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Onsite Health Coach

UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group

Onsite Health Coach

Tampa, FL +1 location
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us and help people live healthier lives while doing

    YOUR LIFE'S BEST WORK.(SM)

    The City of Tampa is adding an ONSITE HEALTH COACH to provide employees with prevention and lifestyle intervention services focusing on nutrition, physical activity, weight management, stress management, and reduction of risk for chronic disease. The Health Coach will use behavior modification and coaching techniques via one-on-one sessions to educate employees at risk to reach personal health goals.

    This Onsite Health Coach collaborates with the Health Strategies Consultant and Onsite Nurse Liaison to develop and implement a multiyear solutions roadmap. This strategy utilizes analytic data to improve employee engagement, affordability and decision making; to deliver high impact results that incorporates a solutions oriented engagement process. The Onsite Health Coach supports the Onsite Nurse Liaison by providing behavior /lifestyle modification and coaching to employees with chronic conditions, and communicates referrals for clinical programs based on employee's needs. This position focuses on engagement and consumerism, in conjunction with UHC and Optum products, as well as external vendors.

    PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Assist employees in developing personal and measurable health goals and plans.
    • Meet with employees on a regular schedule to monitor progress and make referrals to resources.
    • Administer basic non-invasive biometric measurements for employees (weight, waist circumference, body fat); provides associated health education, referral, and counseling based on results.
    • Track individual and group employee meetings in a metric scorecard.
    • Maintain and report accurate, timely and appropriate aggregate outcomes data
    • Participate in scheduled meetings with the Employee Wellness Program manager and/or staff.
    • Create presentations and present relevant health information to individuals and groups, as scheduled through the Employee Wellness Program.
    • Demonstrate an ability to deliver effective personal health coaching in a manner that promotes behavior change.
    • Appropriately adapt coaching and education methods (i.e. Motivational Interviewing) to accommodate the unique physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs of each employee served.
    • Demonstrate established customer service behaviors and standards. Treat all clients with courtesy, dignity, and respect.

    CANDIDATES MUST BE LOCATED IN THE TAMPA, FL AREA, OR COMMUTABLE LOCATION. THIS POSITION IS 100% ONSITE WITH THE CLIENT AND REQUIRES TRAVEL LOCALLY TO MULTIPLE OFFICE LOCATIONS. THIS POSITION IS A 40 HR WORK WEEK MONDAY - FRIDAY; HOWEVER, SCHEDULE FLEXIBILITY IS REQUIRED (ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE TIMES).

    You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

  • Qualifications

    REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Bachelor's degree in health education, health promotion, nutrition, exercise physiology or closely related field.
    • 2+ years of experience required in direct education and/or coaching with individuals for disease prevention, health education, or behavior change.
    • Current knowledge of health promotion and disease prevention (cardiovascular and diabetes) and basic understanding of exercise principles, nutrition, and weight management.
    • Experience in PC-based word processing and database documentation (Word, Excel, Internet, Outlook, PowerPoint)

    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Bilingual in Spanish
    • Certified Health Education Specialist
    • Certification in a nationally recognized coaching program.
    • Registered Dietitian (RD) or Nutritionist
    • Experience with digital communication channels (Social Networks/WebEx)

    SOFT SKILLS:

    • Demonstrates commitment to continuing professional development
    • Energetic and compassionate personality willing to teach, learn and be open to new and innovative ways of delivering preventive and intervention services.
    • Must demonstrate insight into human behavior and have the ability to communicate and interact with individuals at varying education levels.
    • Prioritizes and organizes own work to meet deadlines.

    CAREERS AT UNITEDHEALTHCARE EMPLOYER & INDIVIDUAL. We all want to make a difference with the work we do. Sometimes we're presented with an opportunity to make a difference on a scale we couldn't imagine. Here, you get that opportunity every day. As a member of one of our elite teams, you'll provide the ideas and solutions that help nearly 25 million customers live healthier lives. You'll help write the next chapter in the history of health care. And you'll find a wealth of open doors and career paths that will take you as far as you want to go. Go further. This is YOUR LIFE'S BEST WORK.(SM) Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

  • Industry
    Hospital and Health Care
  • Locations
    Tampa, FL • Marion, OH
  • Fun Fact
    UnitedHealth Group is working to create the health care system of tomorrow.
  • About Us

    A Fortune 6 company, we're focused on helping people live healthier lives while making the health system work better for everyone. Here, we seek to empower people with the information, guidance and tools to make personal health choices. We work harder and we aim higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And, at the end of the day, we’re doing a lot of good for more than 142 million people worldwide.