Health coach vs health promotion specialist

Differences between health coach and health promotion specialist duties and responsibilities

Health coach example responsibilities.

• Participate in workshops and offer lectures on various health topics, aim toward prevention and management of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
• Motivate staff to participate in lunch time yoga and strength training exercises as well as cooking demos and office nutrition trivia.
• Promote, educate and assist individuals in health management including diabetes management, nutrition, stress management and tobacco cessation.
• Obtain CPR certification before the summer program begin.
• Maintain and control all hippa-relate patient documentation via EMR.
• Perform all job duties in compliance with HIPAA guidelines and company confidentiality policies.
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Health promotion specialist example responsibilities.

• Manage overall time off processing and reporting as it relates to FMLA and disability programs.
• Coordinate and develop individual exercise prescription, independently complete monthly progress reports for physician efficiently in a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation setting.
• Develop recipes and menu plans to accommodate multiple food allergies.
• Create custom meal plans for diabetics, food allergies and other conditions.
• Provide case management of enrollee participation to ensure completion of schedule mammograms and cervical testing.