Job Description:
Health Coach
Location: This is a virtual position. Candidates must reside in the State of Kentucky.
Work schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm EST with some late evening availability.
The Health Coach is responsible for providing health coaching to members, across all brands, with chronic diseases.
How you will make an impact:
- Conducts behavioral assessments to identify individual member knowledge, skills, and behavioral needs.
- Coordinates specific health coaching as directed by nurse case manager to address objectives and goals as identified during assessment.
- Implements coaching plan by using behavior change principles to identify member barriers and develop ways to overcome those barriers.
- Coordinates with the nurse case manager to provide feedback on member goal attainment and clinical issues.
- Monitors and evaluates the interventions and modifies.
Minimum Requirements:
- Requires BA/BS in appropriate field of specialization (examples such as Health Education, Exercise Physiology, Respiratory Therapy or Dietician) and minimum of 3 years of related experience in health education, exercise instruction, or patient education; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
- Certification, advanced certification, and/or license appropriate to field of specialty as required.
Preferred Capabilities, Skills and Experiences:
- Prior experience in health coaching, disease management and knowledge of behavioral and/or clinical assessment techniques, health and/or patient education and behavior change techniques preferred.
- Understanding of disease management principles preferred.
