SUMMARY: Works in the clinic, Emergency Department, hospital inpatient settings, and community touch points to recruit both people who use substances and clinicians to positively engage in therapeutic relationships that promote the most effective implementation of medications for treatment of addiction, harm reduction strategies, and psychosocial treatments; SUNs are experts in both medications for addiction treatment and harm reduction and use motivational interviewing, behavioral activation, and strengths- based coaching to promote wellness and reduce harm for people using drugs and alcohol; SUNs will work in a fast-paced, team-oriented setting, collaborating with an interdisciplinary care team to meet patient needs; SUNs become trusted resources for the regional community of people using drugs and the network of clinicians and staff at treatment and social services programs that serve this community; SUNs develop large social networks and cultivate an expectation of availability, flexibility, and dynamic problem solving; SUNS are ambassadors of the Alameda Health System Bridge Program promoting friendly, on demand access to the best quality substance use disorder treatment throughout the community. Required Experience:One year of direct patient care experience in substance use disorders and harm reduction within the last two years OR current full-time employment of at least three months working as a substance use navigator in an emergency department AND experience supporting initiation and maintenance of buprenorphine for treatment of Opioid Use Disorder within the last two years; experience distributing naloxone and training people on overdose recognition and treatment.