WellSpan Health·Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Facilitate recovery and enhance wellness by sharing personal experience and first-hand knowledge with clients and the team. Serve as a role model for recovery while partnering with peers to develop support networks and recovery tools.
Full-time, Days
72 hrs/2 weeks
Contributes in a peer support capacity to facilitate recovery and enhance wellness by sharing his/her personal/practical experience and first-hand knowledge to the team and clients. Provides expertise about the recovery process, symptom management, and the persistence required by patients to have a satisfying life. Serves as a role model for recovery for both staff and peers and partners with peers in developing recovery tools and building support networks.
WellSpan Health’s vision is to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of comprehensive, equitable health and wellness solutions throughout our continuum of care.
As an integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based care, we encompass more than 2,300 employed providers, 250 locations, nine award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland.
Our high-performing Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is the region’s largest and one of the best in the nation.
With a team 23,000 strong, WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions.
Our clinically integrated network of 3,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice providers is dedicated to providing the highest quality and safety, inspiring our patients and communities to be their healthiest.
Celebrating over 100 years of community care, WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital is a nationally recognized acute care community hospital, serving more than 100,000 residents from the greater Adams County and northern Maryland area. The hospital offers services that include neurosciences, orthopedics, oncology and infusion, OB/GYN and interventional heart and vascular care. Our patients can receive a full range of heart services close to home— from preventative care and diagnostics to medical and interventional treatments, to cardiac rehabilitation. The specialists of WellSpan Cardiology perform procedures at WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital’s newly renovated catheterization lab, equipped with the latest technology and equipment.
Requires a High School Diploma or GED and a Certified Peer Specialist certification upon hire. Must have personal experience navigating the mental health system and a valid driver's license.
Market context
Certified Peer Specialist roles in Pennsylvania crisis settings are often in demand because teams need staff who can provide lived-experience support during urgent behavioral health visits. This position is competitive for candidates who already hold, or can obtain upon hire, the Certified Peer Specialist credential and who can show personal experience navigating the mental health system, a valid driver’s license, and readiness for day-shift crisis work. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your certification status and prepare a brief example of how your experience supports de-escalation and engagement.
