Certified Peer Support Specialist: MAT & Recovery Champion

Job Description

Certified Peer Support Specialist, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).

• 40 hours per week
• Day Shift

Job Description

Harborview Medical Center’s Opioid Treatment Programs and Grants has an outstanding opportunity for a Certified Peer Support Specialist, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).

WORK SCHEDULE

• 40 hours per week
• Day Shift

Primary

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as a role model demonstrating resiliency in overcoming obstacles and managing their own recovery common to those with serious mental illness
• Build positive supportive relationships with consumers that helps promote hope, choice, wellness and recovery
• Assist consumers with identifying and linking to community-based services and supports
• Assist consumers to understand the effects of psychiatric medications, and with filling prescriptions after discharge
• Work in conjunction with all inpatient and outpatient programs as part of the consumer’s treatment team
• Coordinate with inpatient treatment units to facilitate discharge planning
• Assist consumers in their recovery by teaching independent living skills and chart consumer contact in the electronic medical record as needed

Requirements

• High school graduation or equivalent and two years’ experience in a behavioral health organization or consumer/peer run organization; or equivalent education/experience.
• AND Peer Counselor Certification (Department of Behavioral Health and Recovery) OR Community Health Worker Certification (Department of Health)
• AND Within 7 days of employment and depending on job requirements: must apply for Agency Affiliated Counselor Registration/License with the State of WA (Dept of Health), and have obtained this credential within 60 days of hire (RCW
  18.19.210).
• Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.

About Harborview Medical Center

As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.

Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion.

About Uw Medicine – Where Your Impact Goes Further

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes:
Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center
- Montlake, UW Medical Center
- Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

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