Substance Use Navigator
17 hours ago
Bargaining Unit:
- OPSEU- Competition #:
- OPS24-060- Job Type:
- Temporary Part Time- Department:
- Mental Health In-Patients & Addiction Services- Hours of Work:
- variable- Date Posted:
- October 3, 2024- Job Number:
- J1024-0029- Number of Positions:
- 1- Length of Position:
- 18 months- Closing Date:
- October 10, 2024
At Bluewater Health, we are committed to fostering a Culture of Kindness and promoting health through partnership. With locations in Sarnia and Petrolia, we are proud to serve approximately 131,000 residents of Sarnia-Lambton. Our dedicated team, consisting of nearly 2,500 staff members, professional staff, and volunteers, works tirelessly to provide specialized acute, complex continuing care, allied health, and ambulatory care services.
Our purpose statement, "Health through partnership, Caring with kindness," is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in treating each other, our patients and families, and our community with compassion and respect. Our corporate health human resources campaign, Building Blue, emphasizes our commitment to growth, innovation, and creating a supportive work environment where every team member can thrive.
The successful applicant will work in compliance with all relevant and applicable legislation and Hospital Policies and Procedures, will practice the Bluewater Health Standards of Performance Excellence and will fulfill their role within the Attendance Support Program parameters. The successful applicant will also possess effective communication and interpersonal skills, will have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, and will have strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Each member of Bluewater Health is called to embrace patient and family-centred care in its fullest form. This includes using techniques and strategies to communicate “I care and I respect you,” providing information in a way patients and families can understand, listening to patients and families to learn what an exemplary healthcare experience means to them, and seeking their perspective throughout their stay and during improvement initiatives.
**Qualifications**:
- A Diploma from an accredited College in a Health or Social Service Program, with an addiction concentration or complimented by other recognized/relevant Addiction Studies required
- Valid certification in CPR, First Aid (have taken it once), and Crisis Intervention preferred or required within three months of start
- Valid Ontario unrestricted Class ‘G’ Driver’s license required
- Ability to be deployed by vehicle, bicycle or on foot, working in teams of two
- Within 2 years of hire
- will obtain an Addictions and Mental Health Ontario Graduate Certificate
**Skill, Ability and Experience**:
- Basic proficiency in the use of computers required
- Proven experience working in the field of addictions and/or withdrawal management required
- Health and physical ability to assist/manage intoxicated clients required
- Demonstrated ability to develop empathetic, professional relationships with chemically dependent/addicted individual required
- Demonstrated understanding and practice of the principles of Universal Precautions, harm reduction and crisis management required
- Client assessment skills for monitoring withdrawal management symptoms and client’s stage of readiness for change required
- Proven ability to do withdrawal management assessments, individual work and group work preferred
- Knowledge of pharmacology relevant to withdrawal management preferred
- Knowledge of Agencies and Facilities available for treatment of addictions preferred
- Demonstrated capacity for work in a stressful environment with rapidly changing demands preferred
**Principal Duties**:
- Provision of withdrawal management care to clients in the Integrated Withdrawal Management Program (IWMP)
- Crisis intervention and support for clients
- Perform health and wellness checks, provision of warming, cooling and harm reduction supplies
- Screening, assessment, monitoring, provision of physical care, providing education and treatment options to the clients
- Formulation and documentation of a comprehensive care plan and discharge plan in collaboration with the client
- Facilitates individual and group counseling sessions, crisis intervention and aftercare support services
- Outreach services and administrative duties as required
- Referral to other services, for example: primary care, housing and other social supports
- Participates in unit/department and Hospital Quality Improvement initiatives
- Completes continuing education requirements as necessary
- Other related duties as assigned
Selection will be made on the basis of skill, ability, experience and qualifications as per Article 21.01 of the OPSEU Collective Agreement
We thank you in advance for your interest in Bluewater Health, however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with Bluewater Health policy, offers
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