Division:Eskenazi Health

Sub-Division: Hospital

Req ID: 19731

Schedule: Full Time

Shift: Days

Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 333-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus including at a network of Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Job Role Summary

The Peer Support Specialist interacts with clients with the goal to engage in services/treatment outside of the Engagement Center.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Proactively contributes to Eskenazi's mission: Advocate, Care, Teach and Serve with special emphasis on the vulnerable population of Marion County. Models Eskenazi values
• Meets with clients multiple times a day to provide ADL assistance
• Observes and documents patient functioning
• Interacts with clients with the goal to engage in services/treatment outside of the Engagement Center
• Provides the following:
  • social skills instruction
  • training in problem solving in daily living
  • crisis management and emergency interventions
  • written/electronic documentation of observations or interactions
  • understanding and support for clients that are under the influence of substances
  • assistance in maintaining a clean and safe environment

Job Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalence (GED)
• Experience in a human services area, teaching and observing
• Must be able to verify completion of state approved training program and passing score on certification exam

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Basic knowledge of behavioral health and addictions
• Knowledge of:
• community resources
• patient rights and responsibilities
• certified recovery specialist code of ethics

Meets the following basic competencies:

• Basic first aid/CPR
• Mental health and addictions
• Documentation and billing practice
• CPI
• Confidentiality process and procedure
• Annual education
• Legal issues
• OBHP eligible

Accredited by The Joint Commission and named as one of Indiana's best employers by Forbes magazine for two consecutive years and the top hospital in the state for community benefit by the Lown Institute , Eskenazi Health's programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city's primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the only verified adult burn center in Indiana and Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center, the first community mental health center in Indiana, just to name a few.