CAREER CENTER

RECOVERY COACH - ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY

JOB SUMMARY:
Provides peer recovery support services to patients with substance use disorder (SUD) and will assist patients in achieving and sustaining recovery as defined by each individual patient, with some guidance. Facilitates patient access to recovery-oriented substance use disorder treatment, resources, and community recovery groups. Maintains ongoing patient support regardless of relapse and will serve as a motivator, ally, role model, sounding board, and advocate for patients with substance use disorders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administers and scores personality, intelligence, aptitude, achievement, and other psychological and neuropsychological tests
• Gives paper and pencil tests or utilizes neuropsychological instruments that access memory learning, and problem-solving ability, speed, strength, coordination, hearing, touch and/or vision
• Assists with research studies, including giving tests to patients, tabulating, and entering results in the computer.
• Assists in training psychology interns and practicum students in psychological and/or neuropsychological examinations
• Serves as a liaison between the recovery community, the addiction treatment system, the medical treatment system, and the patient's community, family, and social context to facilitate connections across systems of care
• Meets with patients in clinical and community settings to understand their needs and personal goals, support the exploration of potential positive and negative consequences associated with personal goals, and work collaboratively with the patient to remove obstacles that might interfere with goal attainment
• Educates patients about addiction safe use practices, multiple pathways of recovery, and utilizes motivational enhancement techniques
• Conducts active outreach efforts to encourage attendance and participation in recovery-oriented, self-help, and pro-social groups
• Works collaboratively with treatment team in support of evidence-based services to patients
• Assists with access to treatment for patients, understanding and using systems and procedures to rapidly support identified needs of the patient and assists with data collection for quality assurance and program evaluation
• Serves as a liaison between the recovery community, the addiction treatment system, the medical treatment system, and the patient's community, family, and social context to facilitate connections across systems of care
• Meets with patients in clinical and community settings to understand their needs and personal goals, support the exploration of potential positive and negative consequences associated with personal goals, and work collaboratively with the patient to remove obstacles that might interfere with goal attainment
• Educates patients about addiction safe use practices, and multiple pathways of recovery, and utilizes motivational enhancement techniques
• Conducts active outreach efforts to encourage attendance and participation in recovery-oriented, self-help, and pro-social groups
• Works collaboratively with the treatment team in support of evidence-based services to patients
• Assists with access to treatment for patients, understanding and using systems and procedures to rapidly support identified needs of the patient, and assists with data collection for quality assurance and program evaluation
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned