[Hiring] Engagement Specialist @Cerula Care

Role Description

What you will do as Cerula Care’s Engagement Specialist:

• Member & Referral Engagement
  • Conduct warm, empathetic outreach to cancer patients referred by their oncologists.
  • Explain our behavioral health services, addressing questions and concerns so prospective members clearly understand our evidence-based Collaborative Care Model.
  • Ensure members feel supported, informed, and respected from their first interaction through onboarding.
  • Maintain accurate, timely documentation of member interactions via EHR charting.
• Patient Relationship Management (PRM) & Workflow Ownership
  • Oversee and continuously optimize our Patient Relationship Management function, including day-to-day management of our PRM platform (currently Tellescope).
  • Serve as the internal operational owner for PRM workflows and automations across referral outreach, enrollment, onboarding, and early engagement journeys.
  • Design, configure, test, and deploy workflow and automation updates (messaging logic, routing rules, task triggers, and journey sequencing).
  • Translate operational and clinical needs into scalable PRM solutions without requiring tactical product team involvement for routine workflow or automation updates.
  • Maintain documentation, QA processes, and change management standards for PRM updates.
  • Partner with Product on larger roadmap items, integrations, or structural platform changes while independently executing day-to-day optimization and iteration.
• Operational & Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Manage daily workflows including outreach prioritization, onboarding coordination, and rescheduling efforts.
  • Collaborate closely with clinical teams to ensure smooth handoffs and appropriate care matching based on member needs and preferences.
  • Partner with oncology practices to understand referral patterns and adapt engagement strategies for different patient populations.
  • Collect, synthesize, and share member and team feedback to improve outreach scripts, onboarding materials, and processes.
  • Contribute to documentation, SOPs, and playbooks to support scale and consistency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in patient services, care coordination, or member engagement within healthcare settings.
• 2+ years of call center or contact center experience.
• Experience supporting cancer patients, behavioral health populations, or other vulnerable patient groups.
• Experience working in a startup or high-growth environment.
• 2+ years experience writing patient or customer facing communications such as emails, text campaigns or fliers.
• Comfort with digital platforms and interest in learning how to design & maintain workflow automations.

Requirements

• Deeply empathetic communicator who builds trust quickly with people facing health challenges.
• Strong active listener who can assess needs while balancing emotional sensitivity and operational goals.
• Emotionally intelligent leader who can support team members through challenging conversations.
• Startup-minded team player comfortable wearing multiple hats and evolving processes.
• Detail-oriented with strong follow-through.
• Growth-oriented learner who actively seeks feedback and models continuous improvement.
• Adaptable problem-solver who brings ideas forward and helps turn them into action.

What you bring to this role

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to explain complex healthcare concepts clearly and compassionately.
• Foundational understanding of behavioral health conditions and treatment approaches.
• Strong time-management and prioritization skills in high-volume environments.
• Professional, warm phone presence suitable for sensitive first-contact conversations.
• Comfort using EHR systems, performance dashboards, PRM tools (e.g., Tellescope or similar), and internal collaboration tools.

Role details

• Location: Fully remote within the United States
• Time commitment: Part-time, 20 hours a week 1099 role
• Start date: Rolling basis
• Salary: Hourly to be discussed