Certified Peer Recovery Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct coaching interview at appointment - Review patient story, focus on crisis that brought them in
• Review recovery history, depth of understanding
• Assess readiness for change, openness to treatment
• Help patient identify obstacles to recovery
• Help patient set treatment and recovery goals
• Support patient in adhering to treatment plan
• Describe role of coach, communication methods with patients
• Provide report to medical provider
• Serve as first point of contact for patients between appointments, respond to voicemails, telephone/web encounters promptly
• Aid in intake processes
• Complete all documentation in an accurate and timely manner
• Cover basic MA duties as needed (obtain, accurately record vitals, UDSs, including witnessed UDSs, pregnancy tests, oral swabs, BAC)
• Prepare lab samples for Precision and LabCorp
• Facilitate care coordination within the practice and with outside providers as needed
• Help communicate medical decisions to patients, assist with referrals
• Support patients in utilizing community resources
• Rotating on-call duty with other peer coaches

Qualifications

• Completed 72-hour PRS training required by DBHDS
• 2 years or more of personal sustained recovery
• Per DBHDS requirements, candidates must not have committed any barrier crimes (https://dbhds.virginia.gov/assets/document-library/BIU/09082017/attachment-2-barriercrimes.pdf)

Skills

• Strong leadership capabilities
• Strong training/mentoring skills
• Strong listening and communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills, high attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to share recovery experience
• Ability to convey empathy while also holding patients accountable to expectations of treatment plan
• Computer literacy and ability to type

Benefits

A comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, other voluntary benefits, Long Term Disability, life insurance and an EAP is available to all full-time employees. Full-time employees can earn up to 20 days of PTO per calendar year and will have opportunities for learning and development, skills building and may be eligible for tuition reimbursement up to $2,000 annually for qualifying courses.