About this role
Position Summary
🌟 Population Health Care Coordinator I
Location: Remote (Work‑from‑home, must reside in the Birmingham, AL area—occasional in‑person team meetings)Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PMExperience Required: 2+ years of direct patient careTeam Environment: Collaborative • Supportive • Growth‑MindedDepartment: Value‑Based Care / Care Management
✨ Make a Meaningful Impact From Home
Join our Value‑Based Care team and help patients successfully transition from hospital to home. As a Population Health Care Coordinator I, you’ll play a key role in improving patient outcomes, reducing unnecessary readmissions, and ensuring every patient receives thoughtful, connected, high‑quality care.
This fully remote role allows you to work from home while still engaging closely with a supportive, collaborative team. We do ask that you live in the Birmingham area and join us occasionally for team meetings and connection.
About Baptist Health Medical Group
Baptist Health Medical Group is a physician-led group established on a foundation of compassionate care and clinical excellence. Guided by this commitment to compassion and excellence, our teams of physicians, advanced practice professionals, nurses, clinicians and office staff work together to meet every patient’s total healthcare needs.
As part of Baptist Health’s extensive network of comprehensive healthcare services, Baptist Health Medical Group is committed to providing the community easy access to integrated care. Our expansive range of practices offer close-to-home locations and convenient appointment options.
Providing expert care in over 18 areas of focus — from primary care to specialty institutes — Baptist Health Medical Group includes more than 600 physicians and advanced practice professionals.
Baptist Health Offers Great NEW Competitive Pay and Great Benefits Package that Includes:
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Paid Time Off (up to 5 weeks to start)
- Life Insurance
- Extended Leave Plan (ELP)
- Family Care (childcare, elder care, pet care)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Pet Insurance
- Car Insurance
- Educational Benefits including tuition reimbursement & monthly payments to help pay down any graduated school debt
ALL BENEFITS START DAY ONE
Responsibilities
🌱 What You’ll Do
In this role, you will support patients who have recently experienced a hospital admission, working to ensure they have the guidance, resources, and education needed for a safe recovery at home. You will:
- Coach and empower patients through their care journey, providing condition‑specific education and guidance.
- Assess individual needs and develop patient‑centered care plans that address chronic conditions, social determinants of health, medication access, and more.
- Collaborate daily with a multidisciplinary team—nurses, physicians, payor partners, and administrative leaders—to ensure coordinated, seamless care.
- Monitor patient progress, identify risks, and intervene early to prevent avoidable ER visits or hospitalizations.
- Utilize care management tools and data insights to identify care gaps, promote preventive services, and support quality improvement initiatives.
- Serve as a patient advocate by removing care barriers and connecting patients to community and health system resources.
- Participate in the ongoing success of value‑based programs, including ACOs, bundled payment models, and utilization management initiatives.
- Contribute to a psychologically safe, supportive environment where ideas are welcomed and shared
Qualifications
🎓 Qualifications
To thrive in this role, you’ll need:
- 2+ years of direct patient care experience (hospital, post‑acute, ambulatory, population health, or similar).
- Associate degree in Nursing, Social Work, or a related healthcare field (Bachelor’s degree preferred).
- Alabama RN license preferred but not required.
- Strong communication, critical‑thinking, and care‑coordination skills.
- Comfort working independently while contributing to a highly collaborative team.
🌟 If You’re Passionate About Helping Patients Thrive, We Want to Meet You
Apply today and help us advance better outcomes—one transition of care at a time.
Other facts
About Baptist Health
Baptist Health is the largest health care system in Central Alabama and a proud affiliate of the UAB Health System. With more than 600 highly respected and experienced physicians on the medical staff, Baptist Health provides residents of Central Alabama with access to advanced treatments, technologies, and cutting-edge medical care close to home. The 775-bed health system has a regional service area of 14 counties with approximately 700,000 people. Baptist Health's family of health care services includes three acute care hospitals, a regional cancer center, a free-standing psychiatric hospital, a joint venture surgical center, a network of ambulatory clinics, outpatient imaging centers, urgent care facilities, wound care services, rehabilitation, and home care services.
Some of our recent accolades include:
• Forbes Top Employer in Alabama
• Top 100 Hospital and Top 15 Health System (Truven Health)
• Nationally-certified Stroke Center (Joint Commission)
• Blue Distinction + Center for Hips and Knees (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
• Gold Plus Stroke Quality Achievement Award (American Heart and Stroke Associations)
• CHIME Award ﹘ Most Wired Health System
What you'll do
- The Population Health Care Coordinator I will support patients transitioning from hospital to home, ensuring they have the necessary guidance and resources for recovery. Responsibilities include coaching patients, developing care plans, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, and monitoring patient progress.
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