Trauma-Informed Mindfulness – Wellness Skills Coach

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Deliver structured, non-therapeutic wellness support to clinician-referred adult outpatients in California, guided by their psychiatric provider.

• Conduct brief individual wellness coaching sessions and initial non-diagnostic wellness assessments.

• Develop personalized, clinician-aligned wellness routines.

• Instruct on safe breathwork, mindfulness, grounding techniques, sleep support, yoga nidra, body-scan practices, gentle movement, and routine-building skills.

• Facilitate live virtual groups targeting stress regulation, emotional wellness, sleep optimization, ADHD-friendly strategies, and practical skills.

• Assist patients in maintaining adherence and consistent practice between psychiatric appointments.

• Track patient-reported metrics such as sleep, stress, mood, and adherence to practices.

• Adjust wellness routines within the approved scope based on patient feedback, tolerance, and goals.

• Aid patients in identifying concerns to discuss with their treating psychiatric provider.

• Ensure safety, privacy, professional boundaries, and respectful participation within groups.

• Document coaching activities, time invested, patient responses, home-practice plans, and pertinent concerns in the designated chronic care management platform.

• Maintain precise group attendance records and utilize approved templates and workflows.

• Communicate clinically relevant concerns or signs of patient deterioration promptly through secure practice channels.

• Engage in supervision, training, quality assurance, onboarding, and a three-month probationary period.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient spoken and written English, ensuring clear, warm, and professional communication with U.S.-based adult patients.

• Formal training and demonstrated experience in mindfulness, breathwork/pranayama, yoga-informed wellness, health coaching, or a related field.

• Training in trauma-informed care with the ability to facilitate practices that prioritize choice, consent, pacing, patient autonomy, and emotional safety.

• Formal education in health coaching or possession of a recognized coaching certification.

• Experience assisting individuals with anxiety, depression, ADHD, insomnia, stress dysregulation, and/or trauma-related symptoms.

• Understanding of the boundaries between wellness coaching, psychotherapy, and medical care.

• Excellent skills in active listening, rapport-building, and group facilitation.

• Cultural humility and awareness of the varying contexts and healthcare experiences of U.S.-based patients.

• Exceptional reliability, punctuality, organization, and professionalism.

• Comfortable utilizing secure patient portals, video platforms, structured documentation, and digital workflows.

• Capability to complete necessary onboarding and training before engaging with patients.

• Access to a contractor-provided encrypted, password-protected device, multi-factor authentication, private workspace, reliable high-speed internet, and a privacy-protective audio setup.

• Ability to utilize only practice-approved, HIPAA-compliant systems.

• Agreement to maintain confidentiality, privacy, data security, and business associate obligations.

• Availability that overlaps with U.S. Pacific Time, including daytime and evening hours.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible scheduling based on patient demand and practice requirements.

• Opportunity for remote work.

• Initial capacity of approximately 10–20 hours per week, increasing with patient volume.

• Separate agreed flat rate for each live virtual group session facilitated.

• Practice-managed payer billing; the contractor is not responsible for claims, coverage determinations, billing codes, or billing patients/insurers.