University of Kentucky
Peer Support Specialist
🇺🇸 Lexington, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $15 - $25 per Hour
💻 Operations
🗓️ June 20th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Initiate contact with patients in emergency rooms, hospitals, and other healthcare clinics meeting substance use disorder criteria.
- Relate personal and approved recovery stories to inspire hope among patients.
- Follow up with patients through phone, text, or email to provide continuous support.
- Facilitate patient intake into the outpatient Addiction Medicine clinic and monitor patients throughout treatment.
- Attend clinic staff meetings and assist clinical staff with documentation and other needs.
- Adhere to University of Kentucky HIPAA and privacy policies.
- Requires strong communication skills and reliability.
- Preferred certification or training as a Peer Support Specialist; no required experience or licenses.
- Physical demands include occasional lifting up to 25 lbs and extended sitting.
- Salary range from $15.30 to $24.50 per hour, full-time staff position.
Peer Support Specialist Full Description
Toggle navigation
Requisition Number | RE50615
Working Title |
Department Name | 7H090:CENTER ON DRUG & ALCOHOL RESEA
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 40
Salary Range | $15.30-24.50/hour
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | HS
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | No experience required.
Required License/Registration/Certification | None
Physical Requirements | Occasional lifting/pulling objects up to 25 lbs. Sitting for long periods of time.
Shift | Monday – Wednesday and Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Thursday, 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM.
Job Summary | The Center on Drug and Alcohol Research seeks a Peer Support Specialist. Under the direction of clinical staff the Peer Support will initiate contact with identified patients in the emergency room, hospital and other healthcare clinics who meet criteria for substance use disorders.
Need to demonstrate understanding of peers’ experiences and feelings. Relate your own recovery stories, and with permission, the recovery stories of others to inspire hope. Will follow up with patients via phone, text or email.
Will facilitate intake into the outpatient Addiction Medicine clinic. Will meet with patients regularly throughout their treatment for substance use disorders. Will attend clinic staff meetings, document patient encounters appropriately and assist other clinical staff as needed. Will follow University HIPAA and privacy practices.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities | Ability to communicate well with others, reliable.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | No
Preferred Education/Experience | Certified as a Peer Support Specialist preferred. Training as a peer support specialist preferred.
Deadline to Apply | 07/10/2025
Our University Community | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and all minorities to consider our employment opportunities.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- © University of Kentucky
- Lexington, Kentucky 40506
- An Equal Opportunity University
- Accreditation
- Directory
- Privacy Policy
.
Any data not saved will be lost.
Click 'OK' to keep your session active.
Similar Jobs
Senior Director, Campus Enterprise Applications
Cleveland State University
🇺🇸 Cleveland, OH
Associate Director, Community & Belonging
University of Alaska
🇺🇸 Anchorage, AK
Academic Director, MS Programs
Wright State University
🇺🇸 Dayton, OH
Associate Director for College Success, Academic Affairs
Princeton University
🇺🇸 Princeton, NJ
Director, Luckyday Scholars Program
Mississippi State University
🇺🇸 Starkville, MS
