Recovery Specialist: Guide Patients to Treatment & Resources

Main Line Health; Middletown Township (PA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

120 hours PTO per year

Employee discounts

Free parking

Job summary

Main Line Health is hiring a Certified Recovery Specialist to engage patients with substance use disorders and coordinate warm handoffs across ED, inpatient units, and other settings. You will help connect patients to treatment, resources, and 12 Step information, while educating clients and families on recovery skills.

The role offers tuition reimbursement up to $6,000 annually, plus paid time off, employee discounts, and free parking, with daytime hours Monday through Friday.

Qualifications

• One year of recent clinical experience in substance abuse treatment.
• 18 months of personal sustained recovery.
• One year recent experience in acute care hospitals as a CRS or with patients with substance use disorders.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• CRS certification, including completion of CRS 54 hour training.
• Signing of an ethical code of conduct and valid PA driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Engage patients with substance use disorders and facilitate warm handoffs from ED, physician offices, inpatient units, or correctional systems.
• Facilitate access to treatment and community resources, including 12 Step information.
• Educate clients and families to obtain supports for recovery and self-sufficiency.
• Provide outreach follow-up after hospital stays when appropriate.

Skills

Clinical experience in substance use

Personal sustained recovery

Acute care hospital experience as CRS

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Main Line Health is hiring a Certified Recovery Specialist to engage patients with substance use disorders and coordinate warm handoffs across ED, inpatient units, and other settings. You will help connect patients to treatment, resources, and 12 Step information, while educating clients and families on recovery skills.

The role offers tuition reimbursement up to $6,000 annually, plus paid time off, employee discounts, and free parking, with daytime hours Monday through Friday.