Responsibilities:Promote and ensure overall health and well-being of Persons consistent with the
SAMHSA Eight Dimensions of Wellness.
Provide direct treatment to Persons to enhance and develop their level of engagement,
assist with skill building specific to activities of daily living and healthy decision making,
including expanded physical activity, smoking cessation, harm reduction and abstinence
from substance abuse
Utilizes recovery-oriented language and principles in all communication and interactions
with Persons, colleagues, and collaterals
Promote independent living skills relating to medication management and self-
administration, including psychoeducation specific to making informed decisions about
treatment and self-care, self-advocacy, and self-administration of medication.
Provide enhanced support to Persons during times of transition in and out inpatient
hospitalizations, skilled nursing facilities, the criminal justice system, periods of
homeless and other housing transitions to other levels of community living.
Collaborate with Care Coordination Entities and other providers to ensure access to
appropriate medical, clinical, self-help, and peer modalities during times of crisis, care
transitions, other life transitions and changes in health status.
Assist Persons with coordination of their health care including the maintenance of good
communication between all involved care agencies, individual providers, emergency
rooms, stabilization units and skilled nursing facilities.
Facilitate communication with medical professionals including meeting with them as
necessary, regarding medication and/or health care needs of Persons served.
Provide training to staff and individuals in health care, such as blood pressure
monitoring, diabetes, health care documentation, etc.
Act as on call consultant to staff on a rotating schedule.
Provide oversight of the Medication Administration Program (MAP) and provide
additional MAP Training to staff when indicated.
Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
