Recovery Specialist Evergreen Services Monday To Friday And Every Other Weekend 300 PM To 1130 PM 24489

Join Our Team at New Bridge Medical Center!*

We are dedicated to providing highquality compassionate care to our diverse community. As a leading healthcare provider we offer a supportive and inclusive work environment. If youre passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative setting New Bridge Medical Center is looking for a Recovery Specialist.

Job Duties

Serves as a recovery ambassador by maintaining an active effective personal recovery program and high personal an ethical standards.
Connect with and support peer clients of the Center by providing empathy and inviting them to connect with services.
Explain and demonstrate how services and activities offered by the center correlate to improve recovery and quality of life and relationships.
Treat every client with respect and utilize training to insure that solutions offered are tailored specifically to the needs of the individual client.
Run recovery meetings on BNBMC Substance use units and educate patients and clients about the center and what it can do for them.
Staff the center for phones during open center hours.
Organize and host social activities in the center or in the community
Reach out to clients who have disengaged from formal treatments to invite them
to the center and back into recovery activities
With appropriate releases communicates with family members and significant others as indicated.
Work within the Bergen Hudson Passaic and Essex County area including high risk neighborhoods to reach substanceusing adults.
Conduct individualized and group meetings with clients and provide a set of nonclinical activities that engage educate and offer support to individuals; facilitating groups on recovery that are tailored to the needs of clients
Teach and role model the value of every individuals recovery experience including modeling effective coping techniques and selfhelp strategies.
Assist clients with community integration and making connections to recovery supports in the community.
Comply with all regulations under HIPAA and relevant grant funding as applicable
Attends team meetings with the program personnel and clinical staff to report and review program progress.
Assists in the collections of outcome data Provides reports according to instructions from program coordinating staff
Customer Service: respect flexibility knowledge confidence professionalism pleasant attitude patience and helpfulness. All responses should be timely professional caring and respectful in accordance with Customer Service Performance expectations.
Maintains established departmental policies and procedures objectives quality assurance program safety environmental and infection control standards. Assesses gaps in policies and procedures and create necessary policies and procedures to fulfill these gaps.
Understands and adheres to the Medical Centers Code of Conduct.
Familiar with the Medical Centers Mission Vision and Values Statements.

Other Duties
Performs other related duties as required.
Position Qualifications:
Working knowledge of addictions
At least two years of personal substance use recovery.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Good interpersonal skills. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
Reads and writes English to the extent required by the position.

Education
High School Diploma or Equivalent (Required)
Computer Literate

We provide a comprehensive benefits package including a competitive medical dental and vision plans. We prioritize worklife balance with a generous time off policy that includes ample vacation days personal time sick leave and nine paid holidays. Additionally we are committed to the personal and professional growth of our employees offering robust tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs to help support our employees ongoing development.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority