Certified Health Coach

Savas Management Center LLC•San Jacinto, CA

About The Position

Lifekind Health is building its first integrated health coaching program and is looking for a credentialed, experienced coach to contribute to its launch and ongoing delivery. This contract role sits at the intersection of direct patient care and internal coach training — spending the majority of time working with patients and contributing to the delivery of Lifekind's coaching program as it gets off the ground. This is a hands-on, independent contractor role embedded within a transdisciplinary care team. You will work within established protocols, communicating and coordinating closely with physicians, behavioral health clinicians, and care coordinators — not alongside them at a distance. The right person is an excellent NBC-HWC first — someone who coaches well, documents carefully, and brings genuine commitment to the populations we serve. Maintaining fidelity to the health coaching model is not a limitation — it is a mark of a skilled and ethical health and wellness coach. In a clinical setting where disciplines naturally overlap, a coach who holds their lane with confidence protects patients, earns the trust of the transdisciplinary team, and delivers better outcomes. We are looking for someone who understands this deeply. Lifekind Health is a clinic network operating in California, with an administrative office in Arizona. Our tagline — Where science meets soul to rewrite your story — captures our commitment to evidence-based, dignity-centered care. We serve patients living with chronic pain, trauma histories, and addiction — populations that standard healthcare models consistently underserve. Our clinical team includes physicians board-certified in pain medicine, addiction medicine, and anesthesiology. The health coaching program sits alongside that clinical expertise, providing behavior change support, accountability, and sustained engagement that licensed providers alone cannot deliver at scale. Our coaching approach is grounded in neuroscience, motivational interviewing, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and trauma-informed methodology — designed specifically for the patients we see, not the populations that coaching textbooks were written for.

Requirements

Active NBC-HWC credential (National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching) — non-negotiable for our training program's compliance with national credentialing standards
Minimum 200 verified coaching hours (coaching log required at application)
Master's degree in a health or wellness-related field (psychology, public health, counseling, social work, nursing, or related discipline)
Experience working with trauma, addiction, chronic pain, or behavioral health populations — or demonstrated formal training in trauma-informed frameworks
Demonstrated ability to teach or facilitate adult learners in a professional setting
Proficiency with electronic health records (EHR), telehealth platforms, and clinical documentation workflows

Nice To Haves

Training or certification in motivational interviewing (MI), Internal Family Systems (IFS), or other trauma-informed modalities
Familiarity with NBHWC program standards, health coaching CPT billing codes (Category III), or the NBC-HWC certification process
Experience in a clinical or integrated healthcare setting
Prior experience facilitating or contributing to coach training programs
Bilingual English/Spanish — a meaningful asset given the demographics of our California patient population
Lived experience with recovery, chronic pain, or trauma (not required, but honored)
Resume or CV
Coaching hour log verifying 200+ hours (format flexible)
Copy of active NBC-HWC credentia
A brief cover letter (no more than one page) answering two questions: What draws you to this specific population? And what does trauma-informed coaching look like in the room with a patient who has decided not to trust you?

Responsibilities

Carry an active patient caseload, delivering individual health coaching sessions focused on behavior change, goal-setting, and sustainable health improvement
Administer validated self-report screening tools (PHQ-9, GAD-7, AUDIT-C, UCLA Loneliness Scale) and follow established referral protocols when positive screens indicate need for clinical evaluation
Work within a trauma-informed, non-pathologizing framework — understanding patient resistance as protective response, not noncompliance
Communicate and coordinate actively within the transdisciplinary care team — including licensed behavioral health, addiction medicine, and pain medicine providers — contributing to integrated care plans and participating in team coordination as part of daily practice, not as an afterthought
Maintain accurate, timely session documentation consistent with clinical and payer requirements
Implement and follow Lifekind Health's coaching intake process, session documentation standards, and care coordination workflows
Contribute feedback on protocols, intake tools, and session structure as the program matures — your on-the-ground experience informs how we refine what we've built
Support payer documentation as health coaching CPT codes (Category III) are activated across the practice
Serve as a faculty contributor to Lifekind Health's internal coach training program, delivering instruction in assigned coaching competency areas aligned with National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) standards
Facilitate structured peer coaching practice sessions and provide feedback to coaches in training using NBHWC's established competency framework
Conduct formal coaching skills assessments for coach candidates, evaluating performance against NBHWC's 18-domain rubric
Provide individual coaching performance reviews to coach candidates at program midpoint
Supervise coach candidates completing their required supervised coaching hours, offering structured observation and feedback
Contribute input to curriculum as an NBC-HWC coach — not as a curriculum designer, but as someone whose daily patient experience keeps the training grounded in reality