Description

The Onsite 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.

Requirements

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.
• Understanding of disease management principles.