RECOVERY SPECIALIST IN QIP OPERATIONS FULL-TIME NIGHT SHIFT (24028)

Company: Newbridge Health & Wellness
Location: Paramus
Posted on: September 15, 2023

Job Description:

Serve as a recovery ambassador by maintaining an active, effective personal recovery program and high personal and ethical standards.

Working under the direction of the Patient Navigator Manager to administer Q.I.P. Screenings to assist and solidify follow-up care.

Serve as a valuable member of the ED Multidisciplinary Team by communicating regularly with the physicians, Nurses, Social Workers and Patient Navigator Manager to ensure that BNBMC becomes the innovative leader in providing the" quality of care in between thecare."

Work hard to promote a therapeutic environment of excellence to all patients and theirfamilies by showing empathy and compassionfrom arrival to discharge and thereafter.

Treat every client with respect and utilize training to insure that solutions offered are tailored specifically to the needs of the individual patient.

Run recovery meetings on BNBMC Substance use units and educate patients and clients about the center and what it can do for them.

Call patients prior to their scheduled follow-up care to increase and maintain engagement.

Reach out to clients who have disengaged from formal treatments to invite them to the center and back into recovery activities

With appropriate releases, communicates with family members and significant others as indicated.

Work within the Bergen, Hudson, Passaic and Essex County area including high risk neighborhoods and areas to reach substance-using adults

Conduct individualized and group meetings with clients and provide a set of non-clinical activities that engage, educate and offer support to individuals; Facilitating groups on recovery that are tailored to the needs of clients

Teach and role model the value of every individual's recovery experience, including modeling effective coping techniques and self-help strategies.

Serve as a recovery agent (providing and advocating for any effective recovery-based services to aid clients in daily living).

Assist clients with community integration and making connections to recovery supports in the community.

Attends team meetings with the program personnel and clinical staff to report and review program progress.

Assists in the collections of outcome data.

Provides reports according to instructions from program coordinating staff.

--- Other duties as assigned

PREREQUISITES FOR THE JOB:

---Working knowledge of addictions

---At least two years of personal substance use recovery;

---Computer literate.

---Bilingual English/Spanish preferred

Education:

---High school or equivalent (Required)

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