client/patient to provide non-clinical assistance and recovery support by creating connections and trust through the sharing of real-life experience(s) with the client/patient throughout their intervention.
• Conduct client/patient screening to collect all required information pertaining to client/patient history in all aspects of life. Input screening information into the electronic health record system in accordance with IFPR documentation guidelines.
• Ensures accurate and timely documentation, complete required patient follow up and provide necessary reporting data to ensure grant compliance.
• Create individualized recovery support plans based on patient needs discovered through the screening process and social determinants of health (SDOH) circumstances in accordance to grant requirements. Connect client/patient with non‑clinical SDOH related services and resources.
• Establish and maintain a supportive relationship with client/patient and their families by being a positive role model and sharing experiential knowledge, hope, and skills.
• Educate individuals on how to appropriately navigate treatment, social service(s) and recovery support systems by maintaining relationships with an IFPR Patient Navigator and/or hospital staff to ensure the navigation to treatment is successful.
• Empower individuals to make self‑determined and self‑directed choices about their…