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Elevance Health Health Educator in Woodland Hills, California
Health Educator
Location: Candidate should reside within 50 miles of Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles.
The Health Educator is responsible for responding to inbound inquiries for health education and support for member engagement strategies disease management or medication alert programs.
How you will make an impact:
Provides information to members on disease prevention and risk reduction programs.
Makes outbound attempts to members to provide health information according to program standards.
Receives or places calls to members to enroll or encourage their enrollment in the disease prevention or management program.
Diffuses situations with members who are resistant to health coaching and/or disease management interventions.
Provides consultation to department associates regarding methods/approaches to help members recognize and overcome barriers to improve their health.
Assists with increasing participant’s motivational level by addressing barriers and assessing needs.
Focuses on improving member health by promoting incremental behavior change leading to healthier outcomes.
Conducts behavioral assessments to identify individual member knowledge skills and behavioral needs.
May coordinate with others in the multi-disciplinary clinical team.
Minimum Requirements:
- Requires BA/BS in appropriate field of specialization and minimum of 2 years of related experience in direct care health education exercise instruction or patient education; or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:
Prior experience in health coaching, disease management in a call center environment, and/or patient education and behavior change techniques and strong understanding of disease management principles is preferred.
Certification or advanced certification and/or license appropriate to field of specialty preferred.
Experience in Managed Medi-Cal, tobacco cessation, diabetes prevention, maternal/child prevention, and risk reduction preferred.
BA/BS in Health Promotion, Community Health, Population Health preferred.
Bilingual in English/ Spanish strongly preferred.
For candidates working in person or remotely in the below locations, the salary* range for this specific position is $28.31 - $42.47 an hour.
Locations: California
In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the company. The company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws .
- The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.