Remote Health & Wellness Coach for Personal Change

1004 Lehigh Valley Hospital; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Lehigh Valley Health Network is seeking a Health Coach to provide telephonic, in-person, and virtual coaching. The role focuses on assessing readiness to change, developing personalized wellness plans, and coordinating care with primary providers.

The position emphasizes documentation, client education, and program improvement within BeneFIT, with opportunities to engage internal staff and external partners while maintaining professional standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in nutrition, nursing, kinesiology, health education, community health education, public health, or psychology.
• 2 years of experience working as a health and wellness coach and 2 years of experience using readiness to change, motivational interviewing, goal setting, and resolution techniques to assist participants in developing individualized plans for successful behavior change.
• Ability to manage multiple calendars and consistently meet deadlines.
• Ability to creatively problem solve and work within a self-directed work team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to locate and link individuals to network and community healthcare resources.
• Excellent computer skills including MS Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to interact with a wide variety of individuals and corporate environments including business and industry, internal staff, hospital departments, community organizations, and health insurance companies.
• DL - Driver's License_PA - State of Pennsylvania
• Master’s Degree in nutrition, nursing, kinesiology, health education, community health education, public health, or psychology and training in motivational interviewing.
• Bilingual (Spanish and English).
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support - State of Pennsylvania

Responsibilities

• Provides telephonic, in-person, and/or virtual health coaching by assessing individual needs and readiness to change using coaching models and theories, such as motivational interviewing, to assist individuals in creating personalized health and wellness goals.
• Documents wellness coaching encounters including appointments, outreach, and referrals in accordance with program, NCQA, and department guidelines to coordinate care across the continuum and encourage direct communication between the individual and their primary care provider or other appropriate network or community resources.
• Develops, promotes, and provides evidence-based health education and wellness offerings such as presentations, webinars, programs, biometric screenings, and results consultation to internal and external clients and partners.
• Assists in the monitoring, evaluation, and improvement of the BeneFIT health coaching and wellness programs to meet program goals.
• Acts as a wellness and health education resource to colleagues, clients, brokers, payers, and community partners; develops and maintains relationships with stakeholders internally and externally.
• Attends appropriate trainings and seminars to maintain coaching and other professional standards/certifications; expands knowledgebase and experiences.

Skills

Health coach

Motivational interviewing

Readiness to change

Goal setting

Calendar management

Problem solving

Resource linkage

Interpersonal skills

Driver's license (PA)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in nutrition, nursing, kinesiology, health education, community health education, public health, or psychology

Tools

MS Office

Word

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Lehigh Valley Health Network is seeking a Health Coach to provide telephonic, in-person, and virtual coaching. The role focuses on assessing readiness to change, developing personalized wellness plans, and coordinating care with primary providers.

The position emphasizes documentation, client education, and program improvement within BeneFIT, with opportunities to engage internal staff and external partners while maintaining professional standards.