Peer Recovery Coach

About the role

Established in 1978, Alcona Health Center (AHC) is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to making a lasting impact in the Northern MI communities we serve, offering medical, behavioral health, dental and pharmacy services.

Responsibilities

• Aid Substance Use Disorder patients with setting recovery goals, developing recovery action plans, and supporting beneficiaries to live a full and meaningful life in the community through the individualized treatment planning process.
• Conduct brief screenings of patients’ physical, mental, and psychosocial needs.
• Develop care plans to prevent disease exacerbation, improve outcomes, increase patient engagement in self-care, decrease risk status, and minimize hospital and Emergency Room utilization.
• Utilize behavioral strategies to help patients adopt healthy behaviors and improve self-care in chronic disease management.
• Promote self-management goals by supporting each patient to fully participate in communities of their choosing in the environment most supportive of their recovery.
• Utilizing a strength based perspective and emphasizing assessment of recovery capital by utilizing the total resources a patient has, to find and sustain recovery.
• Assist patients in navigating the health care system.
• Partner with external case management programs to coordinate care.
• Ongoing evaluation and documentation of patient progress/risk status.
• Participate in risk rounds to assess high risk patients.
• Complete follow-up appointments for providers due to missed appointments or provider absence.
• Provide overdose and Narcan training to patients and family members.
• Pro-actively support PCMH initiatives related to care coordination.
• Partner with PCMH staff to develop integrated care management programs.
• Communicate patient’s health status to Care Manager RN to insure adequate provision of care.
• Routinely speak at site, MSS, and provider meetings to remind staff of the services offered through Care Management and to encourage referrals from all staff.
• Work collaboratively with medical and behavioral health providers to enhance holistic care of patients within the Recovery Services Program.
• Participate in regularly scheduled caseload consultation with the Recovery Services Program care team members and communicate resulting treatment recommendations to the patient’s medical provider.
• Maintain registry for Recovery Services Program for assigned region.
• Completion of related paperwork and data entry into database.
• To connect people in need to the right services or support, to improve health and wellbeing outcomes in a timely and appropriate way.
• Identify patient health and wellbeing needs.
• Locate and guide to local resources that can help patients to achieve identified health goals.
• Enable and empower individuals to seek early intervention and prevention services.
• Support and assist individuals to contact; access and engage with local services to meet their healthcare needs.

Requirements

• Use of Electronic Health Records following internal training.
• Word & Outlook.
• Possesses and maintains a current American Heart Association Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) CPR certification within six (6) months of hire.
• Possesses the ability to secure transportation to allow for reliable and timely work attendance, including when business is required to be conducted at sites other than your primary worksite, which may include a personal vehicle, current State of Michigan driver’s license, and valid automobile insurance.
• Possesses and maintains a current Michigan state licensure as a Peer Recovery Coach within six calendar months of date of hire.
• Possesses and maintains a Community Health Worker Certification.

Qualifications

• Full-time position with a negotiable starting wage, predicable scheduling, numerous holidays, generous vacation time and sick days.
• Low deductible Medical, Rx, Vision & Dental insurance at a minimal cost for employees.
• Retirement Savings Plan, FSA, Life, AD&D, & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance.
• Continuing Education Assistance program.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Knowledge of substance use disorders and recovery processes.
• Ability to navigate the healthcare system and coordinate care.
• Basic computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Benefits

• Low deductible Medical, Rx, Vision & Dental insurance at a minimal cost for employees.
• Retirement Savings Plan.
• FSA.
• Life, AD&D, & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance.
• Continuing Education Assistance program.

Pay

Full-time position with a negotiable starting wage, predicable scheduling, numerous holidays, generous vacation time and sick days.

Schedule

Predicable scheduling.