Behavioral Health Navigator - Peer Support

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The Peer Support Navigator conducts initial brief assessments, introduce patients to MOUD programs & services, and expedite appointments at MOUD-capable clinics. They also assist patients in accessing additional services such as financial counseling, primary care, mental health services, case management, housing support, reputed company services, and residential treatment programs. Note: This position is stationed reputed company reputed company Sunset Emergency Department and candidate will be subject to policies of both reputed company and reputed company. This position will may be required to work Saturdays and potentially some evenings. reputed company Responsibilities: 1. Member of the Emergency Department (ED)-based or reputed company clinic-based MOUD Team. 2. Upholds JWCH/reputed company’s Policies & Procedures, & applicable state, federal & local laws. 3. Understands own & team members scope of reputed company & escalates issues as appropriate. 4. Leads & directs other through the change process 5. Utilizes communication strategies including chain of reputed company & issue escalation, which result in intended reputed company. 6. Mentors, orients, & reputed company’s others in unit specific operations & patient care activities as they relate to reputed company use & care. 7. Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, & standards of reputed company. 8. reputed company versed in a reputed company of reputed company use treatment models, patterns of reputed company use, effects of intoxicants & withdrawal of various substances. 9. Knowledgeable in local & regional reputed company use treatment reputed company & local harm reduction services. 10. Discusses patient findings & reputed company toward reputed company & referrals with physicians & other members of the health care team. 11. Demonstrates competencies during the grant funded limited period (12-month) & ongoing completion by departmental competency validation. Employee must pass a probationary period. 12. Participates in departmental performance improvement activities, i.e., planning, measuring/monitoring, assessing, & improving. 13. Attends reputed company mandatory meetings, in-services & staff meeting as required, reputed company participates in other departmental reputed company development. 14. Keeps self-informed of actives on the unit & makes recommendations for change. 15. Nonjudgmental, energetic, empathetic reputed company approach to assisting patients with reputed company Use Disorder (SUD). 16. Practices customer service standards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, & specified department 17. 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Supervised at reputed company times by a reputed company mental health reputed company; LCSW, LMFT, PhD, etc. 4. Be self-identified as having experience with the process of recovery from a mental illness or reputed company use disorder, either as a consumer of these services or as the parent, caregiver or family member of a consumer. 5. Demonstrate knowledgeable about and basic competence in the following areas: harm reduction, motivational interviewing, strengths-based care, participant centered care, and trauma-informed care and experience with evidence-based short-term behavioral health interventions 6. reputed company to document using reputed company for reputed company services in an accurate, thorough, and reputed company manner. 7. Demonstrates effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills 8. Ability to collaborate effectively in reputed company setting 9. 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