Recovery Coach - Team Firefly | FT – Days | Vanderbilt Health
Core
Provides peer recovery support services to patients with substance use disorder (SUD) and assists them in achieving and sustaining recovery.
Role type
Peer Recovery Specialist (Clinical Support)
Builds
Outpatient clinical program for pregnant and postpartum women with SUD
Domain
Healthcare / Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Peer support, motivational enhancement techniques, patient assessment, liaison between care systems, active outreach, data collection
Preferred skills
1 year of peer recovery support experience, CPRS Certified Peer Recovery Specialist certification
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Serves as a liaison between the recovery community, addiction treatment system, medical treatment system, and patient's community to facilitate connections; Meets with patients to understand needs and goals and collaboratively remove obstacles; Educates patients about addiction safe use practices and multiple pathways of recovery; Conducts active outreach to encourage participation in recovery-oriented groups; Works collaboratively with the treatment team to support evidence-based services; Assists with access to treatment and data collection for quality assurance.