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Kidney Smart Coordinator

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on empowering Chronic Kidney Disease patients through education about their health and treatment options. You will work within DaVita's patient education programs, bridging virtual engagement with hands-on support to enhance patient understanding and outreach.

Qualifications

  • Experience in patient education or healthcare.
  • Strong organizational skills.
  • Experience with data entry and management systems.
  • Willingness to travel within the assigned territory.
  • Preferred: Ability to communicate in Spanish.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver engaging virtual and in-person education on CKD management and dialysis modalities.
  • Travel across assigned regions to conduct live patient sessions and support field teams.
  • Provide direct phone support to schedule participants and answer questions.
  • Log tasks, track pipeline opportunities, and manage data entry in program management systems.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Program Management
  • Communication
  • Teamwork

About the company

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DaVita Kidney Care

  • Medical Practices & Clinics
  • Large
  • 10,001+
DaVita means “to give life,” reflecting our proud history as leaders in dialysis—an essential, life-sustaining treatment for those living with end stage kidney disease (ESKD). Today, our mission is to minimize the devastating impacts of kidney disease across the full spectrum of kidney health care. At DaVita, we’re a community first and a company second. We care for our teammates with the same intensity with which we care for our patients—and encourage our teammates to bring their hearts to work. That is, we can be the same people inside and outside of work because for us, it’s not work, it’s our passion. Interested in joining our Village? There are over 75,000 careers and counting. Visit careers.davita.com to start your career adventure.

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Job description

Posting Date

11/05/2026
225 E Germann RdSte 150, Gilbert, Arizona, 85297-2909, United States of America


Patient Education Programs Educator (Divisional)


As a Patient Education Programs Educator, you will play a key role in empowering Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients with knowledge about their health and treatment options. In this divisional role, you will bridge virtual engagement with hands-on regional support, traveling across your assigned territory to deliver direct education and partner with local care teams.


What You’ll Do:


  • Educate & Guide Patients: Deliver engaging virtual and in-person education on CKD management and all dialysis modalities, including Home Hemodialysis (HHD), Peritoneal Dialysis (PD), in-center hemodialysis, and kidney transplantation.
  • Travel Within the Division: Travel across assigned regions to conduct live patient sessions, boost program capacity, and support field teams in expanding class outreach.
  • Connect Telephonically: Provide direct phone support to schedule participants, answer questions, follow up on care pathways, and offer targeted Spanish-language educational support.
  • Support Program Operations: Keep participant records accurate by logging tasks, tracking pipeline opportunities, and managing data entry in our program management systems.

What We’ll Provide:


More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.

  • Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
  • Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
  • Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

DaVita gives preference to eligible and qualified applicants pursuant to the Navajo Preference in Employment Act.


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At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second.  We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong."  Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.




This position will be open for a minimum of three days.


The Wage Range for the role is $19.50 - $25.50 per hour.

 

If a candidate is hired, they will be paid at least the minimum wage according to their geographical jurisdiction and the exemption status for the position.

New York Exempt: New York City and Long Island: $66,300.00/year, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $66,300.00/year, Remainder of New York state: $62,353.20/year New York Non-exempt: New York City and Long Island: $17.00/hour, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $17.00/hour, Remainder of New York state: $16.00/hour
Washington Exempt: $80,168.40/year Washington Non-exempt: Bellingham: $19.13/hour, Burien: $21.78/hour, Everette: $20.77/hour, Unincorporated King County: $20.82/hour, Renton: $21.57/hour, Seattle: $21.30/hour, Tukwila: $21.65/hour, Remainder of Washington state: $17.13/hour

For location-specific minimum wage details, see the following link: DaVita.jobs/WageRates




Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits  






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