Consultant Substance Use & Mental Health Evaluator

Peer Assistance Services, Inc., is a community-based, 501(c)(3), not-for-profit Colorado corporation. Our mission, to lead with prevention and intervention for substance use and mental health concerns, guides all agency programming. Our values of grit, integrity, and compassion are guideposts for all that we do in the service of our mission. Each staff member operates from these to ensure the success of the agency. Peer Assistance Services implements two statewide programs: Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment, and the Peer Health Assistance Programs.  

Screening, Brief, Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, or SBIRT, is an evidence-based early intervention practice to identify, reduce, and prevent the use of alcohol and other substances. SBIRT calls for community-based screening for health risk behaviors, including substance use. SBIRT in Colorado is a statewide program that provides training, technical assistance, and implementation support to health and mental healthcare providers, healthcare organizations, and stakeholders. SBIRT in Colorado manages a statewide campaign to increase public awareness of the risks related to alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use and to reduce the stigma of seeking treatment. 

Peer Health Assistance Programs are statutorily created and funded by license fees. These programs provide assessment, referral, long-term case management, and monitoring for health and mental health professionals with physical, emotional, psychiatric, psychological, and/or substance use conditions affecting their practice. Please visit our website at https://www.peerassistanceservices.org/ to learn more about the program and we encourage you to watch this information video. 

This is an interim/PRN consultant with day-to-day duties that include completing comprehensive biopsychosocial evaluations of licensed healthcare and mental health professionals. Evaluation Includes detailed and lengthy written findings and recommendations. Evaluations are conducted to determine if professionals are safe to practice or only to practice with treatment and monitoring. Evaluations must follow the required PAS format.

Compensation:  Along with a signed consulting arrangement/agreement it would be $1,250 per evaluation inclusive of all aspects (Evaluation, debriefing of Evaluation with the case manager, program participant appointment reminders, coordinating post-evaluation UA testing)
Location: Hybrid 

Specific Responsibilities:

• Conduct lengthy assessment appointments, complete assessment tools, and interview with health care and mental health professionals.
• Gather collateral information necessary to complete the assessment.
• Complete a comprehensive written assessment to include findings and recommendations regarding the ability to practice with reasonable skill and safety.
• Review of written assessments for colleagues.
• Adherence to a 15-day turnaround for submission to DORA. Within this time frame, two internal reviews must take place.
• Debrief of Evaluation with a case manager, program participant appointment reminders, and coordinate post-evaluation UA testing.

Education and Experience:

• Registered Nurse (RN) with both a master’s degree in counseling psychology and CAS.
• Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse is board certified as a clinical nurse specialist or nurse practitioner in psychiatric nursing.
• Certified Addictions Registered Nurse-Advanced Practice (CARN-AP).
• Must hold one of the following credentials (active): 
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with Certified Addiction Specialist (CAS).
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT) with CAS.
  • Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with CAS.
  • Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC).
  • Licensed Psychologist.

• Two years of experience conducting clinical assessments is required.
• Licensure must be without restrictions or disciplinary actions.

Covid 19 Vaccination Requirements: For any onsite work, Consultants must provide proof of full vaccination status. Covid-19 Vaccination for recent variants is recommended by PAS.

Required Skills:

• Able to deal with individuals facing different circumstances and various backgrounds.
• Able to empathize and sympathize with each patient to better understand circumstances.
• Develop relationships with your clients and be able to go above and beyond to help at times.
• Know your boundaries so you don’t enable behaviors.
• Able to be non-judgmental.
• Build a trusting relationship with clients.
• Know how to handle stress.
• Research skills using research to incorporate theories and data into practice. 
• Must have a valid driver’s license with a clean MVR, travel required.
• Able and willing to pass a pre-employment drug screening.

Closing Date: applications are accepted on an ongoing basis

 

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