CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST -

About the role

Receive 17% Weekday Nights, 26% Weekend Nights and 15% Weekend Day shift differentials
UNM Hospital is the largest community mental health provider in the state of New Mexico. The Psychiatric Center treats both adults and children and provides a wide variety of services including, but not limited to: Addiction/Recovery, Forensics, Senior Programs, Native American Programs and Psychosocial Rehabilitation.

Success Profile

• Adaptable
• Collaborative
• Compassionate
• Confident
• Courageous
• Diplomatic

Department

UPC Peer Support Walk-In Clinic

Qualifications

• High School or GED Equivalent
• 1 year directly related experience
• CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days
• Certified Peer Specialist recognized in State of NM
• Valid New Mexico Driver's License
• UNM Vehicle Operator's Permit w/in 60 days

Physical Conditions

• Light Work
• Med Haz: Dirt, dust, fumes, odors, bad weather, noise
• Subject to random alcohol and substance testing
• Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required

Benefits

• Full health/dental/vision with no deductible for full-time employees
• Retirement with up to 6% match
• PTO and 9 paid holidays
• Absurd shift differentials including up to 26% for weekend nights
• Sign-on bonuses and relocation assistance*

Working conditions

• Med Haz: Dirt, dust, fumes, odors, bad weather, noise
• Subject to random alcohol and substance testing
• Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required

Details

• 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 self-motivational skills for medication regimen, including consequences to independent living
• SERVICE PLANS - Assist in the development and coordination of the individual’s service plan based on his/her identified strengths and goals. The plan will include a recovery/resiliency management plan, crisis management plan and if requested, advanced directives concerning the individual’s behavioral healthcare
• RESOURCE COORD - Assist the client in obtaining access to and coordination of necessary rehabilitative, medical and other services to include assistance in obtaining financial and medical benefits/entitlements; assist in obtaining and maintaining safe affordable and stable housing, and provision of support and mentoring to behavioral health consumers involved in the Judicial System
• SUPPORT SERVICES - Encourage the development and eventual succession of natural supports in the workplace, school, family, and community environments
• ASSESSMENT - Work with the individual/family to identify personal strengths, needs and barriers to attaining self-identified goals; conduct ongoing assessments to determine if the services accessed are meeting or have adequately met the individual’s needs
• CRISIS INTERVENTION - Assess, support and intervene in crisis situations including the facilitation of the development and use of individual crisis management plans that recognize the early signs of crisis/relapse and use natural supports. Identify & encourage use of alternatives to hospital emergency departments and inpatient hospital services
• TRACKING - Coordinate and monitor use of services, including comprehensive tracking of client activities in relation to care plan such as attendance to all scheduled appointments, reviewing documentation of other in-house providers, and maintaining contact with external providers. Conduct post discharge follow-up contact as appropriate
• DOCUMENTATION - Document all client encounters and those made on behalf of clients; complete and submit billing documentation as appropriate; maintain current and comprehensive client files. Files may contain documents held for safe keeping on behalf of a client
• STATISTICS - Maintain and report applicable statistics regarding programs and client services
• DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops