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Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Nicotine Dependence Treatment Counselor in Bethel, Alaska
Your passion is in what you do, the care you provide, and the dedication with which you serve. It is the same commitment with which our people live their lives, and in turn, share their culture.
With Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel, Alaska, youll serve the over 50 rural communities in the Yukon Delta Region who come to us for care. Youll grow your skills and expertise in a clinically challenging environment, and experience a community environment within a community that will embrace you as one of their own.
Serving the people of Southwestern Alaska, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Hospital is a 50-bed general acute care medical facility. Fully accredited by JCAHO, services include adult med/surg, pediatrics, obstetrics, emergency room, as well as outpatient family medicine clinics, pharmacy, lab, and imaging.
Position Summary:Initially this position will be one of training to become proficient in delivering tobacco cessation clinical services to clients of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital. Training includes becoming a Tobacco Treatment Specialist. Once proficient in cessation counseling delivery, this person performs the duties described in accountibilities numbers 1-9 below, including, assisting physicians in assessing patients readiness for change stages, accepting referrals to provide cessation counseling, tracking the addiction process of patients, documenting readiness for change status of patients, providing addiction counseling to patients in a clinical setting and following up in person or over the phone, entering data in order to track progress of the program over time. Participates in training for YKHC clinicians and staff on tobacco cessation and tobacco use documentation. Participates in grantee teleconferences, face to face meetings, and special projects. Works in the areas of policy, community interventions, counter marketing and evaluation.