Peer Support Worker PRN Behavioral Health

Who We Are 

People are our passion and purpose. Come work where you are appreciated for who you are not just what you can do. Memorial Medical Center is a 199-bed hospital offering a spectrum of care, including diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services, both on an inpatient and outpatient basis. 

Where We Are 

From national parks and monuments to one of the top-rated farmer’s markets in the country, Las Cruces offers a world filled with natural wonder, year-round excitement, and historic proportions of fun. We are known for our safe and affordable living conditions, outstanding educational system, and friendly people. 

Why Choose Us

• Health (Medical, Dental, Vision) and 401K Benefits for full-time employees
• Competitive Paid Time Off / Extended Illness Bank package for full-time employees
• Employee Assistance Program – mental, physical, and financial wellness assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance for qualified applicants
• Professional Development and Growth Opportunities
• And much more… 

Position Summary 

The Peer Specialist provides peer support services as a parent, consumer or young adult with lived experience in navigating mental health /substance abuse services. Serves as an advocate, shares coping skills, and provides recovery and resiliency related information for peers. The peer specialist performs a wide range of tasks to assist and support people in directing their own lives and their personal recovery process. This means supporting people to live self-directed lives in self-determined roles are socially included in communities of their choices. The peer specialist will role model competency in resiliency and recovery and ongoing coping skills.

Essential Functions

• • Will serve as member of the Care management team and will:
  • Assist his or her peers to identify recovery goals
  • Provide information and support to assist peers to effectively participate in developing a plan of care, engage in team-based planning and facilitate co-creating of Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP) as needed based on recipient choice.
  • Model and collaborate to develop problem solving techniques with individuals
  • Collaborate to assist peers how to:
  • Identify their strengths and needs;
  • Identify and combat negative self-talk
  • Identify and overcome fears
  • Employ coping strategies and relapse prevention skills
  • Share resiliency and recovery-oriented educational materials
  • Employ strategies to engage parents of children and adult peers who do not keep important follow-up appointments to identify barriers & obstacles and collaborate to find solutions
  • Assist peers on inpatient units to prepare a comprehensive plan for discharge that includes relapse prevention strategies
  • Link peers to community-based peer, parent, and family support services
  • Serve as liaison with advocacy organizations regarding peer support training and implementation initiatives.

Non Essential Functions

Candidate must be able to work effectively and prioritize in a fast-paced environment in order to meet the demands of the organization. Candidate must role model competency in recovery and ongoing coping skills.

Minimum Qualifications 

• • Minimum Education: High school diploma or equivalent.  
  • Minimum Experience: Minimum of two (2) years experience preferred. Nursing Assistant or related health care field preferred. Experience as a medical technician in armed services is highly desirable. Mental Health Training preferred.
  • Certification: Possess and maintain a Peer Support Worker Certification from the New Mexico Office of Peer Recovery and Engagement.

Certification or completion courses must meet the standards of Memorial Medical Center.

EEOC Statement

Memorial Medical Center is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans' status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.