Peer Support Specialist Iii

3 weeks ago

Newark, United States Rutgers University Full time

**Position Details**:

- Position Information**Recruitment/Posting Title**
- Peer Support Specialist III (iCW)**Job Category**
- Staff & Executive - Healthcare**Department**
- NJMS-Medicine-Infectious Disease**Overview**
- New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.**Posting Summary**
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Peer Support Specialist III for NJMS- Infectious Disease Practice. The primary purpose of the Peer Support Specialist III (intensive Community Work) is to connect and engage clients either lost o follow-up or who have never accessed care.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:

- Serves a a role model to demonstrate recovery and wellness principles and provide non-clinical support to clients to pursue and maintain their health and wellness and reach their fullest potential.
- Responsible for introducing community health worker services to all newly diagnosed and new to clinic patients.
- Supports the care team through an integrated approach to care management and community outreach.
- Helps clients to access services and resources and address issues of adherence through individual and group sessions.
- Assists with planning and coordination of IDP and community outreach events.
- Works with identified community partner(s) to establish rapport and assist clients with linkage to care among those who have been lost, to follow-up or who have never accessed care.

**Position Status**
- Full Time**Hours Per Week**

**Daily Work Shift**

**Work Arrangement**

**FLSA**
- Nonexempt**Grade**
- 1775**Position Salary**
- $24.13/hour**Annual Minimum Salary**
- 24.130**Annual Mid Range Salary**
- 24.630**Annual Maximum Salary**
- 25.370**Standard Hours**
- 40.00**Union Description**
- Teamsters, Local 97**Payroll Designation**
- PeopleSoft**Benefits**

**Seniority Unit**

**Terms of Appointment**
- Staff - 12 month**Position Pension Eligibility**
- PERS- Qualifications**Minimum Education and Experience**
- High School Diploma or equivalent required.
- Must have three (3) years of training and/or experience involving knowledge of the Newark area and community resources, firsthand understanding of issues related to living with HIV or AIDS, and/or active participation in community activities and support groups.
- Equivalent experience, education, and/or training may be substituted for the education or experience requirements.

**Certifications/Licenses**

**Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
- Must have demonstrated competency in Microsoft Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) & capability to maneuver electronic medical record systems.
- Bilingual skills (English/Spanish preferred).
- Must have a demonstrated interest in serving the community.
- Must be able to work independently and seek guidance or assistance when necessary. Must have good listening skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of staff, patients, and other healthcare professionals required.
- Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse group of people regardless of their creed, race, and sexuality required

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Sensitivity to a substance abuse environment preferred.

**Equipment Utilized**

**Physical Demands and Work Environment**
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Position requires walking 2/3 of the time, requires sitting 2/3 of the time, use of hands to fingers, handle or feel over 2/3 of the time, reach with hands and arms 1/3 of the time, 2/3 of the time talking or hearing.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light to moderate traffic). Exposure to blood-borne pathogens that

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