Clinical Support Supervisor, Utah LIFT Program (Hybrid)

Activate Care; Kanosh (UT); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Activate Care, based in Central Utah with hybrid remote work and regional travel, seeks a Clinical Support Supervisor to guide Community Health Workers delivering the LIFT Path Assist program for chronic disease management. You will provide case consultations, enforce escalation protocols, and strengthen coordination with FQHC clinical teams.

You will also support training, quality improvement initiatives, and safe boundaries between CHW services and licensed clinical care, ensuring effective

Qualifications

• Requires valid driver’s license and local travel to partner FQHC clinic sites as needed.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a clinical resource and provide structured case consultation for CHWs when participant needs, reported symptoms, or questions exceed routine non-clinical care-coordination support.
• Help CHWs distinguish between appropriate coaching/navigation activities and issues requiring clinical escalation, reinforcing provider recommendations without providing independent diagnosis, treatment, or medical advice.
• Provide subject-matter expertise related to common LIFT priority conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, COPD, asthma, and cardiovascular risk.
• Support standardized CHW workflows for chronic disease education, telehealth access, appointment follow-through, and clinical escalation.
• Coach CHWs in using motivational interviewing, goal-setting techniques, and approved WebMD Ignite educational content to support patient self-management behaviors.
• Develop, maintain, and reinforce clinical escalation protocols in collaboration with participating FQHCs, ensuring pathways identify appropriate clinic contacts and response processes.
• Guide CHWs on when and how to escalate symptoms, medication concerns, abnormal patient-reported information, or safety concerns.
• Support review of safety events, escalation failures, or near misses, recommending corrective actions and maintaining clear boundaries between CHW services and licensed clinical care.
• Build strong working relationships with FQHC clinical leads, providers, nurses, and care‑management staff to align Path Assist activities with clinic workflows and provider‑directed plans of care.
• Facilitate communication with FQHC clinical teams when patient needs require clinical escalation, participating in case conferences, workflow discussions, and quality‑improvement meetings.
• Deliver or support CHW training on chronic disease fundamentals, clinical red flags, escalation pathways, medication‑support boundaries, health literacy, and telehealth preparation.
• Develop practical case‑based training scenarios and review chronic disease educational materials and workflows for clinical appropriateness.
• Support workflows for preparing patients for provider‑delivered telehealth encounters and reinforce appropriate post‑visit follow‑up instructions.
• Review program trends related to clinical escalation, appointment follow‑through, telehealth completion, and chronic disease barriers to drive quality‑improvement activities.

Job description

Activate Care, based in Central Utah with hybrid remote work and regional travel, seeks a Clinical Support Supervisor to guide Community Health Workers delivering the LIFT Path Assist program for chronic disease management. You will provide case consultations, enforce escalation protocols, and strengthen coordination with FQHC clinical teams.

You will also support training, quality improvement initiatives, and safe boundaries between CHW services and licensed clinical care, ensuring effective