What are the responsibilities and job description for the Peer Recovery Coach position at Upper Peninsula Medical Center?
Peer Recovery Coach
Job Code: 2025-MFHC-002 FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Referral Bonus Eligible: Not Available FTE: 40 hours bi-weekly Location: Menominee Family Health Clinic
Summary:
Upper Great Lakes Family Health (UGLFH) is seeking a Peer Recovery Coach to work as a personal guide and mentor for UGLFH patients seeking, or already in, recovery from a substance use disorder by creating and sustaining networks of formal and informal services. POSITION DEPENDENT ON EXTERNAL GRANT FUNDING.
Responsibilities
- Acts as a role model while understanding that each patient pathway to recovery is patient-determined.
- Mentors patients and helps them identify and remove barriers and obstacles to their recovery.
- Assists with creating resource guides and ensures updates are made appropriately.
- Monitors referral notifications and arranges patient introduction meetings and appointments.
Upper Great Lakes Family Health is your community-based medical, dental, and behavioral health care center. We are designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), providing services regardless of language, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, physical and mental capacity, age, religion, housing status and ability to pay.
Our Mission
Providing exceptional health care services for all people in the Upper Great Lakes region regardless of their ability to pay.
Job Qualifications:
- Possesses the equivalent of formal training in healthcare, generally obtained in the form of a post-high school certification.
- Knowledge of evidence-based substance use disorder recovery, typically acquired through continuing education.
- Completion of MDHHS Peer Recovery Coach or CCAR Recovery Coach training.
- Evidence of basic life support (BLS) certification or willingness to obtain within 90 days of employment.
- Must be recovered from a substance use disorder with a minimum of two years of continuous sobriety immediately preceding date of hire.
- Willingness to travel occasionally between UGLFH clinic locations.
