Hospice Community Outreach Coordinator - Atlanta, GA Telecommuter - Full-time / Part-time

The Community Outreach Coordinator builds and manages customer alliances with the ability to create, nurture, cultivate, manage and protect referral relationships.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Formulates and coordinates wide-reaching educational opportunities in the community for general educational programs; joint educational programs with hospitals, ALFs, SNFs and other affiliated institutions; physicians and their staff, faith-based communities, businesses, and social organizations of major strategic significance


• Assists the Executive Director in developing annual plans for general community outreach and education to external audiences and constituencies including but not limited to: broad-based media initiatives, annual corporate events, community functions, community work projects; community boards; disease specific associations; and service functions and sponsorships


• Continues to market internally the advantages and benefits of using Optum Palliative and Hospice Care as part of the Optum Health, and other UHC sister segments for the continuum of care


• Makes 10-12 quality face-to-face calls per day among the 50 identified key referral sources decided upon with the help of the Executive Director


• Completes all job duties in a manner that meets the accepted standards of practice and the Optum Palliative and Hospice Care Policies and Procedures


• Contributes to achieving the company's mission


• Works collaboratively with others to achieve goals

Required Qualifications:

• Hospice experience


• Strong communication and interpersonal skills


• Effective and comfortable delivering presentations to small and large groups


• Ability to travel within assigned market up to 100%


• Flexible work schedule, including some evenings and weekend hours if needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, or a health related science (Social Worker, Nursing, etc.)


• 2+ years of outside sales & marketing or community outreach experience in the field of healthcare


• Knowledge of Medicare and/or Medicaid is strongly preferred


• Candidates with existing relationships in the Atlanta marketplace from Physicians, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Home Health

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care 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, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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