LEAD PATIENT CARE TECH

Lead Patient Care Coordinator

The Lead Patient Care Coordinator (LPCC) plays a crucial role in supporting individuals admitted for high-risk opioid use by delivering personalized, compassionate care from admission through aftercare planning. Serving as both a guide and advocate, the LPCC facilitates individual and group sessions to help patients identify their needs, overcome challenges, and build effective recovery plans. Leveraging strong knowledge of community-based resources, they coordinate seamless access to ongoing treatment and support services. As a key member of a multidisciplinary teamincluding nurses, counselors, therapists, and external partnersthe LPCC provides leadership to the peer recovery staff and ensures patients are connected to the continuing-care resources essential to long-term recovery.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Engages individually with patients to build rapport, assess needs and readiness for change, provide education on treatment options, and offer ongoing brief interventions until support needs are met.
• Communicates key patient information clearly and professionally with the treatment team, following established channels and documentation standards.
• Facilitates group sessions, providing structured support and completing all required EMR documentation in alignment with hospital policy.
• Supports post-discharge continuity of care, coordinating referrals, conducting warm handoffs, and following up with high-risk clients to keep them connected to treatment and recovery resources.
• Provides administrative and team support, including caseload delegation, new-staff orientation, and departmental coverage as assigned.

Benefit Highlights:

• Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!

About Universal Health Services:

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues during 2025 were $17.4 billion. In 2026, UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World's Most Admired Companies and in 2025, was listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 101,500 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care inpatient facilities, behavioral health inpatient facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications Requirements:

• Current state or national Peer Recovery Specialist certification
• BLS certification
• Three or more years experience as a Peer Recovery Specialist
• Experience working in a healthcare setting
• Familiar with the principals of Harm Reduction

EEO Statement:

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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We are aware of a scam whereby imposters are posing as Recruiters from UHS, and our subsidiary hospitals and facilities. Beware of anyone requesting financial or personal information. At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

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