"Substance Use Navigator - Limited Assignment"

Who We Are

Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation's top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It's located in one of the world's safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County's second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide.

To learn more about UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu.

UCI's Department of Emergency Medicine is committed to advancing clinical care, education and research to help patients with diverse emergency conditions. We offer patient-centered care, apply cutting edge skills to combat serious illness and injury. In addition, our physicians conduct innovative research aimed at preventing injury and disease.

Your Role on the Team

The navigator helps patients access evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs) with a focus on low-threshold access to MAT (medication for addiction treatment) and harm reduction. Navigators conduct outreach and identification of patients, conduct initial brief assessments, introduce patients to MAT programs and services, facilitate appointments at outpatient MAT clinics, serve as a resource and coach for their clients, and advocate for culture change in the hospital. They also assist with access to other services, such as mental health services, primary care, social services, and residential treatment facilities

What It Takes to be Successful

Required:

• Nonjudgmental, energetic, positive, harm-reduction approach to assisting patients with SUD with respect for patient confidentiality and privacy
• Knowledge and skills to efficiently operate in a PC and MAC environment and learn to use electronic health records
• Ability to communicate with patients clearly, respectfully, and in a culturally appropriate manner
• Skill to determine priorities based on general instructions and accumulated knowledge
• Skill to communicate and interact effectively and pleasantly with colleagues, faculty, students, and community leaders, from multiple cultures
• Ability to appropriately set priorities and work independently
• Interest / proficiency in working with individuals recently released from incarceration, homeless individuals, and other marginalized populations
• Accurate typing skills, data entry skills, file organizational skills, filing skills, appropriate telephone skills and pleasant telephone etiquette, ability to carefully and accurately proofread own and other's materials
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment of rapidly changing priorities and frequent interruptions
• Understanding of SUD as a medical condition and MAT as an effective, evidence-based treatment
• Knowledge and experience with SQL database, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
• Ability to analyze and take action on complex matters, documents, and tasks.
• Understanding that abstinence-based behavioral programs that discourage MAT are not evidence-based
• Ability to take the initiative and independently respond to requests in writing, in person, or over telephone
• Ability to creatively solve technology problems
• Greater than 2 years of data science research and/or work experience.

Preferred:

• Ability to communicate in languages spoken in the local community is a plus
• Preference for applicants with connections to and reflecting the diversity of the local community

Special Conditions:

• Possible weekend and evening hours

Total Rewards

In addition to the salary range listed below, we offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.