Community Health Advocate, Float
Listed on 2026-08-02
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Social Work
Community Health, Patient/Health Advocate
Health Advocate, Float
Accompany Health is on a mission to give patients with complex needs the dignified, high-quality care they deserve but rarely receive. A primary, behavioral, and social care provider, Accompany Health walks alongside patients for their entire care journey, offering at-home and virtual care, as well as 24/7 support. Partnering with innovative payors, Accompany Health is powered by remarkable care teams, elegant technology, and a commitment to evidence-based practice.
We build long-term relationships with our patients so they know, without question, that our team is here for them day or night, year after year. We focus on the health outcomes most important to our patients to make it clear that they lead the way.
To achieve our mission, we collaborate with community-based organizations, local providers, and health plans. Led by our empathetic care teams, guided by proven care models, and powered by our own technology, we deliver a level of service that our communities rightfully deserve but rarely receive.
While our headquarters is in Bethesda, MD, our teams are distributed across the country. If you're eager to make a tangible difference in people's lives, to help correct long-standing disparities in health care, join us.
About the Role:At Accompany Health, we're building the best model of care for patients with serious medical and social needs. As a Health Advocate, Float, you are an adaptable, highly skilled problem-solver who ensures continuity of care across our patient panels. Your primary goal is to cover the most critical parts of our business, stepping in to complete visits by being available when regular team members are unavailable or out of office.
At variable FTE based on business needs, you will serve as a core capacity anchor by providing reliable, part-time coverage to absorb temporary staffing gaps, manage high patient volumes, and handle urgent needs across our clinical pods. Rather than owning a dedicated patient panel of your own, you will step into established, permanent panels on a temporary basis when called upon—partnering closely with our longitudinal care teams and acting as their dedicated coverage partner during those periods.
You will deliver excellent in-person and virtual care for initial onboarding visits, routine follow-ups, and urgent social care needs. This role requires a nimble, tech-fluent team member who can seamlessly drop into varying Health Advocate panels, deliver high-quality care to complex patients, and execute tight handoffs back to the care team.You'll visit patients in their homes to facilitate video visits, capture vitals, follow up on critical social needs, and support complex care coordination. By covering these panels as needed, you will prevent gaps in care, avoid unnecessary hospitalizations, and ensure our patients always have the support they need to stay safe, stable, and thriving ause you'll move quickly between panels, you'll rely heavily on our technology—EHR systems, video platforms, mobile devices, and AI-enabled tools—to get up to speed fast and deliver seamless care.
Responsibilities will include:
Coverage & Continuity of Care:
Act as a flexible resource to cover the most critical parts of the business, completing in-home and virtual visits by being available when assigned team members are out of office or unavailable
Clinical Support & Vitals Capture:
Independently capture vitals using connected devices and digital tools, track changes in condition, observe the home environment, and communicate early warning signs to the care team
Critical Social Needs Follow-up:
Identify, document, and aggressively follow up on critical social needs (e.g., food insecurity, housing instability, transportation issues, safety concerns) to ensure continuity in resource navigation and benefits assistance
Care Coordination Needs:
Support essential care coordination needs, including patient accountability with medication changes, follow-up on referrals, appointment scheduling, testing, and home health services
Facilitate Virtual Visits:
Set up, support, virtually troubleshoot, and conduct virtual visits with primary care or behavioral health…
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