Kidney Hero Navigator
Strive Health
What We Strive For
At Strive Health, we’re driven by a purpose: transforming the broken kidney care system. Through early identification, engagement, and comprehensive coordinated care, we significantly improve outcomes for people with kidney disease, reducing emergency dialysis and inpatient utilization. Our high-touch care model integrates with local providers and uses predictive data to identify and support at-risk patients along their entire care journey. We embrace diversity, celebrate successes, and support each other, making Strive the destination for top talent in healthcare. Join us in making a real difference.
Benefits & Perks
- Hybrid-Remote Flexibility – Work from home while fulfilling in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.
- Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, and vision insurance, employee assistance programs, employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance, plus health and flexible spending accounts.
- Financial & Retirement Support – Competitive compensation with a performance-based discretionary bonus program, 401k with employer match, and financial wellness resources.
- Time Off & Leave – Paid holidays, vacation time, sick time, and paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves.
- Wellness & Growth – Family forming services through Maven Maternity at no cost and physical wellness perks, mental health support, and an annual professional development stipend.
What You’ll Do
The Kidney Hero Navigator is responsible for executing the Kidney Navigator program for patients requiring dialysis at acute or hospital discharge. This will be done through patient education, referrals, patient engagement, and transition to longitudinal management. This position enhances the patient's experience with education and shared decision making. This position reports to Manager, Kidney Navigation.
The Day to Day
- Meets with patients requiring outpatient dialysis placement or for chronic kidney disease (CKD) education as defined by program.
- Educates patients on the progression of disease for chronic kidney disease (CKD), transplants, dialysis, modality options, access options, and insurance.
- Demonstrates empathy for individuals based on a thorough understanding of patients’ individual needs, enthusiastically presenting Strive’s care model.
- Provides a hand-off to Strive’s Enrolment Associates, sharing what was learned about the patient’s unique situation and ongoing needs through our care management platform to enable an excellent patient experience.
- Provides quality hand-off to departments post-discharge program if the patient chooses to not enroll in Strive’s care program.
Minimum Qualifications
- 2+ years combined of related education, experience, or certification.
- Efficient and reliable transportation allowing for the ability to commute to patient homes or hospitals.
- Provides in-person patient care which may include standing, sitting, walking, pushing, pulling, and lifting.
- Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down): Latency <60 ms.
Preferred Qualifications
- Licensed LPN/Social Worker/Dialysis Technician.
- 1+ years experience in dialysis setting.
- Healthcare experience.
- Insurance knowledge.
- Case management experience.
Hourly Range: $22.12 - $25.00
Strive Health is an equal opportunity employer and drug free workplace. At this time Strive Health is unable to provide work visa sponsorship. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Please apply even if you feel you do not meet all the qualifications. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to talentacquisition@strivehealth.com.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from outside recruiters/placement agencies. Strive Health will not pay fees associated with resumes presented through unsolicited means.
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