Summary

The Peer Support Specialist is responsible for providing support and education to patients and family members that serve as an adjunct to direct clinical services and enhance patient's personal pathway to recovery. The Peer Support Specialist will work alongside the master's level clinical positions to support patients' needs in a professional manner, using their lived experience to move patients towards healing while in our care, bring hope into the therapeutic process that is personal, and be a living example that a person can overcome life challenges.

Job description

Position Summary

The Peer Support Specialist is responsible for providing support and education to patients and family members that serve as an adjunct to direct clinical services and enhance patient's personal pathway to recovery. The Peer Support Specialist will work alongside the master's level clinical positions to support patients' needs in a professional manner, using their lived experience to move patients towards healing while in our care, bring hope into the therapeutic process that is personal, and be a living example that a person can overcome life challenges.

Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities

Facilitates patient's readiness for change and uses motivational interviewing techniques and other communication skills to support and encourage the patient to plan for reduction or elimination of drug and alcohol use.
Models coping techniques and self-help strategies.
Assist patients in setting personal recovery goals and developing recovery care plans.
Works with addiction treatment and recovery care team and patient to connect with community support and treatment services to promote recovery.
Supports patients and families to understand how to access community resources.
Assist patients in linking to community support and treatment services, including helping secure transportation and other resources.
Acts as peer support during the Program, discharge planning, and care transitions throughout the continuum of care.
Provides family and social support network members with education and recovery support materials.
Provides education on risks of overdose and assures that patients and significant others have naloxone and are trained to use it.
Participates in trainings to continually gain new skills.
Attends required meetings as required.
Completes required documentation.
Acts as a resource to other clinical team members on recovery support.
Assist in running Inpatient groups as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned/required by this position.

Requirements

Facilitates patient's readiness for change
Uses motivational interviewing techniques and other communication skills
Models coping techniques and self-help strategies
Assists patients in setting personal recovery goals and developing recovery care plans
Works with addiction treatment and recovery care team and patient to connect with community support and treatment services
Supports patients and families to understand how to access community resources
Assists patients in linking to community support and treatment services
Acts as peer support during discharge planning and care transitions
Provides education on risks of overdose and naloxone use
Completes required documentation
Acts as a resource to other clinical team members on recovery support
Assists in running inpatient groups as needed

Company overview

Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is one of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, operating as a Fortune 300 corporation headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1979, UHS has grown into a major healthcare enterprise with approximately 99,000 employees and annual revenues exceeding $14 billion. The company operates through its subsidiaries, managing 29 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, and 60 outpatient and other facilities across 39 U.S. states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. UHS provides comprehensive healthcare services including acute care, behavioral health treatment, cancer centers, and ambulatory surgical centers. The company's strategy focuses on building or acquiring high-quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets and investing in advanced medical equipment and skilled personnel to become the leading healthcare provider in each community it serves. UHS is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: UHS) and has established a strong reputation for delivering compassionate, high-quality care while maintaining financial stability and operational excellence.