TraumaTwo

Quality company, for sure. It's purely medical detox for drug and alcohol addiction (substance abuse), but they are very good at integrating rehab into the process early, and encouraging patients to immediately enter rehab after detox. I have experience with Sunrise Detox in Florida (not the new high-end Ft Lauderdale one, but the one in Lake Worth). I wasn't looking for a job but I helped someone get help in Florida. I also visited the one in Toms River, NJ (which is involved in the NJ NARCAN pilot program). The same people run them, and it shows. They run a tight ship, if you know anything about drug treatment (which can be like trauma... chaos is the norm to be managed via smart process) it requires commitment from the front lines to make it all work. Read that as strict adherence to process, but keep an open mind to "exceptions" because there are likely to be a lot of exceptions. It seemed to me that virtually everyone working there was of one mind regarding care - a rare thing these days. I quizzed a few people while I was in the facility and my take-away is that management is non-medical, and it is indeed a for-profit business, but the commitment to care is sincere and they provide the resources to get the job done right. In New Jersey they are very active in prevention and treatment advocacy, which I liked about them. Good luck with the interview.

I just thought I'd start a discussion if there are like-minded out there. Sorry if it's not "professional enough" for this forum. I won't be offended if it gets deleted. I struggle with this weekly nowadays... providing "Care" vs what today's economy considers "healthcare". As a caregiver, I always wanted to and strive to provide care for the individual, not their "health". My client is a person, not an organism. My clients have problems maintaining good health, but these days a large part of that is spiritual. Not "religious" but spiritual. They are down, depressed, anxious, concerned, worried, stressed, and quite frankly, it is killing them from the inside out. I know... pot calling the kettle black. But I am not complaining nor concerned about my own adoption of a burden (stress etc of a care giver's vocation). I am concerned when patients complain of not-being-well, and it is clear that the problem is not as biological as Modern Health Care wants us to believe. Do you deliver "care" or "healthcare"? Do you help maintain a healthy biological stasis, or do you concern yourself with more of a humanity aspect of "caring"? I'm not looking to get all metaphysical... I work in Modern Healthcare. And as a modern healthcare worker, wanting to actually care for people, it is seemingly more and more difficult every day. Almost to the point of career re-evaluation. Anyone else?