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As of Aug 12, 2026, the average hourly pay for remote health coach in Hawaii is $24.37, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $18.75 and $28.70 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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A Remote Health Coach is a professional who supports clients in achieving their health and wellness goals through virtual platforms, such as video calls, phone calls, or messaging. They provide personalized guidance on nutrition, exercise, stress management, and lifestyle habits. Remote Health Coaches work independently or with healthcare organizations, often tailoring programs to each client's needs. This role allows flexibility in scheduling while ensuring clients receive expert advice and accountability from anywhere.

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A typical day for a Remote Health Coach involves conducting virtual coaching sessions with clients via video calls, phone, or secure messaging platforms, developing personalized health plans, and tracking client progress using digital tools. Health coaches often coordinate with other wellness professionals or healthcare providers as needed, depending on the employer’s structure. Client interactions are usually scheduled in advance, with time allotted for follow-ups and documentation. This remote format allows for flexibility while maintaining strong client relationships and accountability through regular communication and support.

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To thrive as a Remote Health Coach, you need a solid background in health and wellness, nutrition, or fitness, often supported by a relevant degree or certification (such as NBC-HWC or ACE) and experience in coaching or counseling. Familiarity with telehealth platforms, online scheduling tools, and secure communication systems is commonly required. Superior interpersonal skills, active listening, motivation, and adaptability help set successful health coaches apart in virtual environments. These competencies are vital for building trust, delivering personalized guidance, and empowering clients to achieve their health goals remotely.

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Tobacco Cessation Health Coach (Remote - Hawaii)

National Jewish Health

Honolulu, HI • On-site, Remote

$20.69 - $27.36/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 17 days ago


National Jewish Health rating

6.3

Company rating: 6.3 out of 10

Based on 17 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz


Job description

National Jewish Health is seeking a Tobacco Cessation Health Coach to provide assessment, education, and behavioral support to individuals working to quit tobacco. This role engages participants through phone and digital coaching, using motivational interviewing techniques to guide individuals in setting goals, making quit attempts, and maintaining long-term abstinence.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide coaching and education using motivational interviewing techniques to support tobacco cessation
  • Conduct intake assessments, verify eligibility, and document participant information in compliance with HIPAA and program guidelines
  • Build rapport with participants, assess readiness to change, and support behavior change through ongoing engagement
  • Participate in continuous training and apply feedback to maintain quality standards and evidence-based practices
  • Meet call center metrics and individual performance expectations

National Jewish Health is the leading respiratory hospital in the nation, recognized for excellence in patient care, research, and education. The organization supports large-scale health initiatives that have helped over 1.5 million people successfully quit tobacco. Employees contribute to a mission-driven environment focused on improving health outcomes and expanding access to effective, evidence-based care.
Position Summary
The Tobacco Cessation Health Coach provides assessment, counseling, education and behavioral intervention to tobacco users. This position directly assists tobacco users by using motivational interviewing techniques in deciding whether to make a quit attempt, obtaining and using cessation medicine and staying abstinent from tobacco. Counseling is conducted over the phone and/or through the internet with participants.
Essential Duties
  1. Educates and coaches a diverse population of participants in quitting tobacco by following motivational interviewing techniques. Explains Health Initiatives programs to participants, builds rapport, and engages callers following guidelines, protocols and scripting.
  2. Completes an intake questionnaire with participants to verify program eligibility. Documents participant data in compliance with HIPAA requirements, departmental standards and specific client guidelines.
  3. Maintains friendly, confident, open, and effective communication with participants to identify program eligibility and inspire continued participation. Assists participants to help determine participant's goals, readiness to change, and supports the behavior change.
  4. Engages in a process of continuous training, learning, and professional growth including QA scores and feedback to ensure delivery of the latest evidence-based practices, content knowledge and skills.
  5. Maintains call center metrics and individual performance standards.

Other Duties
  1. None

Competencies
  1. Accountability: Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health.
  2. Attention to Detail: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time. Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
  3. Customer Focus: Ensuring that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers' and own organization's needs.
  4. Decision Making: Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
  5. Informing and Communicating: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.

Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility
None
Travel
None
Core Values
  1. Be available to work as scheduled and report to work on time.
  2. Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
  3. Be well groomed, appropriately for your role and wear ID Badge visibly.
  4. Be in compliance with all departmental and institutional policies, the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and completes NetLearning by due date annually.
  5. Promotes a workplace culture based on mutual respect and merit, where all individuals are treated fairly and provided with equal opportunity to contribute to the mission and goals of the institution.
  6. Adheres to safe working practices and at all times follows all institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures.
  7. Wears appropriate PPE as outlined by the infection control policies and procedures.
  8. Demonstrates compliance with all state, federal and all other regulatory agency requirements.

Minimum Qualifications
  1. Education: Bachelor's Degree required. A degree in Psychology, Social Work or other Human Services field preferred.
  2. Work Experience: A minimum of two (2) years of experience as a health coach preferred.
  3. Special Training, Certification or Licensure: Fluent in English and Spanish preferred.

Salary Range: Salary for this position is set at $21.50/hour. Candidates who are bilingual speaking Spanish will receive an additional $1.00/hour language differential.
Work Setting: This is a fully remote position. Candidates must reside in Colorado, Hawaii, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, New York, Wisconsin, or California.
Benefits
At National Jewish Health, we recognize that our outstanding faculty and staff are the essence of our organization. For every aspect of health care, our employees are our greatest asset. With that in mind, we have designed a valuable, comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and their families.
  • Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Multiple Cigna health plans for Colorado, regional office and remote employees. Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) available to pair with some plans.
  • Paid Time Off: Generous PTO accruals to use for vacation and sick days, and six paid holidays, all compliant with Colorado state sick leave regulations.
  • Dental & Vision Plans: Coverage effective the first of the month after hire.
  • Retirement Savings: 403(b) plan with employer contributions after two years.
  • Wellness Incentives: Earn up to $200 annually for preventive health activities.
  • Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $5,250 annually for full-time and part-time employees.
  • Child Care Assistance: Childcare Flex Spending Account (FSA) with annual employer contribution.
  • Loan Forgiveness: Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer.
  • Disability & Life Insurance: Employer-paid plans and optional buy-up choices.
  • Voluntary Benefits: Full suite of coverage options such as Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Plan

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