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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Richardson, TX
Richardson, Texas

About this job

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us and help people live healthier lives while doing your life's best work.(sm)

Responsibilities for a Health Coach include:
-Be able to assist clients in creating a health vision and goals for their Health & Wellness program
-Participate in weekly meetings and monthly in-service trainings
-Demonstrate an ability to deliver effective telephonic coaching in a manner that promotes behavior change
-Appropriately adapt telephonic coaching and education methods to accommodate the unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, age-specific needs of each clientele served
-Demonstrate established customer service behaviors and standards


Candidate will be able to provide wellness programs to support highly visible customer - Proctor&Gamble with significant visibility within the company.

Requirements

Requirements
-Bachelor's degree required; preferably in  health education, nutrition, exercise physiology or closely related field
-Minimum three years of experience required in direct education and/or coaching with individuals for disease prevention, health promotion and behavior change
-Either certified in a nationally recognized coaching program or must complete certification by the end of the first year of employment
-Intermediate level of proficiency in PC-based word processing and database documentation (Word, Excel, Internet, Outlook)
-Minimum of basic knowledge of disease prevention (cardiovascular and diabetes) and basic understanding of exercise principles, nutrition and weight management


Other Preferred Assets:
-Must demonstrate insight into human behavior and have the ability to communicate and interact with individuals at varying levels of skill and education preparation
-Willingness to teach, learn and be open to new and innovative ways of delivering prevention lifestyle intervention services
-Demonstrates commitment to continuing professional development
-Flexible, open to new ideas, and willing to take on new responsibilities


 
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.


 


Keywords: Health Coaching, Behavior Modification, Wellness, Richardson, TX, Texas