Detox Specialist, Temp assignment, Full Time, NOC Shift, 3/12's
First Steps Recovery·Shingle Springs, California
First Steps Recovery·Shingle Springs, California
Supervise the resident milieu and attend to essential needs for clients on detoxification and residential protocols. Manage admissions, medication administration, and daily documentation while ensuring adherence to JCAHO and state standards.
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Detox Specialists are responsible for the shift-by-shift supervision of the resident milieu and attending to resident's essential needs while on detoxification and residential protocols. Detox Specialists are the core of our company with unparalleled access to residents requiring the greatest representation of our professionalism, values, and culture.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Conducting admissions of residents including orientation, intake assessment, urine screen, medication management, protocols and recurring assessments, secure search/storage of personal property. Hourly adherence to JCAHO and state resident care standards. Communicating with physician, entering physician orders, and following physician orders in overseeing resident medication management. Proficient documentation in KIPU Systems resident management software. Documenting resident daily progress. Facility walk-throughs and maintaining control of care environment establishing a consistent presence and awareness of resident behavior. Enforcing policies and procedures Maintaining cleanliness of facility and food preparation as needed. Facilitating program activities, and maintaining resident schedules. Delegation of necessary tasks to behavioral health technicians, and fulfilling behavioral health technicians duties as needed. Recurring assessment, interaction, observation, and documentation of residents. Communicating thoroughly and accurately verbally and via shift notes to ensure continuity of high quality of care. Crisis Intervention. Conducting resident discharge, returning resident personal items, logging and following destruction of medication procedures, coordinating resident transportation and continuity of care with next level of care environment and/or facility. Other duties as assigned by management.
Competencies: Ability to multi-task, delegate tasks, manage resident care, maintain facility standards. Desire to assist those with chemical dependency in their recovery.
Minimum High School Graduate or GED. 2 years college preferred with emphasis in Human Services. Drug and Alcohol Counseling Certification Desired.
WORK ENVIRONMENT Work is performed during day and night shifts primarily in residential detox facility.
This includes work in facility office as well as the grounds of the entire facility including upstairs resident rooms, clinical office, and laundry room that are accessed via staircase, and outdoor grounds.
Technicians periodically drive residents in company vehicles for intakes/discharges at other treatment facilities and transportation hubs, to doctor appointments, to outings and recovery meetings.
Work is often performed in emergency and stressful situations.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet in office settings and moderate in other situations.
Some job tasks involve exposure to blood, body fluids and/or tissue. Staff must wear gloves and follow infectious control procedures when interacting with residents in conditions in which exposure is possible such as handling onsite urinary analysis, conducting first aid, and conducting search of resident’s belonging and person. Staff may be exposed to infectious disease, needles, and illicit substances during searches.
As a non-exempt hourly employee, the employee shall work a designated schedule as assigned by management. Employee shall not work over 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week without prior authorization from management but if so, will earn overtime for any work performed in excess of 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Employee must also follow company’s policies regarding required meals and breaks.
Market context
In California, behavioral-health roles tied to substance use disorder counseling and case management are typically supported by ongoing community and treatment-program demand. These positions are competitive because employers often look for a high school diploma, at least 2 years of SUD counseling or case management experience, and current Registered or Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor status. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to quickly compare fit and note that professional development and paid continuing education are listed as benefits.