Integrated Care Coach

CenterWell; Louisville (KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

CenterWell is seeking a Care Coach to provide proactive, patient-centered care coordination for high-risk patients. You will serve as the primary contact, coordinating care across primary care, specialists, pharmacies, home health, and community providers, with a focus on transitions of care and social needs support.

The role requires in-home visits, community outreach, and the ability to work with geriatric and high-risk populations.

Qualifications

• Healthcare professional with 3+ years of direct patient care in ambulatory, primary care, or senior care.
• Ability to discuss chronic conditions and reinforce medication instructions.
• Willingness to conduct home visits and community outreach.
• Experience in patient education and social support for high-risk or geriatric populations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care across health and social service systems as a patient advocate.
• Perform home visits to assess living conditions and safety factors.
• Identify barriers to care and connect patients with community resources.
• Provide chronic disease education reinforcing provider and pharmacist recommendations.
• Facilitate care transitions and follow-up with multiple providers.
• Support post-hospital and ED follow-up to ensure safe transitions.
• Engage community resources to promote health goals.
• Deliver culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.
• Participate in High-Risk Rounds and develop holistic care plans.

Skills

Patient care

Care coordination

Chronic disease education

Home visits

Patient advocacy

Education

LPN/LVN license

Medical assistant certification

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 escalate 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 M atters Most, M ind (Mentation), M obility, M edications, M ulti-complexity) and identify barriers impacting health outcomes.
• Prepare, participate and discuss patients during High-Risk Rounds

Required Qualifications

• Healthcare professional with 3+ years of Ambulatory, Primary Care, or Senior-Care experience with direct patient care
• Ability to discuss chronic conditions and reinforce medication instructions
• Comfortability to regularly conduct home visits and community-based outreach
• Demonstrated experience in patient education, care coordination, and social support of high-risk or geriatric populations

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Unrestricted LPN/LVN license or MA Certification
• Licensed or Unlicensed Medical professional with equivalent foreign Registered Nurse (RN) or Physician license
• Market Dependent: Bilingual in English, Spanish and/or Creole with the ability to read/write/speak in both languages
• Experience in care coordination, case management, population health and/or value-based care models
• Experience conducting post-hospital/ED follow up with appropriate escalation
• Familiarity with Medicaid, Long-term Care, and HCBS programs
• Experience working with seniors and medically complex populations
• Prior home visit experience and knowledge of field safety practices

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 (expect average of 2 days per week in-center, and 2 days per week in-home)
• Location: Must reside in designated market area
• Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM; overtime may be required