Integrated Care Coach

CenterWell Senior Primary Care (By Humana); Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Parental and caregiver leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

CenterWell Senior Primary Care in Atlanta, GA seeks a Care Coach to coordinate care, educate patients, and support social needs across health systems. You will travel for home visits and partner with primary care teams to close care gaps.

The role emphasizes culturally competent, patient-centered care, with opportunities to engage diverse populations and support transitions from hospital to home. Flexible clinic/field work is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience in patient education, care coordination, and social support for high-risk populations.
• Ability to conduct outreach and home visits.
• Ability to discuss chronic conditions and support medication adherence.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care across health and social service systems as a patient advocate.
• Conduct structured interviews, assess barriers to adherence, and document findings.
• Perform home visits to observe living conditions and safety concerns.
• Deliver education to reinforce chronic disease management and medication adherence.
• Facilitate care transitions and coordinate follow-up across settings.

Skills

Patient education

Care coordination

Home visits

Chronic disease management

Cultural competence

Bilingual (English/Spanish or Creole)

Education

Active LPN/LVN license or RN license

Experience with care coordination/population health

Medicaid/HCBS knowledge

Job description

Become a part of our caring community

The Care Coach provides proactive, patient centered care coordination and social needs support for the highest risk top 5% patient membership. You will serve as the primary contact for patients and focuses on care coordination, adherence coaching, healthcare navigation, transitions of care and reinforcing care plans. You will report to a Care Integration Team Manager within the CenterWell and Conviva Primary Care organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Care Coach coordinates care across health and social service systems, serving as patient advocates and clinical supports, including but not limited to:

• Clinical Screening & Escalation: Conduct structured patient interviews and collect health-related information (e.g. medication regimen and barriers to adherence, social barriers, functional status.) Document and share findings with providers.
• Outreach and Home Visits: Perform home visits to observe living conditions, identify safety concerns, and review environmental or social factors impacting engagement.
• Social Needs support: Identify barriers to care, address immediate social stressors, and connect patients with appropriate community-based resources.
• Chronic Disease Education: Deliver culturally appropriate education using approved materials to reinforce provider and pharmacist recommendations for chronic disease management.
• Care Coordination: Serve as a liaison between patients, primary care, specialists, pharmacies, home health, and community providers. Support care transitions, coordinate follow-up, and facilitate communication across care settings to close care gaps. Partner closely with the primary care provider to create care plans and priority action items.
• Post-Hospital and Emergency Department Follow-Up: Conduct timely follow-up after hospitalizations and emergency department visits to support safe transitions. Review discharge instructions, schedule/confirm follow-up appointments, verify patient reported medications and elevate discrepancies to providers.
• Community Engagement: Encourage and support patient connection to community-based programs that reinforce health goals, including initial engagement when appropriate.
• Cultural Competence: Deliver patient centered, culturally sensitive care that respects patients' beliefs, preferences, and social context.

• Develop a holistic understanding of patient needs via a 5Ms framework (What Matters Most, Mind (Mentation), Mobility, Medications, Multi-complexity) and identify barriers impacting health outcomes.
• Prepare, participate and discuss patients during High-Risk Rounds

Must meet one of the following clinical experience pathways:

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) / Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) background
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Unlicensed medical professional with equivalent foreign RN or physician license

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in patient education, care coordination, and social support for high-risk populations
• Ability to conduct outreach and home visits
• Ability to discuss chronic conditions and support medication adherence

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active LPN/LVN license or RN license
• Experience in care coordination, case management, population health, or value-based care
• Knowledge of Medicaid, Long-term Care, and HCBS programs
• Experience with seniors and complex patient populations
• Home visit and field safety experience
• Bilingual in English and Spanish or Creole with full professional proficiency (Market dependent)

Use your skills to make an impact

This role has a mobile presence, involving travel to patients' homes, healthcare facilities, community-based settings, and assigned clinics.

Workstyle: Combination of clinic-based and field work

Location: Must reside in designated market area

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM; overtime may be required

TB Statement:

This role is considered patient facing and is part of Humana's Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB.

Driving Statement:

This role is part of Humana's driver safety program and therefore requires an individual to have a valid state driver's license and are expected to maintain personal vehicle liability insurance. Individual must carry vehicle insurance in accordance with their residing state minimum required limits, or $25,000 bodily injury per person/$25,000 bodily injury per event /$10,000 for property damage or whichever is higher.

Scheduled Weekly Hours 40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.$53,700 - $72,600 per yearThis job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, "Humana") offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About Us

About CenterWell Senior Primary Care: CenterWell Senior Primary Care provides proactive, preventive care to seniors, including wellness visits, physical exams, chronic condition management, screenings, minor injury treatment and more. Our unique care model focuses on personalized experiences, taking time to listen, learn and address the factors that impact patient well-being. Our integrated care teams, which include physicians, nurses, behavioral health specialists and more, spend up to 50 percent more time with patients, providing compassionate, personalized care that brings better health outcomes. We go beyond physical health by also addressing other factors that can impact a patient's well-being.About CenterWell, a Humana company: CenterWell is a leading healthcare services business focused on creating integrated and differentiated experiences that put our patients at the center of everything we do. The result is high-quality healthcare that is accessible, comprehensive and, most of all, personalized. As the largest provider of senior-focused primary care, a leading provider of home healthcare and a leading integrated home delivery, specialty, hospice and retail pharmacy, CenterWell is focused on whole health and addressing the physical, emotional and social wellness of our patients. CenterWell is part of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM). Learn more about what we offer at CenterWell.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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