Patient Care Advocate - Bilingual Vietnamese, St. Petersburg, FL

Patient Care Advocate – Bilingual Vietnamese St. Petersburg, FL

Innova Care Health is a dynamic physician‑lead healthcare provider pioneering change in value‑based healthcare. We operate 40+ clinics with 1,100+ employees who share the mission, vision, and values that drive success in each of the communities we touch. Our goal isn’t just healthcare; it’s about promoting work‑life balance and supporting the personal and professional goals of each employee to help them lead their best lives.

We are an organization strengthened by our diversity and inclusion. We strive to make an impact in the community through public health education, outreach, and our philanthropic endeavors that span beyond the doors of our facilities. As we continue to grow, we want employees, like you, who value improving the lives of those they care for each day. #We Are Innova Care

The Patient Care Advocate serves as a crucial liaison between patients, the community, and healthcare professionals to facilitate access to care and promote patient retention, ensuring the best possible experience. Building strong relationships with the community, insurance providers, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders that impact patients’ healthcare needs is essential to their role.

Patient Care Advocates also help patients access financial, social, and community support while coordinating with healthcare providers, insurance companies, and case managers. Their primary responsibilities include guiding patients—and their loved ones—through the healthcare system by communicating with doctors, managing insurance matters, scheduling appointments, addressing inquiries or complaints, and organizing activities at Wellness Centers to enhance patient retention, education, access, community engagement, and social integration.

• Onboard new patients, introduce the clinic team (VIP Tour), facilitate a welcoming environment, and provide the necessary information about services offered in the company and in the Wellness Center.
• Facilitate first appointment scheduling.
• Work closely with the Clinic Administrator to welcome the new patients on the first visit.
• Promote Wellness Events.
• Guide patients in navigating the healthcare system.
• Assist patients in removing social and medical barriers.
• Maintain marketing‑related item inventory for offices.
• Help patients understand their insurance coverage.
• Share information about Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Insurance benefits, and any service differentiator of Innova Care Health.
• Support patients during care around the basics of Medicare and insurance as well as the benefits of Innovacare with their insurance plan.
• Support reputation and to promote patient participation in the company initiatives.
• Support Patient Experience initiatives by performing outbound calls, answering patients’ questions, posting activities on social media following the Marketing guidelines, and others.
• Document patient complaints and take necessary steps to resolve them.
• Plan, coordinate, and track attendance of Wellness Center activities.
• Lead and find resources in the community or internally for activities in the Wellness Center.
• Provide outreach and education to individual patients and groups in different settings and with distinct cultural and ethnic competencies, linguistic or barriers.
• Facilitate activities to encourage patients in their self‑care and promote behavioral changes.
• Support retention strategies, performing survey campaigns to disenrolled patients to capture their feedback and provide service recovery as needed.
• Support the management team in data collection, timely data entry, reporting, development, and evaluation of programs.
• Assist with monthly patient experience and retention performance outcomes.
• Support organizational efforts to drive patient experience and loyalty to ensure organizational alignment.
• Support community engagement activities as needed.
• Support membership growth with established tactics such as "Refer a Friend."

Responsibilities can vary depending on market needs.

• High School graduate with three years of experience where the primary…