The Health Coach will serve as an integral part of our onsite primary care team, responsible for helping patients improve their health by providing them with tools and motivation to make healthier choices. The Health Coach will serve as patients' first point of contact when it comes to health and wellness matters, within the clinic and beyond. The health coach serves as an advocate for patients in all areas related to health and wellness. The essential job duties include:Build long-term relationships with patients who visit the wellness center.Conduct group and individual diabetes self-management education sessions using evidence-based protocols.Take patients' vitals and document patients' visit with the doctor.Reinforce the doctor's recommendations and help patients create plans to adhere to those recommendations.Participate in onsite and offsite outreach efforts to help engage patients in health and wellness.Provide outpatient diabetes and self-management training and education to type 1, type2, and gestational diabetic patients. Education includes, but is not limited to, signs/symptoms and respective treatments for hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, DKA and HHNK.Plan, develop, and implement individual and group diabetes education for adults, pediatrics, and their families and caregivers.Instruct patients in the evidence-based Standards of Care for diabetes, obesity, hypertension and other chronic diseases.Monitor and evaluate short and long-term patient responses to therapeutic interventions in collaboration with clinicians.Identify ways to improve care of patients and make recommendations to leadership.Travel may be required to both Delano, Lost Hills and mobile clinics.This position will require visiting remote locations on our mobile clinic.
