The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education
Location
Jermyn, Pennsylvania
The Certified Peer Support Specialist collaborates with healthcare teams to address patients' social determinants of health and support their mental health recovery journey. They provide direct advocacy, facilitate access to community resources, and assist patients in developing individualized service and crisis plans.
Candidates must hold a high school diploma or GED and possess an active Certified Peer Specialist certification from the Pennsylvania Certification Board. Additionally, a valid Pennsylvania driver's license and current BLS certification are required for this role.
The Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPPS) works in collaboration with physicians, behavioral health clinicians and other staff at The Wright Center for Community Health to address barriers to medical and behavioral health care. The CPPS addresses complex social needs of the underserved, uninsured, or underinsured community members. This role serves in an expanded clinical role to collaborate with community members, Primary Care Providers, Behavioral Health Providers, dental, community agencies, insurance companies, and other health/community related entities to provide a model of care that ensures the delivery of quality, efficient, and cost-effective healthcare services. The CPPS‘s expertise is sought to assess, develop and implement member care plans as it relates to addressing the social determinants of health and optimizing the members‘ physical and psychosocial health status as it relates to mental health recovery, support, and stabilization. This is to ensure the members of the program have the resources necessary to achieve their highest level of functioning and recovery in terms of living with a severe and persistent mental illness.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS This position reports to the Behavioral Health Manager. No positions report to this role.
Meet The Wright Center for Community Health and its affiliated entity The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education EOS© People Analyzer Tool Buy in and experience working in the EOS® model (strongly preferred) Mission-oriented; represents the enterprise in a professional manner while demonstrating organizational pride High school diploma or equivalent (GED) Possession of an active certification as a Certified Peer Specialist issued by the Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB) Must possess valid PA driver’s license Current BLS Certification Knowledge of community resources required Knowledge of mental health peer support services Knowledge of the recovery process and how it applies to individuals with serious mental illness Ability to follow written and oral instructions Ability to maintain effective working relationships Ability to communicate effectively orally Ability to communicate effectively in writing General computer knowledge and capability to use computers required Demonstrates the ability to interact in an effective manner with practitioners, the interdisciplinary healthcare team, community agencies, patients, and families with diverse opinions, values and cultural ideas Demonstrates ability to work autonomously and be directly accountable for practice Demonstrates ability to be self-directed, flexible, and committed to the team vision Demonstrates teamwork, initiative and willingness to learn, accepts and respects diversity without judgment, and demonstrates strong customer service values
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