Great news: Opioid Recovery & Care Access (ORCA) Center of the amazing Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) received additional funding and has posted several new positions to expand the ORCA Patient Outreach Division (POD) program to meet people wherever they are. They are looking for providers, RNs, peers, medical assistants and more. For information, see the details on the DESC Join Our Team page. More info below!

The Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) is excited to share some meaningful news as we head into the new year.

We were proud to open the Opioid Recovery & Care Access (ORCA) Center last September, and we’ve since received additional funding that allows us to extend and strengthen this work beyond our walls. In the year ahead, we’ll be expanding our ORCA Patient Outreach Division (POD) program to meet people wherever they are and to strengthen continuity of care.

Several new positions have been posted, including:

• ORCA Program roles
  • Provider Supervisor overseeing all ORCA providers
  • Peer Supervisor overseeing all ORCA peers
• ORCA POD–based roles
  • Operations Manager
  • One full-time provider
  • Four outreach RNs
• ORCA Center–based roles
  • One dayshift RN
  • Two dayshift medical assistants
  • One data specialist