Recovery Coach Internship | Part time - Days | Vanderbilt Health

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center :  Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: Ob-Gyn Job Summary: In your pivotal role of Recovery Coach Internship, with guidance from the Lead Peer Recovery Specialist, you will provide peer recovery support services to patients with substance use disorder (SUD) and will assist patients in achieving and sustaining recovery as defined by each individual patient. Your internship role will use a developmental learning approach to provide knowledge and skills for providing recovery support services. Initially, you will have limited responsibilities and close supervision, mentoring and intensive instruction. As you progress, you will gain autonomy while still receiving supervision. You will develop skills in facilitating patient access to recovery-oriented substance use disorder treatment, resources, and community recovery groups. You will maintain ongoing patient support regardless of relapse and will serve as a motivator, ally, role model, sounding board, and advocate for patients with substance use disorders. You also will gain experience providing one -on-one peer support, leading support groups and providing recovery education. . POSITION DETAILS: Completion of Tennessee CPRS Training Part One (STRONGLY PREFERRED) Experience working with Microsoft Office; experience working with Epic is a plus Reliable transportation SHIFT/SCHEDULE: M-F | 16 hours per week | Business Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Location: Center for Women’s Health at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks DEPARTMENT SUMMARY: Firefly at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is an outpatient treatment program for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorder. Firefly provides wrap-around clinical and behavioral health care as well as social support services, seeking to eliminate barriers to care so that women can enter and sustain long-term recovery.   Firefly providers and staff utilize a trauma-informed approach to care that combats stigma and strives to support each patient with their individual recovery goals. The multidisciplinary clinic is based in the Center for Women’s Health at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, and has satellite locations throughout Middle Tennessee.  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Serves as a liaison between the recovery community, the addiction treatment system, the medical treatment system, and the patient’s community, family, and social context to facilitate connections across systems of care. Meets with patients in clinical and community settings to understand their needs and personal goals, support the exploration of potential positive and negative consequences associated with personal goals, and work collaboratively with the patient to remove obstacles that might interfere with goal attainment. Educates patients about addiction safe use practices, multiple pathways of recovery, and utilizes motivational enhancement techniques Conducts active outreach efforts to encourage attendance and participation in recovery-oriented, self-help, and pro-social groups. Works collaboratively with treatment team in support of evidence-based services to patients. Assists with access to treatment for patients, understanding and using systems and procedures to rapidly support identified needs of the patient and assists with data collection for quality assurance and program evaluation. TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES: Clinical Counseling (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate clinical counseling in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Patient Assessment (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate patient assessments in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Peer Leadership (Novice): The ability to show leadership and influence people of equal rank in an effort to accomplish team goals. Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings. These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health’s reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South. Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion. ​ Core Accountabilities: * Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance. * Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems. * Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedure that apply to your own job. * Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry level co-workers. Core Capabilities : Supporting Colleagues : Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, wo