• Recovery Specialist

    Beth Israel Lahey Health (Danvers, MA)


    **Job Type:** Regular

    **Time Type:** null

    **Work Shift:** Rotating (United States of America)

    **FLSA Status:** Non-Exempt

     

    When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

     

    Recovery specialists provide front line support for patients enrolled in addiction treatment, providing direct care services to support patients on the path to recovery. Recovery Specialists are responsible for conducting ongoing observation of patients and documenting and reporting their behavior, physical

     

    condition and location as well as engaging individuals in their own recovery. As part of the multidisciplinary team, the recovery specialist participates in maintaining/promoting a therapeutic milieu.

    Job Description:

    + **Benefits that start day-1!**

    + **Hiring for a variety of shifts and schedules. Locations include Danvers, Lynn, Tewksbury, and Lowell sites.**

    The Recovery Specialist’s Responsibilities Are:

    + Ensuring the safety and structure of the program milieu by monitoring client activities

    + Observes and supervises clients and unit; conducts 30 minute client well-being checks

    + Conducts telephone admission screenings as well as other admissions duties

    + Searches client belongings on admission and at discharge, or as otherwise directed by supervisor

    + Completes all necessary checklists, shift documentation and record keeping in a timely manner in accordance with agency policies and procedures

    Qualifications:

    + High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

    + Experience working with substance use population is preferred

    + Valid MA Driver’s License in good standing preferred

     

    As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.

     

    More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

     

    Equal Opportunity** **Employer/Veterans/Disabled