Health and Wellness Coach, Part-Time

Job Description

Inova Well is looking for a dedicated Health and Wellness Coach to join our team. This role will be Part-Time (20 hours/week).

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave
  
  

Job Responsibilities

The Health and Wellness Coach provides safe and evidence-based coaching in a comprehensive and systematic manner and integrates your knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of the clients throughout the continuum of care. Acts as a motivator and educational resource for the client using various skills, including motivational interviewing, problem solving, education, self-management and goal setting. Above all, the Health and Wellness Coach will help the client to co-create a personalized wellness plan and will assist with monitoring and adjusting the plan as necessary to achieve the best quality health outcomes, ensuring that the client’s values guide the coaching experience. Demonstrates leadership skills in decision making and problem solving and has a respect for and an understanding of other disciplines, the Health and Wellness Coach operates solely within their scope of practice with appropriate referrals and collaboration with other multidisciplinary teams.

• Provides 1:1 health coaching to Inova team members, their spouses or partners, and corporate/community clients; Cultivates client empowerment using coaching skills and competencies within a Motivational Interviewing framework.
• Partners with clients to co-create a personalized care plan, including concrete SMART goals, and assist with monitoring and adjusting the plan as necessary to achieve the best quality health outcomes; Supports clients in assessing both potential barriers and strengths towards achieving health goals.
• Diligently tracks client’s progress and provide ongoing feedback, support, and encouragement, troubleshooting and adapting their wellness plan as needed per their motivations and life circumstances; Documents client’s progress in dedicated HIPAA-compliant platform, while safeguarding client Protected Health Information.
• Creates a strong social presence within workgroups and build trusting and respectful relationships with team members/departments through positive interactions, providing service, and maintaining team member privacy and confidentiality.
• Maximizes engagement of team member health and wellness-related activities via efficient and effective virtual and face-to-face interactions; Coaches clients in person as well as virtually, using video-based platform.
• Actively promotes team member participation in Inova Well-based and site-specific health and wellness activities, and serves as lead and role-model by participating as appropriate.
• Provides virtual and on-site wellness education, programming, presentations, seminars, workshops and well-being/team building retreats.
• Garners support from administrators, department leaders and peer social leaders to support engagement of team member well-being.
• Conducts non-invasive biometric measures (body composition, blood pressure, etc.) according to protocol in a variety of settings, including public settings; and provide care and maintenance of the required equipment; Reviews health risk assessment and biometric screening results with team members and supports them in selecting risk-appropriate wellness activities and/or lifestyle improvement interventions.
• Works within their professional scope of practice and refers out to other healthcare providers as needed; will not prescribe or diagnose for medical, emotional or mental issues, interpret lab results or suggest treatments or medication of any kind, unless formally trained, licensed and credentialed to do so.
• Develops and maintains competence in the use of health coaching skills and earns progressive certifications in each lifestyle domain; professional certification in area of expertise; Develops and maintains knowledge of site-specific, Inova Health System and community-based health and wellness resources.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.
  
  

Additional Requirements

• Work Schedule: Part-Time (20 hours/week)
• Education: Bachelor's degree in related field (or relevant experience in lieu of degree equivalent to 4 years, LPN must have vocational degree)
• Experience: 2 years of health coaching experience or new grad/recently certified
• Certification: Health coaching certification from an accredited, National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) approved health coaching program (i.e. Wellcoaches, Duke Integrative, ACE) within 24 months of hire
• Licensure: Licensed Practical Nurse Upon Start Required if LPN
  
  

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 25,000 team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.