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Sterling Health Solutions, Inc.
Job Description
Title: Peer Support Specialist
Supervisor(s): Substance Abuse Coordinator
Department: Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse
Effective Date: September 13, 2019
Job Summary
Peer Support Specialist will provide inspiration, hope, guidance, and support to individuals and their families. The ideal person will be enthusiastic, extremely well organized, and passionate in working closely with patients in recovery. They should be passionate advocates for reducing overdose deaths by helping patients with linkage to retention on medications for opioid use disorder.
Duties and Responsibilities
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Required
Education and Experience
Special Requirements
Requires sitting, standing and walking for extensive periods of time. Requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours. Requires frequent exposure to communicable diseases, body fluids, toxic substances, medicinal preparations and other conditions common to a clinic environment. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Ability to work with a moderate noise level in the work environment is required.
The above information is intended to describe the most important aspects of the job. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required in order to perform the work. The health center reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the business need arises. Additionally, this job description is not intended as an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and the Center continues to maintain its status as an at-will employer.
If the essential functions of this position cannot be performed in a satisfactory manner by the employee, reasonable accommodations may be made.
Full Time
Ancillary Healthcare
$34k-63k (estimate)
04/26/2024
05/09/2024
sterlinghealthky.org
MOUNT STERLING, KY
25 - 50
Private
BHAWAN N YAMRAJ
<$5M
Ancillary Healthcare
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