Peer Navigator - Substance Use Disorder Program

Job Description

Salary:

Neighborhood Health Association is seeking a full-time Peer Navigator to support care coordination for members of the Recovery Community Resource Center providing outreach services to our community.

Job Requirements:

Lived experience preferred with substance use disorders (SUD) to better support our community and the patients we serve

Experience serving individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and co-occurring disorder

Assist clients with referrals to health care providers and community resources based on individual client needs particularly clients who may be justice-involved, homeless or pregnant.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and foster partnerships

Must be sensitive to cultural, religious and ethnic diversity

Please provide your salary requirements when you apply to be considered for an interview for this position.

Neighborhood Health Association (NHA), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), is the largest community health center system in Northwest Ohio with partnerships that include ProMedica, Mercy Health, and University of Toledo Medical Center. NHA has grown from a single location in 1969 to 12 medical and dental clinics throughout Lucas County. Today we operate multiple health centers including pediatrics, adult medicine, dental services, health care for the homeless, womens health center, senior centers, and a full-service pharmacy with lab services on site.

For more than 50 years, NHA has placed a strong focus on prevention and empowering individual responsibility in managing their health care and overall well-being. Our services are acutely responsive to the needs of everyone throughout the communities we serve, providing excellent care and the best health practices.

Our Mission:Through our exceptional health care services, we empower and educate, aggressively working to eliminate health care inequities, while supporting personal responsibility for ones own health regardless of the ability to pay.

We are a drug free workplace, and an Equal Opportunity Employer