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Certified Recovery Specialist

Main Line Health

#Patient Advocacy #Healthcare #Substance Use Disorders #Acute Care Hospital #Recovery Support #Pennsylvania Driver's License #Certified Recovery Specialist #CRS Certification

Quick overview

Facilitate access to substance use treatment and community resources for patients transitioning from emergency, inpatient, or correctional settings. Provide education to patients and families on recovery skills and conduct follow-up outreach after hospital stays.

Requirements summary

Requires a high school diploma or GED and a Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS) certification. Candidates must have one year of clinical experience in substance abuse treatment and 18 months of personal sustained recovery.

high schoolprofessional certificateCase ManagementOutreachCommunication SkillsPatient EducationCrisis InterventionComputer SkillsPatient EngagementClerical SkillsSubstance Abuse Treatment

Job description

Description

Could you be our next Certified Recovery Specialist at Riddle Hospital?

Why work as a Certified Recovery Specialist with Main Line Health?

Be on the Cutting Edge!
Work with a team to provide a collaborative process of engaging patients with substance use disorders by facilitating a warm handoff from the emergency department or physician office, inpatient hospital, or state or county correctional systems.
You will facilitate the access to substance use treatment, available community resources, and 12 Step information and locations.
Use your effective communication skills in educating the client/patient and family in the skills necessary to obtain supports in order to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency and recovery from substance use disorders.
You will also provide outreach follow-up to patients and family members after their hospital stay when appropriate.
The work you do makes a tremendous impact!

Develop and Grow your Career! Invest in furthering your education through seeking certifications or advanced degrees by taking advantage of our Tuition Reimbursement! This position is eligible for up to $6,000 per year based upon your Full or Part Time status.

Join the Team! Like our patients, the Main Line Health Family encompasses a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Just as each of our patients requires a personalized care plan, each of our employees, physicians, and volunteers, bring distinctive talents to Main Line Health. Regardless of our unique design, we all share a purpose: providing superior service and care.

Position-Specific Benefits include

You are eligible for up to 120 hours of paid time off per year based on your Full or Part Time status. We also offer a number of employee discounts to various activities, services, and vendors... And employee parking is always free!

Position

Certified
Recovery
Specialist- 40 hours/week
Shift:
Day
Shift- 8am-4:30pm Monday-Friday

Experience

1. One year of recent clinical experience in substance abuse treatment. 2. 18 months of personal sustained recovery. 3. 1 year recent experience working in acute care hospitals as a Certified Recovery Specialist or working with patients with substance use disorders.

Education

1. High school diploma or GED required. 2. Excellent verbal, written, computer and clerical skills.

Licensures/Certifications

Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS) certification, including successful completion of CRS 54 hour training program. Signing of an ethical code of conduct Valid Pennsylvania Driver's License