Peer Recovery Coach

Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity Health is seeking a Peer Recovery Coach to provide recovery services for individuals at risk of substance misuse, connecting them to community resources and ensuring smooth transitions to care and treatment. You will support clients in clinics and community settings, promoting wellness and recovery through individualized coaching and group sessions.

The role emphasizes motivational interviewing, trauma-informed practice, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to improve outcomes

Qualifications

• Experience with patients who have behavioral health conditions.
• Knowledge of care transitions/Zero Suicide model preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships.
• Uses Motivational Interviewing and trauma-informed approaches to build trust.
• Identifies problems, offers solutions, and participates in resolution.
• Improves access through in-person interactions, screenings, and referrals coordination.
• Assists patients in identifying recovery goals and navigating treatment options.
• Delivers self-management skills and education to promote active participation in care.
• Runs recovery groups in ambulatory and inpatient settings.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient, physician, and staff information.
• Completes accurate documentation in the EHR and supports care continuity.

Skills

Motivational Interviewing

Trauma-informed care

Behavioral health experience

Care transitions

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Employment Type: Full time Shift: Description: To provide peer recovery services to individuals who have been identified as having risk for substance misuse or substance use disorder. Service provision will focus on connecting individuals to resources in the community and ensuring smooth care transitions to various support and treatment services. The Peer Recovery Coach will utilize a variety of approaches and interventions to promote wellness promoting successful community integration experiences. Provide individualized support and skill teaching in the community and clinic to promote skill building and new role development. Assist individuals in meeting goals supporting recovery from alcohol abuse, opioid abuse, or any other substance abuse though individual and group sessions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships.
• Approaches conflict in a constructive manner.
• Helps to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution.
• Engages with the patients using Motivational Interviewing and trauma-informed approaches to build rapport and trust.
• Share personal recovery experiences to inspire hope.
• Improves access through in-person interactions, screenings, telephone contacts, and coordination of referrals.
• Assists the patients in identifying recovery goals and navigating treatment options.
• Provides patients with self-management skills and educational information so they can be full participants in their own treatment and recovery.
• Runs recovery groups with patients in ambulatory and psychiatric inpatient level of care.
• Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, colleagues, and visitors to Trinity Health.
• Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.
• Behaves in accordance with the Code of Conduct, Service Excellence Standards, and the Mission, Vision, Values, and policies of Trinity Health.
• Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.
• Assures complete, accurate, and timely documentation of clinical information in the EHR, incorporating current documentation and requirements.
• Assures the consistent delivery of appropriate evidence-based services to achieve measurable improvements in quality of care.
• Monitors and coordinates the delivery of health services including linking with other treatment providers and community services as appropriate.
• Maintains a process for systematic follow-up by determining the effectiveness of the treatment plan with documentation of patient care outcomes.
• Provides timely feedback to the Providers and other treatment team members regarding patients' care, treatment recommendations, and progress through verbal communication, EHR documentation, systematic comprehensive case review, record review, and informal discussions.
• Engages in regular communication with patient after discharge to jointly assess, prioritize, and respond to patients' care needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent
• Experience: Lived experience with at least 2 years in recovery.
• Certification/Licensure -Peer Recovery Coach Certification

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of care transitions/Zero Suicide model preferred.
• Experience in working with patients who have behavioral health conditions.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. Together, we’re 121,000 colleagues and nearly 36,500 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 27 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, our system includes 101 hospitals, 126 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 136 urgent care locations, and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, in fiscal year 2023, we invested $1.5 billion in our communities through charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit http://www.trinity-health.org. You can also follow Trinity Health on LinkedIn.